Population 27,614,411
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Australia 2025 · 27.61M
0 6.9M 13.81M 20.71M 27.61M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 10,276,477 1961: 10,483,000 1962: 10,742,000 1963: 10,950,000 1964: 11,167,000 1965: 11,388,000 1966: 11,651,000 1967: 11,799,000 1968: 12,009,000 1969: 12,263,000 1970: 12,507,000 1971: 12,937,000 1972: 13,177,000 1973: 13,380,000 1974: 13,723,000 1975: 13,893,000 1976: 14,033,000 1977: 14,192,000 1978: 14,358,000 1979: 14,514,000 1980: 14,692,000 1981: 14,923,260 1982: 15,184,247 1983: 15,393,472 1984: 15,579,391 1985: 15,788,312 1986: 16,018,350 1987: 16,263,874 1988: 16,532,164 1989: 16,814,416 1990: 17,065,128 1991: 17,284,036 1992: 17,478,635 1993: 17,634,808 1994: 17,805,468 1995: 18,004,882 1996: 18,224,767 1997: 18,423,037 1998: 18,607,584 1999: 18,812,264 2000: 19,028,802 2001: 19,274,701 2002: 19,495,210 2003: 19,720,737 2004: 19,932,722 2005: 20,176,844 2006: 20,450,966 2007: 20,827,622 2008: 21,249,199 2009: 21,691,653 2010: 22,031,750 2011: 22,340,024 2012: 22,733,465 2013: 23,128,129 2014: 23,475,686 2015: 23,815,995 2016: 24,190,907 2017: 24,592,588 2018: 24,963,258 2019: 25,334,826 2020: 25,649,248 2021: 25,685,412 2022: 26,018,721 2023: 26,659,922 2024: 27,194,286 2025: 27,614,411 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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