Country or area · Australia/New Zealand · Oceania · UN WPP 2024

Australia population

Australia population now

27,287,910

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 26.9–27.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 26,451,124

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 27.2271 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 26.9–27.8 million
Median age: 39.5
Aged 65+: 18.5%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

AUS · 1950–2100 · in brief

Australia in numbers

Australia had 26,451,124 people in mid-2023, the 54th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.33% of the world's people. That is 3.2 times its 1950 population of 8.2 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 43.1 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 16.4 million to 66.6 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 30.4 in 1950 and 38.8 in 2023; the projection has 45.8 in 2100. 17.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 28.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 54th in 2023, 60th in 2050, 53rd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Venezuela in 2042, Ukraine in 2050 and Poland in 2051. It is overtaken by Niger in 2024, Syria in 2028 and Mali in 2029.

Population, mid-2023: 26,451,124
Rank by population, 2023: 54 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.33%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.95% · +250,140 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 3.4
Land area, 2023: 7,692,020 km²
Births, 2023: 304,340
Deaths, 2023: 183,924
Net migration, 2023: +140,232
Children per woman, 2023: 1.64
Median age, 2023: 38.8 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 83.9 years
In a city, 2025: 50 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 8,176,750
Projected, mid-2050: 32,506,970
Projected, mid-2100: 43,143,684

