Population of Australia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	21 Feb 2024

The current population of Australia is 26,718,029 as of July 27, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Australia is projected at 26,699,482, or 26.7 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Australia is projected at 26,439,111, or 26.44 million people, for the year 2023.

Australia is the most populous country in Oceania, and at 55th position in the world in the list of 237 countries/territories.

Australia population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	26,046,256	26,177,413	262,315	1.002	0.33
2023	26,308,571	26,439,111	261,081	0.987	0.33
2024	26,569,652	26,699,482	259,660	0.973	0.33
2025	26,829,312	26,958,054	257,483	0.955	0.33
2026	27,086,795	27,214,034	254,477	0.935	0.33
2027	27,341,272	27,467,171	251,797	0.917	0.33
2028	27,593,069	27,717,005	247,872	0.894	0.33
2029	27,840,941	27,962,250	242,617	0.868	0.33
2030	28,083,558	28,202,414	237,712	0.843	0.33
2031	28,321,270	28,437,615	232,690	0.818	0.33
2032	28,553,960	28,667,426	226,932	0.792	0.33
2033	28,780,892	28,892,146	222,509	0.770	0.33
2034	29,003,401	29,112,898	218,995	0.752	0.33
2035	29,222,396	29,329,425	214,058	0.730	0.33
2036	29,436,454	29,541,523	210,139	0.711	0.33
2037	29,646,593	29,750,263	207,339	0.697	0.33
2038	29,853,932	29,955,530	203,196	0.678	0.33
2039	30,057,128	30,157,199	200,143	0.664	0.33
2040	30,257,271	30,355,784	197,025	0.649	0.33
2041	30,454,296	30,551,298	194,004	0.635	0.33
2042	30,648,300	30,744,528	192,455	0.626	0.33
2043	30,840,755	30,935,796	190,081	0.614	0.33
2044	31,030,836	31,124,643	187,613	0.603	0.33
2045	31,218,449	31,310,778	184,658	0.590	0.33
2046	31,403,107	31,493,926	181,638	0.577	0.33
2047	31,584,745	31,673,994	178,497	0.564	0.33
2048	31,763,242	31,850,587	174,690	0.548	0.33
2049	31,937,932	32,023,534	171,203	0.535	0.33
2050	32,109,135	32,192,919	167,568	0.521	0.33
2051	32,276,703	32,358,849	164,291	0.508	0.33
2052	32,440,994	32,522,010	162,032	0.498	0.33
2053	32,603,026	32,683,280	160,508	0.491	0.33
2054	32,763,534	32,842,393	157,718	0.480	0.33
2055	32,921,252	32,998,543	154,583	0.468	0.33
2056	33,075,835	33,151,923	152,177	0.459	0.33
2057	33,228,012	33,303,997	151,969	0.456	0.33
2058	33,379,981	33,454,262	148,561	0.444	0.33
2059	33,528,542	33,601,953	146,822	0.437	0.33
2060	33,675,364	33,747,588	144,449	0.428	0.34
2061	33,819,813	33,891,728	143,831	0.424	0.34
2062	33,963,644	34,034,206	141,124	0.415	0.34
2063	34,104,768	34,174,679	139,823	0.409	0.34
2064	34,244,591	34,313,450	137,718	0.401	0.34
2065	34,382,309	34,450,720	136,822	0.397	0.34
2066	34,519,131	34,586,466	134,670	0.389	0.34
2067	34,653,801	34,719,971	132,339	0.381	0.34
2068	34,786,140	34,852,217	132,153	0.379	0.34
2069	34,918,293	34,983,729	130,872	0.374	0.34
2070	35,049,165	35,113,058	127,786	0.364	0.34
2071	35,176,951	35,239,192	124,481	0.353	0.34
2072	35,301,432	35,362,319	121,773	0.344	0.34
2073	35,423,205	35,483,223	120,035	0.338	0.34
2074	35,543,240	35,602,050	117,620	0.330	0.34
2075	35,660,860	35,718,440	115,160	0.322	0.34
2076	35,776,020	35,831,823	111,605	0.311	0.35
2077	35,887,625	35,941,629	108,008	0.301	0.35
2078	35,995,633	36,048,135	105,003	0.291	0.35
2079	36,100,636	36,151,694	102,117	0.282	0.35
2080	36,202,753	36,252,872	100,237	0.276	0.35
2081	36,302,990	36,351,404	96,829	0.266	0.35
2082	36,399,819	36,446,618	93,598	0.257	0.35
2083	36,493,417	36,538,880	90,925	0.249	0.35
2084	36,584,342	36,629,440	90,197	0.246	0.35
2085	36,674,539	36,719,831	90,584	0.247	0.35
2086	36,765,123	36,808,950	87,655	0.238	0.35
2087	36,852,778	36,896,433	87,309	0.237	0.35
2088	36,940,087	36,983,114	86,054	0.233	0.35
2089	37,026,141	37,069,213	86,143	0.232	0.36
2090	37,112,284	37,156,043	87,517	0.236	0.36
2091	37,199,801	37,244,135	88,667	0.238	0.36
2092	37,288,468	37,333,372	89,807	0.241	0.36
2093	37,378,275	37,424,355	92,160	0.246	0.36
2094	37,470,435	37,516,818	92,766	0.247	0.36
2095	37,563,201	37,609,981	93,560	0.249	0.36
2096	37,656,761	37,704,899	96,277	0.255	0.36
2097	37,753,038	37,800,882	95,687	0.253	0.36
2098	37,848,725	37,896,276	95,101	0.251	0.37
2099	37,943,826	37,992,429	97,206	0.256	0.37
2100	38,041,032	38,089,401	96,737	0.254	0.37

