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Dr Mahathir on Australia's demographic future
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"You have to pinch yourself. In 2006 our population was under 20 million, and now it’s over 25 million. I can’t think of a developed Western country that’s experienced a change of that magnitude,” says Andrew Markus, a professor at Monash University who tracks social cohesion.
The Chinese-born population of Australia grew by half to 650,000 in the five years to last year (more than eight times faster than the overall population), and by 2023 is on track to exceed English-born. The Indian-born population grew even faster to 590,000, overtaking the number of New Zealanders, traditionally the second biggest stock of foreign-born residents after the Brits."
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/2010s-end-of-a-turbulent-decade/news-story/5326dbe99c1122afce0e4a1ff289ec55