Population is defined as the total number of people which inhabit a specific area. For example, the population of the Earth is roughly 7 billion and the population of Australia is about 24 million. This number is steadily rising due to population growth. Every year, 135 million people are born and 55 million people die, which leads to the adding of 80 million people to our global population annually. The rate at which the population of a country increases compared to the initial population is known as the population growth rate. Australia's growth rate in 2014 is 1.8% which when compared to USA's 0.7% and China's 0.5% is alarmingly large. As such, there are various issues which arise as a result of population growth in Australia, which include
