Following a 1.2 million (33%) increase in Melbourne’s population in just 13 years, which included an insane 580,000 people over the past five years alone:
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Melbourne’s population yesterday hit 5 million people, one million more than was officially projected by mid-century just 20 years ago. From McCrindle: