Charting Australia’s population ponzi

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Late last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on Australia’s historical population growth, which revealed some interesting truths about Australia’s turbo-charged immigration system.

The key chart pertaining to the release is shown below, which shows the historically high level of population growth in Australia since the mid-2000s:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.