Australians are expected to live longer and remain healthier to an older age, while having fewer children over the next 40 years
, but outside the 39.7 million population forecast by 2054-55 contained in the 2015 report.
“Natural increase is projected to fall as the population ages, with deaths projected to increase faster than births.” But the so-called “big Australia” used for political point scoring by the Coalition and Pauline Hanson is not among Treasury’s forecasts. “Even with the near‑term recovery, on current forecasts, cumulative net overseas migration would not catch up to pre‑pandemic levels until 2029-30.
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