Australian Society:
Australia is a diverse and multicultural society and is home to citizens from some 200 countries making Australia the most multilingual workforce in the Asia-Pacific region.
Australia's population is currently a little under 21.5 million people spread between the six States and two Territories as follows:
| New South Wales |
6,947,000 |
| Victoria |
5,274,400 |
| Queensland |
4,253,200 |
| South Australia |
1,598,000 |
| Western Australia |
2,149,100 |
| Tasmania |
497,300 |
| Northern Territory |
218,400 |
| Australian Capital Territory |
342,700 |
Australia's population is estimated to increase by one person every one minute 37 seconds based on the following:
- one birth every one minute 51 seconds;
- one death every 3 minutes 48 seconds; and
- the gain of one international migrant every 2 minutes 55 seconds.
Based on current trends in fertility, life expectancy at birth, net overseas migration and net interstate migration, Australia's population is expected to increase to approximately 25.5 million by 2056.
The current median age of Australia's population, 36.8 years, is expected to rise to approximately 43.5 years by 2056.
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