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Australian Immigration by Country

Try to name the top countries of birth for immigrants living in Australia.
As of 2023. Source (.xlsx).
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First submittedNovember 20, 2014
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Immigrants
Country
1,142,540
United Kingdom
845,800
India
778,590
China
598,090
New Zealand
361,860
Philippines
298,960
Vietnam
214,790
South Africa
Immigrants
Country
180,470
Malaysia
179,050
Nepal
158,990
Italy
158,290
Sri Lanka
120,440
Pakistan
115,360
South Korea
114,260
United States
Immigrants
Country
109,980
Thailand
109,170
Indonesia
106,830
Iraq
104,460
Germany
96,180
Lebanon
94,380
Ireland
92,950
Greece
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79 Comments
GreenFriday
+12
Level 85
Oct 14, 2015
Wow wasn't expecting Croatia.
stubart409
+28
Level 68
May 17, 2016
There are a lot of Croatians in Sydney and Melbourne. In 2006 when we played Croatia in the World Cup Finals, there were 6 players of Croatian descent in the Australian squad, and 3 guys who were born and raised in Australia in the Croatian squad. The first wave of Croatian migrants came after World War 2, along with large numbers of migrants from Italy and Greece. They were considered 'non-white', and it took a hard sell from the Labour government of the day to convince white anglo-saxon Australians to let them into the country.
cmountenay
+4
Level 89
Jan 31, 2019
I only knew Croatia because I've listened to too many true crime podcasts about Ivan Milat. I'm sure that he's not who the Croatian-Australian community wants to be known for, but he's certainly memorable.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2025
Croatia is waaaayyyy down the list now, ranked #34.
Akula
+17
Level 79
Dec 29, 2016
Way too many New Zealanders living over in the 'West Island'. About time some of them came back to NZ I think.
Jerry928
+88
Level 76
Jan 2, 2017
Which, if they did, would lower the average IQ of both countries.
joeythelemur
+2
Level 82
Jan 3, 2017
Zing!
TomatosRaafatos
+4
Level 75
Jan 26, 2017
Savage xD
Fee
+3
Level 50
Nov 17, 2017
You're right there, the average Australian wouldn't get that at all. (Yes, I am Australian) Nice one!
jonh
+5
Level 56
Apr 12, 2022
As an australian, this took me way too long to figure out...

So basically it took me about as long as you'd expect.

