Australia’s population has officially surpassed 27 million.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says data shows the population increased by two point three per cent to 27.1 million people by end of March 2024.
ABS head of demography Beidar Cho says 83 per cent of the increase is the result of net overseas migration, while the net result of Australian births and deaths made up the other seventeen per cent.
There were 289,700 births recorded in the twelve-month period surveyed compared to 184,200 deaths registered.
Western Australia had the most rapidly increasing population at more than three per cent in the twelve months to end of March this year, followed by Victoria and Queensland, while Tasmania had the smallest increase at less than one per cent.
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