The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its Regional Population report for the 2015-16 financial year, which revealed that Melbourne remains the king of the population ponzi, adding a ridiculous 107,770 people to its population in 2015-16, representing growth of 2.4%:
![](https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Population-growth-by-region.jpg)
Looking at the time series chart, you can see that Melbourne has dominated the nation’s population growth, leading the way in each and every year since 2004:
![](https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Population-growth-by-capital-city.jpg)
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