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The rich mosaic of people make up the Australian nation of more than 23 million people. Australia was one of the main migration destinations of the second half of the 20th century: since 1945, immigration has almost doubled the Australian population.

This influx has permanently altered the Australian character, and has contributed to the multicultural society of modern Australia. Most of the population of Australia is of European descent and Australian aborigines account for less than 1% of the total population. Before World War II more than 90% of the people were of British origin, but since then more than 5 million Europeans from the continent have migrated to Australia. In the 1970s tens of thousands of Southeast Asians were admitted to the country, mainly as refugees. So the make up today is as follows: Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%.

The country is heavily urbanised with less than 15% of the population living in rural areas. The vast majority lives in the ten largest cities, and the bulk of the population is located in the southeastern corner.

Australians enjoy sports, relaxing outdoors, and cultural events.