bakainu
+57
Level 69
Jan 26, 2017
Thought there might be some Austrians, who got lost.
kiwiquizzer
+3
Level 68
Jan 27, 2017
LOL
Jezilly
+2
Level 80
Jan 26, 2017
I'm surprised by the amount of dutch. I'm first gen Aussie but half dutch and I only know of my own family and a scattering of others. My other half is Russian and they are everywhere in Sydney yet they don't make the list. Very surprised. Was it something to do with statistics from the USSR not working for this quiz? Or refugees? My mum was a Russian refugee but born in Germany so that would confuse things.
kalbahamut
+7
Level 81
Jan 26, 2017
The first Europeans in Australia were Dutch, in 1606.
Djilas
+49
Level 85
Jan 26, 2017
I doubt they are still alive though.
DeusCaritasEst
+1
Level 55
Jan 27, 2017
^ You're probably right.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jan 28, 2017
Probably not. But I was just saying they were there first. Also, once an ethnic community is established somewhere it will usually continue to attract more immigrants of the same ethnicity into perpetuity. One Dutchman settles in Sydney in 1700... his wife and two brothers come over in 1720... his two brothers go home to get married and bring back their wives in 1730... their wives each sponsor parents, cousins, nieces and nephews to come over... friends of said nephews stay in correspondence with those who moved and decide to join later, bringing members of their family with them, and so on and so on until there is a mix of people who were born there and new arrivals, as well.
CaoMaru
+7
Level 50
Aug 10, 2018
I thought the Dutch left Australia, after having settled there briefly. After that it wasn't inhabited by Europeans until the English arrived.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Jun 20, 2019
After reading up on it some, apparently in spite of being called New Holland for a couple hundred years the Dutch never made an attempt to colonize Australia, deeming it an unsuitable place to live. When the English first established a permanent presence there it was in New South Wales, while the rest of the island was still called New Holland. Dutch immigration got a big boost during WW2 when people came over from the Dutch East Indies (part of Indonesia).
YellowJacket
+4
Level 79
May 1, 2021
They weren't wrong. Basically everything on that hot, dry continent will kill you if given the chance. The Dutch are also used to a constant threat of flooding due to being at or below sea-level; they didn't know what to do with a land that didn't have that issue.
GrandCorn
+1
Level 71
Oct 19, 2021
Maybe because they were looking at the west coast? I really don't like that generalisation of Australia
blizzrd33
+5
Level 80
Mar 14, 2022
"Basically everything on that hot, dry continent will kill you if given the chance". When was the last time you heard of a koala or a wombat having killed anyone?
AchillesFirstStand
+5
Level 79
Apr 12, 2022
@blizzrd33 haven't you heard of drop bears?
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Apr 12, 2022
Yes, although not too concerned because I'm not a tourist.
DrunkytheSnowman
+3
Level 55
Dec 2, 2021
I'm an Australian and I haven't met anyone with Russian ancestry but I have met plenty of people with Dutch ancestry. Maybe it just depends on where you live. I live in a small town in Queensland but most Australian Russians seem to live in the cities especially Sydney and Melbourne so if you live around there you might've met more since there is a larger concentration of them.
morequizzes4u
+3
Level 33
Jan 26, 2017
I am pretty sure Bangladesh and Nepal should be here.
quiplash
+1
Level 39
Jan 26, 2017
Bangladesh was one of the first ones I tried. I was SURE it would be there. Weird.
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
May 1, 2021
Extremely close actually, with 77,000 people. And considering how fast Bangladeshi communities are growing in other English-speaking countries (like the US and Canada), I wouldn't be surprised if they make the list soon.
Stopperman
+2
Level 60
May 9, 2021
nepalese is literally taught at my local public school, so I'm surprised as well
YouLoveEagle
+2
Level 49
Aug 13, 2022
Nepal is here now, but not Bangladesh…
SunsetSunrise
+5
Level 47
Jan 26, 2017
What I don't understand is I made this quiz 2 years ago using more recent data from the actual 2011 census (as opposed to the 2010 estimates this quiz uses) and the quizmaster decides to feature this one instead. Just...Sigh.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 82
Mar 14, 2022
If you look at the quiz details, this quiz appears to have first been submitted in 2014.
powdamonkeyy
+1
Level 40
Jan 26, 2017
Likewise with the Dutch! Would say that I know/have encountered people from all of these different places before in Aus, but would never have picked the Netherlands. Wonder where they're all hiding!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jan 26, 2017
I guessed them early on because I was aware of the early history of Australia which included Dutch exploration. But I don't know if that actually has anything to do with why there are many Dutch there now. Only ones I missed were Ireland and Lebanon.
tourwoorden
+4
Level 69
Jan 27, 2017
My guess would be that this is the result of a Dutch emigration wave after WW2. Lots of Dutch went to New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the US.
RealDad12
+3
Level 67
Jan 26, 2017
18/20, but being an Aussie helps. How the hell did I miss Lebanon?!
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jan 27, 2017
My first guess!
SkyjumperTalon
+2
Level 58
Jan 26, 2017
Ireland came out of nowhere
joeythelemur
+1
Level 82
Mar 14, 2022
The Irish love the sun. :-)
CaptainHumanLogic
+1
Level 40
Jan 26, 2017
AHHHHHHHH! Forgot the UK!
yorksguy1865
+1
Level 34
Feb 18, 2018
As a massive rugby league fan I am ashamed that I forgot Lebanon seen as most of the Lebanese national team are made up of Australians of Lebanese descent...
Findlay
+4
Level 81
Apr 16, 2018
Fiji has gotta have the largest number relative to its population. It’s roughly the equivalent to there being 100 million Chinese here.
Wulfy
+2
Level 50
Jun 8, 2019
how did i forget south africa? My dads from there and im from melbourne
HughMcD05
+1
Level 48
Sep 23, 2020
19/20, only missed Sri Lanka
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Mar 30, 2021
Lebanon with 5 seconds to spare!
Findlay
+7
Level 81
Mar 30, 2021
I'm guessing those that missed Lebanon (two thirds) are not Australian. It's hard to miss the presence of the Lebanese immigrant community in Australia - particularly in Sydney, but in other major cities too.
WillemLAif
+1
Level 76
Mar 31, 2021
I guessed their neighbor and then just forgot about the whole region. Oh well..
AnAussieHawk1
+1
Level 69
May 29, 2024
Hard not to forget about good ol' Broady.
Geopro
+2
Level 59
May 1, 2021
I was typing in Sri Lanka when my time ran out! Surprised so many missed Lebanon.
camus
+8
Level 79
May 1, 2021
In Germany we have this stereotype. Every girl who finishes high school is called Lisa and goes to Australia for a few months to "find herself" (or at least some buddies to get drunk with) and "gain life experience" (for her resume). Then when Lisa comes back it's so hard for her to switch back to German and her speech is riddled with English expressions. Looks like many of them stay in Australia.
ing
+5
Level 72
Mar 27, 2022
And they marry Bruce.
Yungmiko3
+1
Level 28
May 1, 2021
No Iraq?
carrow
+1
Level 51
May 1, 2021
About 100,000 by ancestry in the 2019 census, so presumably fewer than that actually born there.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 82
Mar 14, 2022
On the list now!
NobodyImportant
+3
Level 45
May 2, 2021
No Serbia? There's more then 100k Serbs living in Australia.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2025
No. There are 29,910.
lousylnr
+1
Level 27
Dec 27, 2021
would've never guessed greece
ing
+1
Level 72
Mar 27, 2022
Really? Despite all those tennis players? :)
Alexquiz17
+2
Level 93
Apr 20, 2025
And the Spurs manager, Greece was literally my first answer
Zupity
+3
Level 67
Apr 12, 2022
I have no Greek heritage, but when I was five I could swear in Greek. At least a third of the kids in my class spoke Greek at home.
Jezilly
+1
Level 80
Jul 11, 2025
Biggest Greek population outside of Greece and Cyprus is in Australia. The most are in Melbourne but also very large populations in Sydney.
sizzly4packs
+2
Level 37
Jan 15, 2022
there is about 200k polish people in australia tho (including me)
joeythelemur
+4
Level 82
Mar 14, 2022
Are they immigrants though? The difference being "of Polish heritage" and "actually born in Poland then moved to Australia".
blizzrd33
+2
Level 80
Mar 14, 2022
Exactly, this is the only reason Ireland is in 20th position. If total number of immigrants was the basis for the quiz, Ireland would probably be in the top 5.
zackvampeta2021
+1
Level 35
Apr 12, 2022
croatia?
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Apr 12, 2022
Most current figure is 55,820 residents born in Croatia, currently #30. You could always read the source data if you could be bothered.
Arthurotuna
+3
Level 39
Apr 12, 2022
this is wrong. there is 150.000 turkish immigrant in australia. where is turkey?
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Apr 12, 2022
Turkey is mostly in Asia, but a small part extends into Europe.
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Apr 12, 2022
Oh ah, nice zing!

