Population of Australia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	10 Feb 2025

The current population of Australia is 26,902,404 as of March 23, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Australia is projected at 26,974,026, or 26.97 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Australia is projected at 26,713,205, or 26.71 million people, for the year 2024.

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
2024	26,581,446	26,713,205	263,518	0.986	0.327
2025	26,844,964	26,974,026	258,124	0.957	0.328
2026	27,103,088	27,227,096	248,016	0.911	0.328
2027	27,351,104	27,474,271	246,334	0.897	0.328
2028	27,597,438	27,718,838	242,800	0.876	0.329
2029	27,840,238	27,956,571	232,667	0.832	0.329
2030	28,072,905	28,188,539	231,269	0.820	0.329
2031	28,304,174	28,417,794	227,240	0.800	0.329
2032	28,531,414	28,641,922	221,015	0.772	0.329
2033	28,752,429	28,861,602	218,345	0.757	0.329
2034	28,970,774	29,078,992	216,435	0.744	0.330
2035	29,187,209	29,296,168	217,918	0.744	0.330
2036	29,405,127	29,513,613	216,972	0.735	0.330
2037	29,622,099	29,726,637	209,076	0.703	0.330
2038	29,831,175	29,938,042	213,734	0.714	0.330
2039	30,044,909	30,148,427	207,036	0.687	0.331
2040	30,251,945	30,357,450	211,011	0.695	0.331
2041	30,462,956	30,570,272	214,632	0.702	0.331
2042	30,677,588	30,786,334	217,491	0.706	0.332
2043	30,895,079	31,002,214	214,269	0.691	0.332
2044	31,109,348	31,216,093	213,491	0.684	0.332
2045	31,322,839	31,431,123	216,567	0.689	0.333
2046	31,539,406	31,650,488	222,164	0.702	0.334
2047	31,761,570	31,866,219	209,299	0.657	0.334
2048	31,970,869	32,081,621	221,504	0.690	0.335
2049	32,192,373	32,297,180	209,614	0.649	0.336
2050	32,401,987	32,506,969	209,965	0.646	0.336
2051	32,611,952	32,716,087	208,270	0.637	0.337
2052	32,820,222	32,921,908	203,372	0.618	0.338
2053	33,023,594	33,125,573	203,958	0.616	0.339
2054	33,227,552	33,331,249	207,393	0.622	0.340
2055	33,434,945	33,539,309	208,728	0.622	0.341
2056	33,643,673	33,745,342	203,339	0.603	0.342
2057	33,847,012	33,949,054	204,084	0.601	0.343
2058	34,051,096	34,156,815	211,439	0.619	0.344
2059	34,262,535	34,362,634	200,198	0.583	0.345
2060	34,462,733	34,562,683	199,900	0.578	0.346
2061	34,662,633	34,764,692	204,119	0.587	0.347
2062	34,866,752	34,969,212	204,920	0.586	0.348
2063	35,071,672	35,175,465	207,587	0.590	0.350
2064	35,279,259	35,377,580	196,642	0.556	0.351
2065	35,475,901	35,577,439	203,076	0.571	0.352
2066	35,678,977	35,784,852	211,750	0.592	0.354
2067	35,890,727	35,997,266	213,079	0.592	0.355
2068	36,103,806	36,211,023	214,434	0.592	0.357
2069	36,318,240	36,424,702	212,924	0.585	0.358
2070	36,531,164	36,635,122	207,917	0.568	0.360
2071	36,739,081	36,839,673	201,183	0.546	0.361
2072	36,940,264	37,041,408	202,287	0.546	0.363
2073	37,142,551	37,245,058	205,015	0.550	0.364
2074	37,347,566	37,451,853	208,573	0.557	0.366
2075	37,556,139	37,659,585	206,892	0.549	0.367
2076	37,763,031	37,865,664	205,265	0.542	0.369
2077	37,968,296	38,073,800	211,009	0.554	0.371
2078	38,179,305	38,284,007	209,404	0.547	0.373
2079	38,388,709	38,492,857	208,296	0.541	0.374
2080	38,597,005	38,700,844	207,677	0.537	0.376
2081	38,804,682	38,913,382	217,401	0.559	0.378
2082	39,022,083	39,127,226	210,286	0.537	0.380
2083	39,232,369	39,341,144	217,550	0.553	0.382
2084	39,449,919	39,552,738	205,639	0.520	0.384
2085	39,655,558	39,759,318	207,520	0.522	0.386
2086	39,863,078	39,970,333	214,510	0.537	0.389
2087	40,077,588	40,188,433	221,690	0.552	0.391
2088	40,299,278	40,416,300	234,043	0.579	0.393
2089	40,533,321	40,646,491	226,340	0.557	0.396
2090	40,759,661	40,876,704	234,086	0.573	0.398
2091	40,993,747	41,111,420	235,345	0.572	0.400
2092	41,229,092	41,344,709	231,233	0.559	0.403
2093	41,460,325	41,574,723	228,795	0.550	0.406
2094	41,689,120	41,797,144	216,048	0.517	0.408
2095	41,905,168	42,016,474	222,612	0.530	0.411
2096	42,127,780	42,243,353	231,145	0.547	0.413
2097	42,358,925	42,477,126	236,401	0.557	0.416
2098	42,595,326	42,706,735	222,818	0.522	0.419
2099	42,818,144	42,926,634	216,980	0.505	0.421
2100	43,035,124	43,143,685	217,121	0.503	0.424

