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Australia: Population

Millions of people · 1788–2025 · 238 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
27.5 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+1.5%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.5%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203129.4Forecast
203029.0Forecast
202928.8Forecast
202828.5Forecast
202728.3Forecast
202628.0Forecast
202527.5
202427.1
202326.6
202226.0
202125.7
202025.6
201925.3
201825.0
201724.6
201624.2

Sources

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics1788–2007
  • Hutchinson & Ploeckl1789–2020
  • MeasuringWorth1789–2023
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Maddison Project Database1820–2022
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Bordo1880–1997
  • Foster1950–1995
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Piketty & Zucman1960–2010
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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