Population of Australia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Australia is 26,417,400 as of September 26, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Australia is projected at 25,788,215 or 25.80 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Australia is projected at 25,499,884 or 25.50 million people for the year 2020. Australia ranks number 55th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Australia is ranked 1st among 23 countries in Oceania.

Australia's population will be increased year by year. The Australia population is projected to reach 28.18 million in 2030 and increase further to 32.81 million in 2050 and 42.88 million by 2100. Australia accounts for 0.33 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.32% in 2009 and is projected to increase by 0.39% by 2100.

Australia was at 43rd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 54th in 2100.

Australia population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	25,499,884	296,686	1.18	0.33
2021	25,788,215	288,331	1.13	0.33
2022	26,068,792	280,577	1.09	0.33
2023	26,343,068	274,276	1.05	0.33
2024	26,612,914	269,846	1.02	0.33
2025	26,879,753	266,839	1.00	0.33
2026	27,144,222	264,469	0.98	0.33
2027	27,406,334	262,112	0.97	0.33
2028	27,666,058	259,724	0.95	0.33
2029	27,923,172	257,114	0.93	0.33
2030	28,177,481	254,309	0.91	0.33
2031	28,429,259	251,778	0.89	0.33
2032	28,678,760	249,501	0.88	0.33
2033	28,925,682	246,922	0.86	0.33
2034	29,169,600	243,918	0.84	0.33
2035	29,410,244	240,644	0.82	0.33
2036	29,647,571	237,327	0.81	0.33
2037	29,881,872	234,301	0.79	0.33
2038	30,113,686	231,814	0.78	0.33
2039	30,343,703	230,017	0.76	0.33
2040	30,572,489	228,786	0.75	0.33
2041	30,800,213	227,724	0.74	0.33
2042	31,026,899	226,686	0.74	0.33
2043	31,252,706	225,807	0.73	0.33
2044	31,477,760	225,054	0.72	0.33
2045	31,702,142	224,382	0.71	0.33
2046	31,925,966	223,824	0.71	0.33
2047	32,149,254	223,288	0.70	0.34
2048	32,371,840	222,586	0.69	0.34
2049	32,593,529	221,689	0.68	0.34
2050	32,814,113	220,584	0.68	0.34
2051	33,033,574	219,461	0.67	0.34
2052	33,251,918	218,344	0.66	0.34
2053	33,469,054	217,136	0.65	0.34
2054	33,684,880	215,826	0.64	0.34
2055	33,899,321	214,441	0.64	0.34
2056	34,112,355	213,034	0.63	0.34
2057	34,323,983	211,628	0.62	0.34
2058	34,534,178	210,195	0.61	0.34
2059	34,742,900	208,722	0.60	0.34
2060	34,950,168	207,268	0.60	0.34
2061	35,155,967	205,799	0.59	0.35
2062	35,360,350	204,383	0.58	0.35
2063	35,563,493	203,143	0.57	0.35
2064	35,765,574	202,081	0.57	0.35
2065	35,966,769	201,195	0.56	0.35
2066	36,167,165	200,396	0.56	0.35
2067	36,366,769	199,604	0.55	0.35
2068	36,565,600	198,831	0.55	0.35
2069	36,763,655	198,055	0.54	0.35
2070	36,960,960	197,305	0.54	0.35
2071	37,157,584	196,624	0.53	0.35
2072	37,353,583	195,999	0.53	0.36
2073	37,548,921	195,338	0.52	0.36
2074	37,743,549	194,628	0.52	0.36
2075	37,937,457	193,908	0.51	0.36
2076	38,130,712	193,255	0.51	0.36
2077	38,323,432	192,720	0.51	0.36
2078	38,515,747	192,315	0.50	0.36
2079	38,707,786	192,039	0.50	0.36
2080	38,899,749	191,963	0.50	0.36
2081	39,091,643	191,894	0.49	0.37
2082	39,283,642	191,999	0.49	0.37
2083	39,476,084	192,442	0.49	0.37
2084	39,669,379	193,295	0.49	0.37
2085	39,863,846	194,467	0.49	0.37
2086	40,059,568	195,722	0.49	0.37
2087	40,256,514	196,946	0.49	0.37
2088	40,454,723	198,209	0.49	0.37
2089	40,654,194	199,471	0.49	0.38
2090	40,854,876	200,682	0.49	0.38
2091	41,056,659	201,783	0.49	0.38
2092	41,259,358	202,699	0.49	0.38
2093	41,462,744	203,386	0.49	0.38
2094	41,666,529	203,785	0.49	0.38
2095	41,870,415	203,886	0.49	0.39
2096	42,074,002	203,587	0.49	0.39
2097	42,276,899	202,897	0.48	0.39
2098	42,478,664	201,765	0.48	0.39
2099	42,678,798	200,134	0.47	0.39
2100	42,876,772	197,974	0.46	0.39

