Sunny_beach_babe wrote on Jan 25
th, 2010 at 9:04pm:
You made the statement- it is up to you to provide the proof that population growth "is inevitable" even without immigration.
Let's see it...or hitch up that skirt again sweetheart and get a move along
*sigh*
Since the introduction of the baby bonus, fertility rate has risen to 1.93 in 2007. While not at the WORLD replacement level of 2.1, with population momentum, and immigration, Australia continues to experience population growth. Based on the birth rate/death rate figures I have provided, it shows again that our population will continue to grow, even WITHOUT immigration.
More for you:
Population estimate in Dec 2006: 20,848,760
Population estimate in Dec 2007: 21,180,632
Immigration intake in 2007: 158,630
So...now I know this is hard but...where did the other 173,242 come from? The only thing I will correct is that I said 60% of our population growth is because of immigration. Based on these figures I am wrong on that, it is less. Sorry.