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G'day everyone.

I'm your man for stats on Australia.

Current estimated population 21,360,000

Largest urban areas as at Dec 2007:

Sydney 4,337,000
Melbourne 3,806,092
Brisbane 1,857,594
Perth 1,554,769
Adelaide 1,158,259
Gold Coast 524,667

Population growth for the 12 months to December 2007 was 331,800
Natural increase (net births less deaths) was 147,400
Increase from net overseas migration was 184,400

At present Australia has a major skills shortage and is bringing workers in from all over the globe to fill positions in almost every industry.