There are less than 50,000 residents in Australia who were born in Turkey according to every census since at least 1996. You might be thinking about residents of Turkish descent (i.e. whose parents or grandparents were born in Turkey) but that's not the same thing.

MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 72
Feb 19, 2023
Really didn't expect Lebanon. thought they'd primarily go to the US
Jiaozira
+1
Level 71
May 9, 2025
Lebanon has a pretty big diaspora and a lengthy history of emigration. Lots of Lebanese people emigrated to Europe and all over the Americas during the 20th century. Fun fact, but Colombian Shakira and Mexican Carlos Slim both have Lebanese ancestry. There's even a somewhat large Lebanese community who live in the Ivory Coast, which is not a country you'd expect to see many people immigrating to. So Australia definitely isn't out of the question all things considered.
Jezilly
+1
Level 80
Jul 11, 2025
So many in Sydney. Huge Lebanese population.
Noivern
+1
Level 64
Jun 20, 2024
Expected to see Poland on here, surprised that it wasn't in the top 20 countries for immigrants.
AnAussieHawk1
+2
Level 69
Jan 25, 2025
The quiz is for people born in other countries. Australia has 200 thousand people of Polish descent, but the big wave of Polish migrants came in the 50’s, so most of the Polish-Australians are 3rd-4th generation migrants.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 93
Apr 20, 2025
Surprised not to see Japan. Do they go to the smaller friendlier neighbour instead?
reverendmeat
+2
Level 84
Apr 20, 2025
Well Japan is awesome so I don't see why they'd want to leave, let alone to Australia which hardly seems like a step up
Neodymium
+3
Level 63
Jul 8, 2025
holy glaze...
oranje
+2
Level 65
Jul 8, 2025
Ask the average Japanese citizen what their work life balance is
mf3
+2
Level 89
Apr 20, 2025
Also surprised not to see on the list a large, well-populated country just next door -- Papua New Guinea.
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