Australian PoliticsImmigration

Australia is the immigration outlier

Leith van Onselen
Monday 8 December 2025
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Australia is a global outlier on immigration, no matter how much the government, the media, and others try to argue otherwise.

Australia’s population growth is extreme relative to other developed nations.

Australian population growth

Source: Alex Joiner (IFM Investors)

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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.