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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by BadgerBoi
Certainly not an additional 40% of the population, so that's not the reason.
Around 25% of all Australian residents were born overseas.
Over 50% of all Australian residents were either both overseas and/or have at least one parent that was born overseas.

For the US, the first number is closer to 10%. Not sure about the second.

So whilst it doesn't account for the full 40%, it definitely accounts for some of it.
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