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A country with beautiful beaches and developed cities, "Australia" is big enough to contain 9 countries like Pakistan.

Of course it is huge in terms of area.

But its population is so small that if its area is declared to be divided among the people.

Then each person will get about 73 acres of land.

The country is so sparsely populated that there are less than 4 people per square kilometer on average.

Its population per km rate is 3.4%

Not only this, more than 80% of the country's population lives near the coast.

And 95% of the country is completely empty.

What is the reason for people to live like this? Why is Australia so sparsely populated?

And why will this country be among the developed countries despite such a vast area being empty?

Let's find it all out.

Australia, the largest country on the world's smallest continent, is considered by many geologists to be the world's largest island.

The area of which is more than 76 lakh 88 thousand square kilometers.

Thus, it is the sixth largest country in the world in terms of area.

It is twice as much as India and 9 times as much as Pakistan.

The population of India is more than 1 billion 40 crores while the population of Pakistan is around 24 crores.

However, the population of Australia is only 26 million.

That is, a country 9 times larger than Pakistan in area is 10 times smaller than Pakistan in terms of population.

Surprisingly, the area of Australia is equal to the 48 states of the United States.

However, its population is less than that of California.

On the other hand, comparing Australia's area and population ratio to Europe, only England has twice the population of Australia.

While Australia is 32 times bigger than England in area.

Not only that, the population of many islands in the world is more than Australia.

For example, the population of the Indonesian island of Java alone is 6 times that of Australia.

However, its area is 60 times less than Australia.

Australia is far-reaching but its population is confined to the coasts.

Its 7 metropolitan cities include Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

whose population is more than two-thirds of the total population of Australia.

In terms of urban population, Australia is so far ahead that about 87% of its population is urban.

And all this urban population is spread over less than one percent of the country's total area.

A look at this surprising population distribution in Australia will surprise you even more.

The state of Western Australia occupies one-third of the country's land area.

East Pilbarashire has an area the size of one city in Japan, i.e. 400,000 square kilometres.

But only 10,500 people live in this city.

On the other hand, Japan has a population of over 125 million.

Importantly, half of the total population of the Eastern Pilbara lives in a small area called Newman.

In other words, except Newman, the people of all the regions have to travel hundreds of kilometers to meet each other.

Australia is also home to the world's largest cattle station or the largest cattle farm spread over an area.

Anna Creek Cattle Station in South Australia covers 24,000 square kilometres.

Where more than 10 thousand cows are taken care of.

Australia is so big that two cities in the same state are thousands of kilometers apart.

One of them is Kununurra in the north and Esperance in the south.

The two are so far apart that it would take 36 hours to reach the destination by car via the highway.

There is a distance of more than 3,200 km between them.

Surprisingly, the road connecting the two cities is part of Highway 1, which looks deserted and very quiet.

Fewer than 70,000 people live in the surrounding area.

In addition, the Outback Highway, one of Australia's longest roads,

Great Northern Highway, Stuart Highway, Eyre Highway, and Bruce Highway

Why do people live so close to the coast in Australia and why is the middle so empty over millions of square kilometres?

So the main reason for this is drought, desert areas and barren land.

The mountain range of Australia stretches from north to south in its east.

This mountain range is called the Great Dividing Range.

3500 km long and about 300 km wide, this mountain range is the fifth largest mountain range in the world.

Due to these peaks, the east, northeast and southeast coastal areas are blocked by cloud cover.

And as they reach the plains, their intensity decreases.

Due to which there is almost no rain here

It is important to note that two-thirds of Australia receives less than 500 mm of annual rainfall.

South of Australia, on the other hand, cold winds from Antarctica killed the rain-bearing winds.

It is worth mentioning here that 18 percent of Australia ie 1.4 million square kilometers is completely desert.

While a total of 35 percent of the area is facing the desert situation.

Its total desert area is more than the total area of major countries like South Africa, Colombo.

bia, Egypt, Nigeria and Pakistan

Australia's problems do not end here if we include its arid and semi-arid regions.

Then the uncultivated area of Australia becomes 70% of the total area.

On the one hand, Australia is among the top countries in the world in terms of desert area.

On the other hand, it is also among the top ten countries in the world in terms of forest area.

Its forests cover 31 million hectares, which is 18% of Australia's total land area.

Another important point is that most of Australia's forests are close to coastal areas.

The weather in Australia is so extreme that the forests of New South Wales often start fires due to the heat.

Fires in 2019 and 2020

It affected more than 60 million acres of land so much that the trees were burned to coal.

