UN drastically underestimates Big Australia push

Monday 14 July 2014

The United Nations (UN) has released its 2014 World Urbanization Prospects report, which updates city population forecasts across the globe.

The AFR has produced a nice summary, which notes that Melbourne and Sydney will battle it out to be the nation’s biggest city by 2030, with both capitals expected to have populations above 5 million people:

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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.