Underpopulated - Australia

Question 1

Population in comparison to landmass

Answer 1

22 million and 7.6 million km ^2

Question 2

Benefits of underpopulation

Answer 2

• Exporting surplus food, minerals and resources
• Low unemployment rate
• High incomes, good living conditions
• Thirteenth largest economy, 5th highest income per capita

Question 3

Problems

Answer 3

• Many services like schools and clinics have to shut down through lack of people
• Lack of skilled and innovative workers
• Public transport can’t develop
• Difficult to defend country esp since AU has large coastline
• Cannot exploit mineral and other resources –> sold many of it’s mineral reserves to China
• Lesser taxpayers
• Necessary to attract migrants

Question 4

Solutions

Answer 4

• Attracting immigrants through means like uni scholarships
• Preference to skilled workers to make up for brain drain
• 1 in 4 of population was born abroad
• To make up for closing of schools and clinics, employ schemes like flying doctors, school in the air and remote learning