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Australia population evolution and future prospects

Related article: World population evolution - past, present, future

The chart bellow shows how the population of Australia has evolved from 1950 until now. It also contains the future prospects of Australia population. Data is groupped in several categories depending how the future projection was made: no change in evolution (the growth rate follows the trend of the last period), constant fertility, low fertility, medium fertility and high fertility. The data has been prepared by the United Nations Population Division. Please note that these numbers might be slightly different then those present in the country profiles.

Please click on the legend below the chart to show or hide projection categories.

Here's the raw data based on which the Australia population evolution and future prospects chart was generated:

Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility
1950 8,177,000
1951 8,418,000
1952 8,627,000
1953 8,822,000
1954 9,015,000
1955 9,213,000
1956 9,421,000
1957 9,637,000
1958 9,859,000
1959 10,080,000
1960 10,292,000
1961 10,495,000
1962 10,691,000
1963 10,893,000
1964 11,115,000
1965 11,368,000
1966 11,657,000
1967 11,976,000
1968 12,306,000
1969 12,621,000
1970 12,905,000
1971 13,151,000
1972 13,364,000
1973 13,552,000
1974 13,725,000
1975 13,893,000
1976 14,055,000
1977 14,212,000
1978 14,369,000
1979 14,532,000
1980 14,708,000
1981 14,898,000
1982 15,101,000
1983 15,318,000
1984 15,549,000
1985 15,791,000
1986 16,047,000
1987 16,316,000
1988 16,588,000
1989 16,851,000
1990 17,097,000
1991 17,322,000
1992 17,529,000
1993 17,725,000
1994 17,921,000
1995 18,124,000
1996 18,339,000
1997 18,563,000
1998 18,795,000
1999 19,027,000
2000 19,259,000
2001 19,487,000
2002 19,715,000
2003 19,953,000
2004 20,218,000
2005 20,521,000
2006 20,866,000
2007 21,246,000
2008 21,645,000
2009 22,037,000
2010 22,404,000
2011 22,741,000
2012 23,050,000
2013 23,343,000
2014 22,990,000 23,633,000 23,481,000 23,630,000 23,779,000
2015 23,087,000 23,927,000 23,720,000 23,923,000 24,126,000
2016 23,196,000 24,228,000 23,962,000 24,223,000 24,484,000
2017 23,310,000 24,532,000 24,202,000 24,526,000 24,851,000
2018 23,426,000 24,838,000 24,440,000 24,832,000 25,224,000
2019 23,537,000 25,144,000 24,673,000 25,137,000 25,601,000
2020 23,638,000 25,448,000 24,898,000 25,440,000 25,981,000
2021 23,729,000 25,749,000 25,117,000 25,740,000 26,362,000
2022 23,814,000 26,048,000 25,330,000 26,038,000 26,746,000
2023 23,892,000 26,346,000 25,538,000 26,334,000 27,130,000
2024 23,962,000 26,642,000 25,744,000 26,628,000 27,513,000
2025 24,026,000 26,936,000 25,946,000 26,920,000 27,893,000
2026 24,082,000 27,228,000 26,146,000 27,208,000 28,270,000
2027 24,131,000 27,517,000 26,345,000 27,494,000 28,643,000
2028 24,173,000 27,804,000 26,540,000 27,777,000 29,013,000
2029 24,208,000 28,089,000 26,733,000 28,057,000 29,381,000
2030 24,236,000 28,372,000 26,923,000 28,336,000 29,748,000
2031 24,258,000 28,654,000 27,110,000 28,612,000 30,114,000
2032 24,274,000 28,933,000 27,294,000 28,886,000 30,479,000
2033 24,283,000 29,211,000 27,475,000 29,158,000 30,843,000
2034 24,287,000 29,488,000 27,653,000 29,429,000 31,209,000
2035 24,287,000 29,764,000 27,829,000 29,700,000 31,577,000
2036 24,281,000 30,040,000 28,001,000 29,969,000 31,947,000
2037 24,270,000 30,314,000 28,170,000 30,238,000 32,320,000
2038 24,256,000 30,588,000 28,337,000 30,507,000 32,696,000
2039 24,237,000 30,862,000 28,499,000 30,776,000 33,078,000
2040 24,215,000 31,136,000 28,659,000 31,045,000 33,466,000
