POPULATION CLOCK Traditional Cache
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This is FRIGHTENING !!!!!
Check out the Australian Bureau of Statistics , POPULATION CLOCK on line and be ready for a shock !!! See what the resident population of Australia is projected to be :
XX, XXX, XXX
This figure increases as you read on. It is based on :
#One birth every 1 minute and 43 seconds.
# One death every 3 minutes and 34 seconds.
# A net gain of one international migrant every 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Leading to......
# An overall population increase of one person every 1 minute and 20 seconds.
That's:
45 extra people per hour !!!! or
1080 extra people per DAY !!!!
Temingi was born in 1944 when the population of Australia was about 7.5 million ( What a great time we had growing up in the 40's and 50's ....even though there was no geocaching )
Now, 68 years later the population is RAPIDLY nearing 23 million.
That's 3 people to share the space, food, water and other resources that were available for one person.
As we get crowded out we'll all be glad of places like the quiet creekside picnic area where this cache is hidden.
ENJOY IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
EDIT NOTE 31/3/2014 : Births now one every 1m 42 s Deaths now one every 3m 36s Nett migration now one every 2m 9s Resulting in a NETT INCREASE of one person every 1m and 17s Australia 's population now 23,439,365. EDIT NOTE 5/6/2015 : Births now one every 1m 44 s Deaths now one every 3m27s Nett migration now one every 2m 13s Resulting in a NETT INCREASE of one person every 1m and 21s Australia 's population now 23,843,344 EDIT NOTE :7/6/17. population now 24,483,283. An increase of 640,000 in the last 2 years
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