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What is the current population of Sydney Australia?

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As of March 2010, the population of Sydney exceeded 4.5 million. This included the entire metropolitan area and suburbs. Sydney is the largest city in Australia, but not the national capital.

As of June 2009, the Local Government Area of Sydney, i.e. the CBD and surrounding inner city suburbs of the greater metropolitan area, had a population of 177,000.
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