Australia's population is expected to grow from 22.3 million in 2011 to 30.5 million in 2031. The national population has already increased by more than one million people since 2011.
To put that in perspective, Australia's population growth has been high by developed world standards. We ranked fourth out of 40 OECD countries for population growth over the decade to 2012, and were the fastest of those with a population over 10 million.
Australia's population growth is high by developed world standards, especially in our cities