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  • Population......................................................................20,090,437 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.87% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................12.26 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate................................................7.44 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................3.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups....... Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
Country Profile
Australia's Continuing Transformation
Christine Inglis provides an update on the competing economic, political, and cultural forces that are challenging Australia's migration policy makers.

On the Beach: Racial Confrontation in Australia

Security Resurfaces on Australian Agenda

Australia Unveils Initiative to Stop Human Trafficking

Australian Judges Mull Integration, Multiculturalism

Australia Mulls Seasonal Migrant Labor Scheme

Mothers, Wives, and Workers: Australia's Migrant Women

Detention Center Fires Spark Renewed Debate on Australian Refugee Program

Australia's Increasing Ethnic and Religious Diversity

Economy Prompts Australia to Welcome More Migrants
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Drop in Asylum Numbers Shows Changes in Demand and Supply

Citizenship in a Globalized World

Refugee Resettlement in Transition

Circular Migration: Keeping Development Rolling?

Migrants' Human Rights: From the Margins to the Mainstream

New Zealand: The Politicization of Immigration

United Kingdom: Rising Numbers, Rising Anxieties

China: From Exceptional Case to Global Participant
Data
Check out Australian International Migration Data in the Global Data Center
Neighboring Countries

New Zealand
Indonesia
East Timor
Papua New Guinea
Other Resources

Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/

Australian government
http://www.fed.gov.au/

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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