<P> At the June 2016 Australian census, Sydney's population reached 5 million people . </P> <P> Sydney is particularly noted for its low population density, due to its history . Surrounded by land that was considered unowned by the city's founders, early Sydney enjoyed relatively low land values . Coupled with successive governments' willingness to release new land on the city's outskirts for further development, this history has given Sydney a low - density self - image . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Significant overseas born populations </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of Birth </Th> <Th> Population (2011) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> <Td> 155,065 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> China </Td> <Td> 146,853 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> 86,767 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> 77,297 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> 69,405 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> 61,122 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lebanon </Td> <Td> 54,215 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> 39,694 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> 39,155 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hong Kong </Td> <Td> 36,804 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> 31,681 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fiji </Td> <Td> 29,598 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> 28,594 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Greece </Td> <Td> 28,192 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> 24,707 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Significant overseas born populations </Td> </Tr>

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