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Missing Million Part II: Boomers in Bali or Kiwis In New Zealand?

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This post is a follow-on to Dr. Cameron Murray’s reply to my first post on migration. In my first post I published the following graph demonstrating that Australia’s population included a ‘missing million’ people who we counted as resident, but who were actually overseas at any given time. {"x":{"data":[{"orientation":"v","width":[6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400,6998400],"base":[-11325,-12275,-9650,-11800,-10625,-14500,-25450,-27825,-36925,-34150,-31475,-31775,-24150,-15500,-8925,-5775,-4825,-1500,-750,-4725,-11675,-14200,-18100,-16075,-19325,-10875,-19275,-18075,-35650,-34100,-33425,-27625,-40075,-33100,-25150,-22575,-24150,-23400,-30425,-15725,-19025,-8525,-5075,-4800,-8700,-13350,-9500,-12425,-6775,-3975,-8950,-16000,-10175,-20950,-20200,-33825,-34700,-41875,-26675,-40400,-36475,-38525,-29275,-41575,-35075,-43050,-32050,-39400,-43650,-31050,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"x":[360201600,368150400,376012800,383788800,391737600,399686400,407548800,415324800,423273600,431222400,439084800,446947200,454896000,462844800,470707200,478483200,486432000,494380800,502243200,510019200,517968000,525916800,533779200,541555200,549504000,557452800,565315200,573177600,581126400,589075200,596937600,604713600,612662400,620611200,628473600,636249600,644198400,652147200,660009600,667785600,675734400,683683200,691545600,754704000,770428800,786240000,794016000,801964800,809913600,817776000,825638400,833587200,841536000,849398400,857174400,865123200,873072000,880934400,888710400,896659200,904608000,912470400,920246400,928195200,936144000,944006400,951868800,959817600,967766400,975628800,699408000,707356800,715305600,723168000,730944000,738892800,746841600,762480000,778377600,983404800,991353600,999302400,1007164800,1014940800,1022889600,1030838400,1038700800,1046476800,1054425600,1062374400,1070236800,1078099200,1086048000,1093996800,1101859200,1109635200,1117584000,1125532800,1133395200,1141171200,1149120000,1157068800,1164931200,1172707200,1180656000,1188604800,1196467200,1204329600,1212278400,1220227200,1228089600,1235865600,1243814400,1251763200,1259625600,1267401600,1275350400,1283299200,1291161600,1298937600,1306886400,1314835200,1322697600,1330560000,1338508800,1346457600,1354320000,1362096000,1370044800,1377993600,1385856000,1393632000,1401580800,1409529600,1417392000,1425168000,1433116800,1441065600,1448928000,1456790400,1464739200,1472688000,1480550400],"y":[11325,12275,9650,11800,10625,14500,25450,27825,36925,34150,31475,31775,24150,15500,8925,5775,4825,1500,750,4725,11675,14200,18100,16075,19325,10875,19275,18075,35650,34100,33425,27625,40075,33100,25150,22575,24150,23400,30425,15725,19025,8525,5075,4800,8700,13350,9500,12425,6775,3975,8950,16000,10175,20950,20200,33825,34700,41875,26675,40400,36475,38525,29275,41575,35075,43050,32050,39400,43650,31050,15075,12725,22450,16075,21075,5650,7975,1600,1725,1675,4950,24775,34725,55825,60825,83100,107175,132425,120550,121775,131350,151975,166825,189125,208675,227075,225150,231375,234500,252550,243300,263450,272475,307175,303125,326700,350800,392275,399475,414600,414800,421225,410125,411525,413350,449925,467800,495100,522325,549925,567525,605075,630725,676975,693525,718200,727675,761850,773650,799275,806450,830550,843900,867525,881425,924575,925700,942525,951150,981000,978875,992450,985950],"text":["cum.discrepancy: -11325 1981-06-01","cum.discrepancy: -12275 1981-09-01","cum.discrepancy: -9650 1981-12-01","cum.discrepancy: -11800 1982-03-01","cum.discrepancy: -10625 1982-06-01","cum.discrepancy: -14500 1982-09-01","cum.discrepancy: -25450