Australia population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	8,048,900	8,176,750	255,700	3.127	0.328
1951	8,304,600	8,418,610	228,020	2.709	0.332
1952	8,532,620	8,630,704	196,169	2.273	0.334
1953	8,728,789	8,816,081	174,584	1.980	0.335
1954	8,903,373	8,999,383	192,020	2.134	0.335
1955	9,095,393	9,205,181	219,576	2.385	0.336
1956	9,314,969	9,424,662	219,385	2.328	0.337
1957	9,534,354	9,638,775	208,842	2.167	0.338
1958	9,743,196	9,847,637	208,881	2.121	0.338
1959	9,952,077	10,060,036	215,918	2.146	0.339
1960	10,167,995	10,280,813	225,636	2.195	0.341
1961	10,393,631	10,500,443	213,624	2.034	0.343
1962	10,607,255	10,707,236	199,962	1.868	0.343
1963	10,807,217	10,913,265	212,096	1.944	0.342
1964	11,019,313	11,128,251	217,875	1.958	0.341
1965	11,237,188	11,357,477	240,578	2.118	0.341
1966	11,477,766	11,592,485	229,438	1.979	0.341
1967	11,707,204	11,810,519	206,630	1.750	0.340
1968	11,913,834	12,030,013	232,358	1.932	0.339
1969	12,146,192	12,272,380	252,377	2.057	0.339
1970	12,398,569	12,599,411	401,684	3.188	0.341
1971	12,800,253	12,997,964	395,422	3.042	0.345
1972	13,195,675	13,304,896	218,442	1.642	0.346
1973	13,414,117	13,518,685	209,136	1.547	0.345
1974	13,623,253	13,719,495	192,483	1.403	0.343
1975	13,815,736	13,893,989	156,506	1.126	0.341
1976	13,972,242	14,046,755	149,026	1.061	0.339
1977	14,121,268	14,203,508	164,481	1.158	0.337
1978	14,285,749	14,367,098	162,698	1.132	0.335
1979	14,448,447	14,533,035	169,176	1.164	0.333
1980	14,617,623	14,721,347	207,448	1.409	0.331
1981	14,825,071	14,949,202	248,262	1.661	0.330
1982	15,073,333	15,192,485	238,304	1.569	0.329
1983	15,311,637	15,414,893	206,512	1.340	0.328
1984	15,518,149	15,620,653	205,008	1.312	0.327
1985	15,723,157	15,835,747	225,181	1.422	0.325
1986	15,948,338	16,069,633	242,590	1.510	0.324
1987	16,190,928	16,322,269	262,681	1.609	0.323
1988	16,453,609	16,594,099	280,980	1.693	0.323
1989	16,734,589	16,869,362	269,546	1.598	0.322
1990	17,004,135	17,126,298	244,326	1.427	0.321
1991	17,248,461	17,353,193	209,463	1.207	0.320
1992	17,457,924	17,549,288	182,729	1.041	0.319
1993	17,640,653	17,722,911	164,516	0.928	0.317
1994	17,805,169	17,897,433	184,529	1.031	0.315
1995	17,989,698	18,095,344	211,293	1.168	0.314
1996	18,200,991	18,305,307	208,633	1.140	0.313
1997	18,409,624	18,504,912	190,577	1.030	0.312
1998	18,600,201	18,701,717	203,032	1.086	0.311
1999	18,803,233	18,909,981	213,496	1.129	0.311
2000	19,016,729	19,132,471	231,484	1.210	0.310
2001	19,248,213	19,365,433	234,440	1.211	0.310
2002	19,482,653	19,595,355	225,404	1.150	0.309
2003	19,708,057	19,819,454	222,795	1.124	0.309
2004	19,930,852	20,046,677	231,650	1.156	0.308
2005	20,162,502	20,294,490	263,976	1.301	0.308
2006	20,426,478	20,590,559	328,163	1.594	0.309
2007	20,754,641	20,954,549	399,815	1.908	0.310
2008	21,154,456	21,370,589	432,265	2.023	0.312
2009	21,586,721	21,783,011	392,580	1.802	0.314
2010	21,979,301	22,141,581	324,559	1.466	0.315
2011	22,303,860	22,479,775	351,830	1.565	0.316
2012	22,655,690	22,852,644	393,908	1.724	0.317
2013	23,049,598	23,236,270	373,345	1.607	0.319
2014	23,422,943	23,595,601	345,315	1.463	0.320
2015	23,768,258	23,948,002	359,488	1.501	0.321
2016	24,127,746	24,329,963	404,434	1.662	0.322
2017	24,532,180	24,731,038	397,717	1.608	0.323
2018	24,929,897	25,119,706	379,617	1.511	0.325
2019	25,309,514	25,482,714	346,400	1.359	0.326
2020	25,655,914	25,743,791	175,754	0.683	0.326
2021	25,831,668	25,956,417	249,499	0.961	0.326
2022	26,081,167	26,200,984	239,635	0.915	0.327
2023	26,320,802	26,451,124	260,644	0.985	0.327