🇦🇺 Australia briefing

Why it matters, neighbors, workers versus retirees. Generate a draft, write it yourself, then expand or edit any paragraph.

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Australia combines below-replacement fertility with migration-led growth; ABS is the source for births and overseas-born shares.

Sections
Charts — order and placement

Children per woman, Australia and neighbors

children per woman
TFR

Total fertility rate, Australia

children per woman

Population share by religion

% of population

Age pyramid, Australia

2025 · male (left) / female (right)

people
World Bank population by age and sex. Open full pyramidbirthrate.io

Working-age and retirees, Australia

millions of people
Working age (15–64)Age 65+

Net migration, Australia

people

Foreign-born stock by origin, Australia

people

Australia-born living abroad

people

Immigrant vs native net fiscal contribution, Australia

% of GDP
Foreign-bornNative-born

Health expenditure, Australia

% of GDP

Age-dependency ratio, Australia

%

Share aged 65+, Australia

%

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This briefing will cover

  • Period TFR below replacement; net overseas migration drives headcount.
  • State maps (NSW/Vic vs. smaller states) show where births and overseas-born residents concentrate.

Working-age counts are modeled from today’s pyramid. 2040 taxpayers are mostly already born; TFR shows up around 2060.