Australia population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	8,177,342	-	-	0.32
1951	8,398,231	220,889	2.70	0.33
1952	8,595,072	196,841	2.34	0.33
1953	8,782,173	187,101	2.18	0.33
1954	8,970,127	187,954	2.14	0.33
1955	9,165,707	195,580	2.18	0.33
1956	9,371,789	206,082	2.25	0.33
1957	9,587,458	215,669	2.30	0.33
1958	9,808,596	221,138	2.31	0.34
1959	10,028,799	220,203	2.25	0.34
1960	10,242,076	213,277	2.13	0.34
1961	10,445,837	203,761	1.99	0.34
1962	10,643,417	197,580	1.89	0.34
1963	10,845,178	201,761	1.90	0.34
1964	11,065,415	220,237	2.03	0.34
1965	11,313,195	247,780	2.24	0.34
1966	11,593,413	280,218	2.48	0.34
1967	11,899,639	306,226	2.64	0.34
1968	12,215,701	316,062	2.66	0.34
1969	12,518,937	303,236	2.48	0.35
1970	12,793,034	274,097	2.19	0.35
1971	13,033,133	240,099	1.88	0.35
1972	13,244,171	211,038	1.62	0.34
1973	13,431,794	187,623	1.42	0.34
1974	13,605,570	173,776	1.29	0.34
1975	13,773,288	167,718	1.23	0.34
1976	13,935,731	162,443	1.18	0.34
1977	14,092,548	156,817	1.13	0.33
1978	14,249,401	156,853	1.11	0.33
1979	14,413,000	163,599	1.15	0.33
1980	14,588,405	175,405	1.22	0.33
1981	14,777,243	188,838	1.29	0.33
1982	14,979,205	201,962	1.37	0.32
1983	15,194,641	215,436	1.44	0.32
1984	15,423,166	228,525	1.50	0.32
1985	15,663,663	240,497	1.56	0.32
1986	15,917,572	253,909	1.62	0.32
1987	16,183,168	265,596	1.67	0.32
1988	16,452,255	269,087	1.66	0.32
1989	16,713,989	261,734	1.59	0.32
1990	16,960,597	246,608	1.48	0.32
1991	17,189,240	228,643	1.35	0.32
1992	17,402,173	212,933	1.24	0.32
1993	17,603,205	201,032	1.16	0.32
1994	17,798,529	195,324	1.11	0.31
1995	17,993,074	194,545	1.09	0.31
1996	18,189,277	196,203	1.09	0.31
1997	18,387,214	197,937	1.09	0.31
1998	18,587,021	199,807	1.09	0.31
1999	18,788,186	201,165	1.08	0.31
2000	18,991,431	203,245	1.08	0.31
2001	19,194,672	203,241	1.07	0.31
2002	19,401,368	206,696	1.08	0.31
2003	19,624,166	222,798	1.15	0.31
2004	19,879,649	255,483	1.30	0.31
2005	20,178,540	298,891	1.50	0.31
2006	20,526,303	347,763	1.72	0.31
2007	20,916,344	390,041	1.90	0.31
2008	21,332,282	415,938	1.99	0.31
2009	21,750,851	418,569	1.96	0.32
2010	22,154,679	403,828	1.86	0.32
2011	22,538,001	383,322	1.73	0.32
2012	22,903,948	365,947	1.62	0.32
2013	23,254,913	350,965	1.53	0.32
2014	23,596,424	341,511	1.47	0.32
2015	23,932,502	336,078	1.42	0.32
2016	24,262,712	330,210	1.38	0.33
2017	24,584,620	321,908	1.33	0.33
2018	24,898,152	313,532	1.28	0.33
2019	25,203,198	305,046	1.23	0.33