dick smith on why houses expensive, page-7

ABS

On 13 August 2010 at 10:41:56 AM (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:
22,421,495

one births every 1 minute and 47 seconds,

one death every 3 minutes and 44 seconds,

a net gain of one international migration every 1 minute and 54 seconds,

leading to

an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 13 seconds.

24hrsx 60mins = 1440/ 1.13

1274.3 pop net increase per day

x 365

= + 465,119 per annum


http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument



he's not that far off
and was he talking baout housing them or population?


talk about glass half full.