Editing Immigration to Australia (section)

== Country of birth of Australian residents ==
{{Main|Foreign-born population of Australia}}
{{As of | 2019}}, 30% of the Australian resident population, or 7,529,570 people, had been born overseas.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url= https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&34120do005_201819.xls&3412.0&Data%20Cubes&B95CDCBDF3B53509CA25855700002DC2&0&2018-19&28.04.2020&Latest|title= Table 5.1 Estimated resident population, by country of birth(a), Australia, as at 30 June, 1996 to 2019(b)(c)|publisher= Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date= 4 May 2020|archive-date= 2 July 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210702055137/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/migration-australia/latest-release|url-status= live}}</ref>

The following table shows Australia's population by country of birth as estimated by the [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] in 2020. It shows only countries or regions or birth with a population of over 100,000 residing in Australia.

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! scope="col" colspan="2" | Source: [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] (2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/migration-australia/2019-20/34120DO005_201920.xls|title=Table 5.1 Estimated resident population, by country of birth(a), Australia, as at 30 June, 1996 to 2020(b)(c)|publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=16 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716010533/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/migration-australia/2019-20/34120DO005_201920.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | Place of birth
! scope="col" | Estimated resident population{{efn-ua|Only countries with 100,000 or more are listed here.}}
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| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''Total [[Australia|Australian-born]]''
| ''18,043,310''
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| ''Total foreign-born''
| ''7,653,990''
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|England}} [[English Australians|England]]
| 980,360
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian Australians|India]]
| 721,050
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Mainland China}} [[Chinese Australians|Mainland China]]{{efn-ua|The Australian Bureau of Statistics lists [[Mainland China]], [[Taiwan]] and the Special Administrative Regions of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] separately.}}
| 650,640
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Australian New Zealanders|New Zealand]]
| 564,840
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Filipino Australians|Philippines]]
| 310,050
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Vietnamese Australians|Vietnam]]
| 270,340
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South African Australians|South Africa]]
| 200,240
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italian Australians|Italy]]
| 177,840
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysian Australians|Malaysia]]
| 177,460
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lankan Australians|Sri Lanka]]
| 146,950
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Scottish Australians|Scotland]]{{efn-ua|The Australian Bureau of Statistics source lists England and Scotland separately although they are both part of the [[United Kingdom]].}}
| 132,590
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepalese Australians|Nepal]]
| 131,830
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Korean Australians|South Korea]]
| 111,530
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[German Australians|Germany]]
| 111,030
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|United States}} [[American Australians|United States]]
| 110,160
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kong Australians|Hong Kong]] [[Special administrative regions of China|SAR]]{{efn-ua|The Australian Bureau of Statistics source lists Mainland Chinese,Hong Kong and Taiwan separately although they are both part of the [[Mainland Chinese ]].}}
| 104,760
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greek Australians|Greece]]
| 103,710
|}
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The separate Australian States show some differences in settlement patterns, as demonstrated in the statistics compiled during the [[2006 Census in Australia|2006 Census]]:<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=Census+Tables&btnSelectProduct=Select+Location+or+Topic+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=P&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=201&action=601&textversion=false |title= 2006 Census Data : View by Location Or Topic |publisher= Censusdata.abs.gov.au |access-date= 14 July 2011 |archive-date= 24 March 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120324233830/http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=Census+Tables&btnSelectProduct=Select+Location+or+Topic+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=P&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=201&action=601&textversion=false |url-status= dead }}</ref>
* [[New South Wales]] had the largest population, and the largest foreign-born population, in Australia (1,544,023). Certain nationalities concentrated notably in this state: 74.5% of [[Lebanese Australian|Lebanese-born]], 63.1% of [[Iraqi Australian|Iraqi-born]], 63.0% of [[South Korean Australian|South Korean-born]], 59.4% of [[Fijian Australian|Fijian-born]], and 59.4% of [[Chinese Australian|Chinese-born]] Australian residents lived in New South Wales.
* [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], the second-most populous state, also had the second-largest number of overseas-born persons (1,161,984). 50.6% of [[Sri Lankan Australian|Sri Lankan-born]], 50.1% of [[Turkish Australian|Turkish-born]], 49.4% of [[Greek Australian|Greek-born]] and 41.6% of [[Italian Australian|Italian-born]] Australian residents lived in Victoria.
* [[Western Australia]], with 528,827 overseas-born residents, had the highest proportion of foreign-born population. The state attracted 29.6% of all [[Singaporean Australian|Singaporean-born]] Australian residents, and narrowly trailed [[New South Wales]] in having the largest population of [[British Australian|British-born]] Australian residents.
* [[Queensland]] had 695,525 overseas-born residents, and attracted the greatest proportion of persons born in [[Papua New Guinea]] (52.4%) and in [[New Zealand Australians|New Zealand]] (38.2%).