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Originally Posted by Mike Kelly
Hi Jon,
Tim Flannery , noted scientist , ( Australian of the year last year ), my old school friend , says Australia's population should be about 10 million max. Polititians want it to be 50 million .
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Hold that thought for a moment. . . . . . . .
Perhaps its fair to say Oz is big. (over 7.5 million kmē)
Perhaps its fair to say the UK is small therefore. (0.242 million kmē - slightly smaller than Oregon)
From the (UK) Office of National Statistics:
UK population 2006 - 60,587,000
UK immigration 2006 - 591,000 of which 510,000 are non-British.
Like I said Mike, hold that thought.
Sources:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?ID=6
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=260
R.