Australia is a very special presence among the countries of the world because of its extremely small population density and large territorial area, which has a total territorial area of 7.69 million square kilometers.
But this country is very strange.
Ninety-five per cent of such a huge territory is uninhabited, and almost half of the country's population is concentrated in a few large cities, including Canberra.
Why is Australia's population so strange?
First, Australia has a small local population
In fact, more than 95% of Australia's land is uninhabited, and the main reason is that the population is too sparse.
As a country with a total area of more than 7 million square kilometers and a population of only about 26 million, Australia has one of the lowest population densities in the entire world.
There are also many reasons for Australia's sparse population.
Because Australia was discovered relatively late by the Western powers.
After the 17th century, Western countries began to vigorously colonize overseas. At the same time, there were already European colonies in North and South America and Africa.
Although the population of these colonies is small, it is true that they have established colonial strongholds, but Australia is different.
Although Australia was discovered in the 17th century, the important centers of the European powers at that time were North and South America and AfricaVery few European settlements have been established here in Australia.
It was first discovered that neither the Spaniards nor the Dutch in Australia had any idea of building large settlements in Australia.
It was not until the end of the 18th century, when the British established settlements on the east coast of Australia, that the development of Australia began.
But again, Britain did not devote as much resources and energy to Australia as it did to the African colonies and the Indian colonies.
Because there were too many advantages of the Indian colonies over Australia.
India itself has a large local population, and the indigenous people of India are relatively obedient to British colonial rule.
Therefore, Britain has the basis for large-scale industrial development in India, and Britain can completely relocate some highly polluting industries that are not needed in the country to India, and then use India's huge population and volume to promote the development of Britain itself.
During the British colonial empire, India was known as the shining star in the crown of the British Queen.
Even the Queen of England will also serve as the emperor of India, which can show the importance that Britain attaches to India.
On the other hand, although Australia also has a lot of resources, it is too large and there are not too many indigenous people, so there is no basis for large-scale development.
If England had discovered Australia in the late 16th or 17th century, Britain would have invested heavily in its development.
But by the 18th century, Britain's colonial empire was too large.
Even Britain, an empire on which the sun never sets, can only devote resources to the development of a few more important colonies.
This led to the fact that before Australia's independence, although there was also a relatively well-developed industrial system and transportation network.
But in reality, Australia at that time could only be regarded as a fragile agricultural country.
The population is not large, and the value of agricultural output is relatively limited.
Therefore, when Australia was a British colony, its population was not large, and its population did not grow faster after independence.
As a result, with Australia's population, they simply do not have full control over all of their territory
Only a few areas can be controlled, and the rest of the land will become no man's land.
Second, Australia's climate characteristics are very strange
Australia has a large number of areas that are uninhabited, and the second reason is that it is too large and has a very strange climate.
In Australia's coastal zone are plains and industrial cities engaged in large-scale agricultural production.
But the further you go into the interior of Australia, the worse the environment becomes.
Australia has a large number of deserts and Gobi deserts, the existence of which is not suitable for human habitation.
Add to this the fact that Australia's population is indeed very limited, and they can only prioritise the development of agricultural and industrial cities along the coast.
Then the central region of Australia, which was originally unsuitable for human habitation, was gradually abandoned.
But Australia is not entirely unaware of the development of the Midlands.
In fact, Australia** has built some tourist facilities in the central region, and then turned the vast central region into a natural environment protection area, preserving the original local ecological environment.
It is precisely because Australia's ecological environment is almost untouched that they can attract a large number of foreign tourists every year.
Conclusion:
Australia suffers from significant uneven population distribution, and the main reason for this is underpopulation.
The lack of population is directly related to the fact that it was not valued by the mother country of Britain during the colonial period.
Later, after Australia became a developed country, the local people did not have so much desire to raise offspring, which eventually caused Australia's population growth rate to be not fast.
So in the foreseeable future, this uneven distribution of the population may become more serious.
Given Australia's size, it is difficult to solve this problem.