[bbqq]

The numbers aren't correct. Australia has a declining population excl. migration, so perhaps your domestic figure doesn't include deaths.

Permanent visa quotas are indexed as a percentage of population since 15-20 years ago, and it was reduced this year for the first time in ages be 5k less (195->190).

Net overseas migration is commonly touted but that includes citizens/students etc and is just that years entrants - departures: highly affected by recent global disruptions during covid.

[Andaith]

That's not correct. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/national...

Key statistics

Statistics in this release are commonly known as Estimated Resident Population (ERP).

    Australia’s population was 26,268,359 people at 31 December 2022.
    The quarterly growth was 127,078 people (0.5%).
    The annual growth was 496,800 people (1.9%).
    Annual natural increase was 109,800 and net overseas migration was 387,000.