In such a situation, thousands of species of animals living here are facing serious threats.

In Australia, because settlement began so late, the population is still very small.

So, for the same reason, those animals are also found in these forests which are not found anywhere else

Extreme weather in Australia is sounding the death knell for these species.

Seven of the 10 warmest years in Australia over the past few decades have occurred since 2005 alone.

Due to which the riverine areas are also suffering from severe shortage of water.

Also, most of the rivers in Australia are in the coastal areas and there are no rivers in the midlands.

Because of this, the central regions are also barren.

Now you might be thinking that Australia is a developed country, it does not lack resources.

So why didn't he take any measures to control the drought?

And the desert and barren lands in the central regions of the country will be made arable?

In 1938, an Australian engineer, Dr. John Bradfield, presented a plan to end famine in his country.

Which was named Bradfield Scheme.

He planned to divert the water from the rivers flowing in North Queensland through pipelines, tunnels, pumps and dams.

In those areas where large areas were deserted due to lack of water.

The proposed length of this irrigation system was 7800 km.

The project was rejected as too expensive and impractical.

This project could not be started till date but other experts have also presented their own projects based on this scheme.

Dr. John Bradfield's plan is estimated to cost up to $30 billion.

Now you might be thinking that 70% of Australia is desert or arid so there will be no water in it.

But not at all, because there are more than 400 rivers, small and large, in Australia.

Seven of them are so large that the shortest Paro river is more than 1200 km long.

While the longest river in Australia is the Murray River with a length of about 2400 km.

The river passes through densely populated cities like Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Thousands of kilometers long river. Several months of the year are also dry.

But despite this, the average water in them is higher than Pakistani rivers.

According to a report, Australia has 492 cubic kilometers of fresh water reserves, which is almost twice that of Pakistan.

Another interesting fact here is that even though Australia has twice as much water as Pakistan

Of its 30 percent cultivable land, only 6 percent is being cultivated.

Amazingly, this land is more than the total agricultural area of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia combined.

The total population of all these countries is more than 54 crores.

But Australia's population is only 25 million.

Thus we can say that Australia is self-sufficient in providing food to its citizens.

According to a report, Australia's agricultural land has the capacity to support 90 million people.

But it has a population of just over 2.6 million.

Australia ranks third in the world in pulses, 13th in wheat and sixth in cotton.

Australia is the fourth largest fodder producer in the world.

Perhaps this is the reason why there are large sheep and cow farms here.

In addition, Australia is home to several rare animal species, with the kangaroo being the most prominent.

Australia is also in the top ten list of mineral resources.

All countries are behind Australia in the list of iron ore, while it is second only to China in gold production.

A top ten list of producers of coal, gas, copper, aluminium, diamonds, platinum, silver, nickel and zinc is not complete without Australia.

According to experts, the oldest evidence of human presence in Australia is 60 to 70 thousand years old.

According to a study, the Pilbara region of Australia is one of the oldest inhabited places.

There was a time when the sea level in Australia was not so high.

And people from Asian countries could also come here by land route.

But then thousands of years ago these land areas were submerged in water and then this piece of land separated from Asia.

Thus we can say that the early people who settled here belonged to Asian regions.

According to a research, these people b

Spread to Central Asian countries and Gulf countries.

People from these regions settled in South Asia including Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Thus it can also be said that people of Australian descent are related to Baloch and Pathans living in Pakistan.

If we look at the settlement of modern races in Australia, the Dutch first settled here in 1606.

Then people from different countries of Europe started coming here in search of gold

And after 1850, people of European descent began to settle here permanently

Because here people could be seen far and wide and the whole land was empty.

A major reason why Australia's population did not grow was their racism.

Because in 1901, all other countries except whites from European countries were banned from living in Australia.

This ban was applied to mostly Asians, especially Chinese.

Meanwhile, America opened its doors to Asian people.

And today there are twenty million Asians or people of Asian descent living in the United States.

During World War II, Japan invaded Australia and Australia became anxious to increase its population.

Meanwhile, people from different countries, including Poland, on the one hand

Who during the Great War

They had gone to Australia.

On the other hand, Australia began to phase out the White Australian Policy from 1949.

Then, in 1973, racial discrimination laws were completely abolished.

And Australia also opened its doors to Asians and Africans.

Experts believe that Australia may face drought and drought conditions in the coming years.

Therefore, it must immediately convert its desert areas not only into agricultural areas but also initiate mass population.

To run the system of such a large country

And do not face labor shortage

Experts believe that Australia's population will be around 40 million by 2050.

We have told you the most interesting facts about Australia.

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