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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Gerard Cockburn

There are 22,000 more Canberrans than we thought, as ACT leads nation in population growth

Canberra has outpaced the rest of the nation in population growth according to latest census data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The ACT's population has grown 14.4 per cent to 454,000 people since the last census count in 2016, with the bush capital adding 57,102 people in five years.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said on social media it was "Quite a shift from the previous 'estimated' residential population of 432,000".

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