Population passes 22 million
Submitted 25/03/2010
AAP
Australias population passed 22 million last September, according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). On September 30, 2009 the population stood at 22,066,000, which was an increase of 451,900 people from the some time in 2008. Sixty-six per cent of population growth was a result of immigration, with the rest attributable to births. Australias growth rate high is steady at just above two per cent.