2041 24,189,000 31,410,000 28,814,000 31,314,000 33,860,000
2042 24,159,000 31,683,000 28,966,000 31,583,000 34,260,000
2043 24,127,000 31,957,000 29,113,000 31,852,000 34,667,000
2044 24,091,000 32,231,000 29,257,000 32,122,000 35,081,000
2045 24,051,000 32,506,000 29,398,000 32,393,000 35,502,000
2046 24,009,000 32,781,000 29,534,000 32,664,000 35,931,000
2047 23,963,000 33,057,000 29,667,000 32,935,000 36,367,000
2048 23,915,000 33,331,000 29,795,000 33,205,000 36,807,000
2049 23,863,000 33,603,000 29,916,000 33,472,000 37,250,000
2050 23,809,000 33,871,000 30,030,000 33,735,000 37,694,000
2051 23,751,000 34,134,000 30,137,000 33,994,000 38,138,000
2052 23,691,000 34,394,000 30,237,000 34,248,000 38,583,000
2053 23,628,000 34,648,000 30,329,000 34,497,000 39,026,000
2054 23,563,000 34,899,000 30,416,000 34,742,000 39,468,000
2055 23,495,000 35,147,000 30,496,000 34,983,000 39,909,000
2056 23,426,000 35,390,000 30,571,000 35,220,000 40,348,000
2057 23,354,000 35,629,000 30,641,000 35,453,000 40,785,000
2058 23,281,000 35,865,000 30,705,000 35,681,000 41,220,000
2059 23,207,000 36,097,000 30,763,000 35,904,000 41,653,000
2060 23,131,000 36,325,000 30,816,000 36,124,000 42,084,000
2061 23,055,000 36,549,000 30,865,000 36,340,000 42,513,000
2062 22,977,000 36,769,000 30,908,000 36,552,000 42,941,000
2063 22,899,000 36,986,000 30,946,000 36,760,000 43,367,000
2064 22,821,000 37,199,000 30,980,000 36,965,000 43,792,000
2065 22,743,000 37,409,000 31,008,000 37,166,000 44,218,000
2066 22,664,000 37,616,000 31,031,000 37,364,000 44,644,000
2067 22,586,000 37,818,000 31,049,000 37,558,000 45,071,000
2068 22,507,000 38,017,000 31,062,000 37,749,000 45,499,000
2069 22,430,000 38,213,000 31,068,000 37,936,000 45,928,000
2070 22,352,000 38,404,000 31,069,000 38,120,000 46,359,000
2071 22,275,000 38,592,000 31,064,000 38,300,000 46,792,000
2072 22,199,000 38,775,000 31,053,000 38,476,000 47,228,000
2073 22,124,000 38,955,000 31,035,000 38,649,000 47,665,000
2074 22,049,000 39,130,000 31,012,000 38,817,000 48,105,000
2075 21,976,000 39,301,000 30,981,000 38,982,000 48,547,000
2076 21,903,000 39,468,000 30,944,000 39,143,000 48,992,000
2077 21,832,000 39,630,000 30,901,000 39,299,000 49,439,000
2078 21,761,000 39,788,000 30,851,000 39,451,000 49,888,000
2079 21,691,000 39,941,000 30,794,000 39,599,000 50,338,000
2080 21,623,000 40,089,000 30,730,000 39,741,000 50,788,000
2081 21,556,000 40,232,000 30,660,000 39,878,000 51,238,000
2082 21,489,000 40,370,000 30,582,000 40,010,000 51,689,000
2083 21,424,000 40,503,000 30,498,000 40,137,000 52,139,000
2084 21,359,000 40,631,000 30,408,000 40,258,000 52,588,000
2085 21,295,000 40,754,000 30,312,000 40,375,000 53,036,000
2086 21,232,000 40,872,000 30,209,000 40,487,000 53,482,000
2087 21,169,000 40,986,000 30,101,000 40,593,000 53,927,000
2088 21,106,000 41,094,000 29,987,000 40,694,000 54,370,000
2089 21,043,000 41,198,000 29,868,000 40,791,000 54,811,000
2090 20,980,000 41,296,000 29,743,000 40,882,000 55,249,000
2091 20,917,000 41,390,000 29,613,000 40,968,000 55,686,000
2092 20,854,000 41,479,000 29,478,000 41,050,000 56,120,000
2093 20,791,000 41,562,000 29,338,000 41,126,000 56,551,000
2094 20,727,000 41,640,000 29,192,000 41,196,000 56,980,000
2095 20,662,000 41,713,000 29,040,000 41,261,000 57,406,000
2096 20,598,000 41,779,000 28,883,000 41,320,000 57,830,000
2097 20,533,000 41,839,000 28,721,000 41,373,000 58,251,000
2098 20,467,000 41,893,000 28,552,000 41,421,000 58,670,000
2099 20,401,000 41,940,000 28,378,000 41,462,000 59,086,000
2100 20,334,000 41,981,000 28,198,000 41,497,000 59,500,000
Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility