Rossig Educational Chart: Australia and the Islands of the Pacific

This is a nice-looking wheel, isn't it? It's in good shape, too. It took us a while to find this one to complete our collection of Rossig continent wheels.

I'm a bit puzzled by the population figures on this thing. It says the population of New Zealand is "1 1/2 mill." But for New South Wales it says "2 M." Surely that's not meant to indicate thousands. Anyone know?