People are upping and leaving, so says the Sydney Morning Herald.
And they are right - in fact, people have always left Sydney!
Immigration into Sydney from overseas, on the other hand, is tracking at the highest level on record.
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And then there's the natural growth of the population, as births exceed deaths.
The population of Sydney is expected to rise from about 5 million to about 7.4 million by 2046.