A country that is underpopulated: Australia

Australia is the .......... most underpopulated country in the world.

• 1st

• 7th

• 28th

• 54th

Total Population

• 24.6 million

• 80 million

• 250 million

• 10 million

It is a very rich country in resources; it has a large reserve of...

• iron ore

• coal

• natural gas

• uranium

The population mostly live

• coasts

• South West

• South East

• North

Australia has a population

distribution of 3.1 people per km2

• True

• False

The causes for underpopulation in Australia are:

• Most of the island is made up of a desert, with a maximum temperature of 48.8 °C

• Not many people have migrated to Australia

• Language and cultural issues

• Low birth and death rates

The effects of Australia's underpopulation:

• Shortage of food and its production

• Schools and hospitals might close because there are not enough people supporting them

• Fewer people paying tax

• Shortage of labours

• Hard to defend the country

Austalia's solution to under population:

• The government had made it easier for migrants to come into the country and get nationality

• Improved healthcare

• Family planning incentives

• Allow pensioners to continue working

Benefits of underpopulation

• High incomes

• Good living conditions

• High levels of technology

• Large military

Natural population change is calculated by:

• death rate - birth rate

• death rate + birth rate

• death rate + birth rate + migration