Australia population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	8,048,900	8,177,167	256,535	3.137	0.33
1951	8,305,435	8,419,830	228,790	2.717	0.33
1952	8,534,225	8,632,792	197,135	2.284	0.33
1953	8,731,360	8,819,165	175,609	1.991	0.33
1954	8,906,969	9,003,370	192,802	2.142	0.33
1955	9,099,771	9,209,844	220,147	2.390	0.34
1956	9,319,918	9,429,810	219,784	2.331	0.34
1957	9,539,702	9,644,191	208,977	2.167	0.34
1958	9,748,679	9,853,146	208,933	2.121	0.34
1959	9,957,612	10,065,683	216,143	2.147	0.34
1960	10,173,755	10,286,647	225,783	2.195	0.34
1961	10,399,538	10,505,938	212,799	2.026	0.34
1962	10,612,337	10,711,941	199,207	1.860	0.34
1963	10,811,544	10,917,375	211,662	1.939	0.34
1964	11,023,206	11,131,609	216,806	1.948	0.34
1965	11,240,012	11,359,442	238,861	2.103	0.34
1966	11,478,873	11,592,675	227,605	1.963	0.34
1967	11,706,478	11,809,110	205,264	1.738	0.34
1968	11,911,742	12,027,262	231,039	1.921	0.34
1969	12,142,781	12,268,349	251,135	2.047	0.34
1970	12,393,916	12,595,034	402,237	3.194	0.34
1971	12,796,153	12,993,834	395,361	3.043	0.34
1972	13,191,514	13,300,308	217,589	1.636	0.35
1973	13,409,103	13,513,318	208,431	1.542	0.34
1974	13,617,534	13,713,388	191,707	1.398	0.34
1975	13,809,241	13,886,854	155,227	1.118	0.34
1976	13,964,468	14,038,072	147,208	1.049	0.34
1977	14,111,676	14,193,365	163,378	1.151	0.34
1978	14,275,054	14,355,814	161,519	1.125	0.33
1979	14,436,573	14,520,527	167,908	1.156	0.33
1980	14,604,481	14,706,322	203,681	1.385	0.33
1981	14,808,162	14,930,052	243,781	1.633	0.33
1982	15,051,943	15,168,445	233,004	1.536	0.33
1983	15,284,947	15,383,076	196,258	1.276	0.33
1984	15,481,205	15,579,476	196,542	1.262	0.33
1985	15,677,747	15,785,682	215,869	1.368	0.32
1986	15,893,616	16,012,299	237,366	1.482	0.32
1987	16,130,982	16,259,249	256,534	1.578	0.32
1988	16,387,516	16,525,903	276,774	1.675	0.32
1989	16,664,290	16,796,588	264,596	1.575	0.32
1990	16,928,886	17,048,003	238,234	1.397	0.32
1991	17,167,120	17,271,086	207,931	1.204	0.32
1992	17,375,051	17,462,504	174,906	1.002	0.32
1993	17,549,957	17,631,511	163,107	0.925	0.32
1994	17,713,064	17,805,504	184,880	1.038	0.31
1995	17,897,944	18,002,999	210,110	1.167	0.31
1996	18,108,054	18,211,845	207,583	1.140	0.31
1997	18,315,637	18,410,250	189,227	1.028	0.31
1998	18,504,864	18,601,667	193,606	1.041	0.31
1999	18,698,470	18,800,892	204,843	1.090	0.31
2000	18,903,313	19,017,963	229,300	1.206	0.31
2001	19,132,613	19,248,143	231,059	1.200	0.31
2002	19,363,672	19,475,844	224,344	1.152	0.31
2003	19,588,016	19,698,999	221,966	1.127	0.31
2004	19,809,982	19,925,056	230,148	1.155	0.31
2005	20,040,130	20,171,731	263,201	1.305	0.31
2006	20,303,331	20,467,030	327,398	1.600	0.31
2007	20,630,729	20,830,828	400,198	1.921	0.31
2008	21,030,927	21,247,873	433,892	2.042	0.31
2009	21,464,819	21,660,892	392,146	1.810	0.31
2010	21,856,965	22,019,168	324,407	1.473	0.32
2011	22,181,372	22,357,034	351,324	1.571	0.32
2012	22,532,696	22,729,269	393,146	1.730	0.32
2013	22,925,842	23,111,782	371,879	1.609	0.32
2014	23,297,721	23,469,579	343,717	1.465	0.32
2015	23,641,438	23,820,236	357,597	1.501	0.32
2016	23,999,035	24,195,701	393,333	1.626	0.32
2017	24,392,368	24,590,334	395,931	1.610	0.32
2018	24,788,299	24,979,230	381,862	1.529	0.33
2019	25,170,161	25,357,170	374,018	1.475	0.33
2020	25,544,179	25,670,051	251,743	0.981	0.33
2021	25,795,922	25,921,089	250,334	0.966	0.33