Australia's population officially hits a milestone on Tuesday at 9:57pm, according to projections by the Bureau of Statistics.
There is one baby born every 1 minute and 44 seconds.
There is one death every 3 minutes and 32 seconds.
International migration adds one person to the population every 2 minutes and 19 seconds.
When you combine those variables, it means there is a total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 23 seconds.
Based on those numbers, tomorrow night at 9:57pm, Australia's population will hit 23 million.
While New South Wales has the biggest population at 7.3 million, Western Australia saw the biggest increase year on year, up by 3.4 per cent to 2.5 million, according to the latest ABS September figures.
Tasmania recorded the slowest increase, up only 0.1 per cent to 512,000.
The number of new Australians is growing at a faster pace.
There were 6,000 more births in the year to September, an increase of 4 per cent on the prior corresponding period.
Net overseas migration, surged 32 per cent, to 228,000.
In fact, while Australia's population grew 1.7 per cent in the year to September to 22.8 million, 60 per cent of that increase came from migrants.
Migrants form around 27 per cent of Australia population. 6 million Australians were born overseas.
Most of them came from the UK, accounting for 5.3 per cent of the total population followed by New Zealand at 2.5 per cent, China at 1.8 per cent, India at 1.5 per cent and Vietnam along with Italy, both 0.9 per cent.
When you take a look at Australia's population growth from 2001 to 2011, the biggest percentage increase, while from a very small base, came from Nepal.
In 2011, there were 2800 Nepalese migrants in Australia.
They're followed by those who immigrated from Sudan, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
So, it just goes to show, that migration continues to play an important role, in the growth of the Australian population.
23 million lamingtons for everyone tomorrow!
