I keep hearing that Australia’s population is so low due to uninhibitle land. Yet they have a very generous immigration attitude and there’s no child limit that I’m aware of. How can/does geography make any difference?

Question

I keep hearing that Australia’s population is so low due to uninhibitle land. Yet they have a very generous immigration attitude and there’s no child limit that I’m aware of. How can/does geography make any difference?

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Answer 1

Australia is a relatively young country so we haven’t had the opportunity/time to build a large population. Part of the problem here is that, as a develop country, we have a low birth rate. Finally, there is a lot (A LOT!) of habitable land along the coastline – geography is not the reason.