AUS · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Australia, 1950–2100

Australia: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	8,048,900		188,769	77,951	3.06	69.0
1951	estimate	8,304,600		192,103	81,464	3.06	68.7
1952	estimate	8,532,620		200,981	81,306	3.18	69.1
1953	estimate	8,728,789		201,657	79,815	3.19	69.7
1954	estimate	8,903,373		201,032	81,260	3.19	69.9
1955	estimate	9,095,393		205,979	81,394	3.27	70.2
1956	estimate	9,314,969		210,461	85,160	3.33	70.0
1957	estimate	9,534,354		217,683	84,217	3.42	70.3
1958	estimate	9,743,196		219,962	82,997	3.42	70.9
1959	estimate	9,952,077		223,658	88,278	3.44	70.4
1960	estimate	10,167,995		227,483	87,553	3.45	70.9
1961	estimate	10,393,631		237,166	88,031	3.54	71.1
1962	estimate	10,607,255		233,683	92,057	3.42	70.9
1963	estimate	10,807,217		232,667	93,800	3.33	71.0
1964	estimate	11,019,313		225,690	99,404	3.15	70.6
1965	estimate	11,237,188		220,766	99,072	2.98	70.8
1966	estimate	11,477,766		221,771	103,201	2.88	70.7
1967	estimate	11,707,204		227,577	101,854	2.85	71.0
1968	estimate	11,913,834		239,374	107,971	2.89	70.7
1969	estimate	12,146,192		249,190	105,588	2.89	71.1
1970	estimate	12,398,569		257,096	111,711	2.86	70.7
1971	estimate	12,800,253		279,895	108,456	2.95	71.5
1972	estimate	13,195,675		272,954	109,409	2.74	71.8
1973	estimate	13,414,117		255,594	109,384	2.49	72.1
1974	estimate	13,623,253		250,586	114,275	2.38	71.8
1975	estimate	13,815,736		238,852	107,680	2.21	72.8
1976	estimate	13,972,242		227,842	111,611	2.06	72.8
1977	estimate	14,121,268		226,991	107,449	2.02	73.5
1978	estimate	14,285,749		224,741	107,874	1.96	73.7
1979	estimate	14,448,447		223,189	106,150	1.91	74.3
1980	estimate	14,617,623		225,831	107,574	1.90	74.6
1981	estimate	14,825,071		235,219	108,882	1.94	74.8
1982	estimate	15,073,333		240,045	113,462	1.94	74.7
1983	estimate	15,311,637		242,964	109,706	1.93	75.4
1984	estimate	15,518,149		238,247	112,855	1.87	75.5
1985	estimate	15,723,157		244,258	117,399	1.90	75.4
1986	estimate	15,948,338		243,741	114,223	1.87	76.1
1987	estimate	16,190,928		244,350	118,082	1.85	76.1
1988	estimate	16,453,609		246,692	119,044	1.84	76.3
1989	estimate	16,734,589		250,952	125,441	1.84	76.2
1990	estimate	17,004,135		263,218	118,986	1.91	77.0
1991	estimate	17,248,461		259,333	118,721	1.86	77.5
1992	estimate	17,457,924		264,856	122,907	1.89	77.5
1993	estimate	17,640,653		261,619	120,919	1.86	78.0
1994	estimate	17,805,169		259,687	127,106	1.85	77.8
1995	estimate	17,989,698		256,169	125,333	1.82	78.3
1996	estimate	18,200,991		253,947	128,269	1.80	78.3
1997	estimate	18,409,624		251,705	128,803	1.78	78.6
1998	estimate	18,600,201		249,240	127,524	1.76	79.0
1999	estimate	18,803,233		249,146	128,545	1.76	79.3
2000	estimate	19,016,729		249,532	129,227	1.76	79.6
2001	estimate	19,248,213		246,155	129,270	1.74	80.0
2002	estimate	19,482,653		250,488	133,936	1.76	80.0
2003	estimate	19,708,057		251,074	132,711	1.76	80.4
2004	estimate	19,930,852		254,798	133,217	1.78	80.7
2005	estimate	20,162,502		265,050	132,450	1.85	81.1
2006	estimate	20,426,478		271,597	135,419	1.88	81.3
2007	estimate	20,754,641		290,455	140,516	1.99	81.2
2008	estimate	21,154,456		299,959	143,461	2.02	81.4
2009	estimate	21,586,721		299,304	142,355	1.97	81.7
2010	estimate	21,979,301		301,517	143,711	1.95	82.0
2011	estimate	22,303,860		301,733	147,558	1.92	82.1
2012	estimate	22,655,690		308,329	150,203	1.93	82.3
2013	estimate	23,049,598		306,983	149,459	1.88	82.5
2014	estimate	23,422,943		300,278	155,137	1.80	82.5
2015	estimate	23,768,258		305,482	158,342	1.80	82.6
2016	estimate	24,127,746		309,657	159,873	1.79	82.8
2017	estimate	24,532,180		308,126	165,430	1.75	82.7
2018	estimate	24,929,897		313,988	160,793	1.74	83.3
2019	estimate	25,309,514		305,307	166,046	1.67	83.2
2020	estimate	25,655,914		295,156	163,847	1.59	83.7
2021	estimate	25,831,668		304,162	171,431	1.65	83.6
2022	estimate	26,081,167		303,397	204,735	1.64	82.8
2023	estimate	26,320,802		304,340	183,924	1.64	83.9
2024	estimate	26,581,446		304,984	179,981	1.64	84.1
2025	projection	26,844,964	26.7–27.0 million	304,326	183,315	1.64	84.2
2026	projection	27,103,088	26.8–27.4 million	303,345	187,033	1.64	84.3
2027	projection	27,351,104	26.9–27.8 million	302,373	190,716	1.64	84.5
2028	projection	27,597,438	26.9–28.2 million	301,452	194,605	1.64	84.6
2029	projection	27,840,238	27.0–28.6 million	299,996	198,691	1.64	84.8
2030	projection	28,072,905	27.0–29.0 million	299,017	203,343	1.64	84.9
2031	projection	28,304,174	27.0–29.4 million	297,931	207,946	1.64	85.0
2032	projection	28,531,414	27.0–29.9 million	297,674	212,726	1.64	85.1
2033	projection	28,752,429	26.9–30.3 million	297,938	217,740	1.64	85.3
2034	projection	28,970,774	26.9–30.7 million	299,010	222,917	1.64	85.4
2035	projection	29,187,209	26.9–31.1 million	300,819	227,869	1.64	85.5
2036	projection	29,405,127	26.9–31.5 million	302,770	233,304	1.64	85.6
2037	projection	29,622,099	26.8–31.9 million	305,381	238,580	1.64	85.7
2038	projection	29,831,175	26.8–32.3 million	308,241	243,666	1.64	85.9
2039	projection	30,044,909	26.7–32.8 million	310,910	248,797	1.64	86.0
2040	projection	30,251,945	26.6–33.1 million	313,546	253,597	1.64	86.1
2041	projection	30,462,956	26.5–33.6 million	316,495	258,236	1.64	86.2
2042	projection	30,677,588	26.5–34.1 million	319,235	262,855	1.64	86.3
2043	projection	30,895,079	26.4–34.5 million	321,626	267,250	1.64	86.5
2044	projection	31,109,348	26.4–34.9 million	324,014	271,093	1.64	86.6
2045	projection	31,322,839	26.3–35.2 million	325,629	275,069	1.64	86.7
2046	projection	31,539,406	26.1–35.7 million	327,147	278,864	1.64	86.8
2047	projection	31,761,570	26.1–36.2 million	328,485	282,330	1.63	86.9
2048	projection	31,970,869	26.0–36.6 million	330,043	285,655	1.64	87.0
2049	projection	32,192,373	25.9–37.0 million	331,440	288,757	1.64	87.1
2050	projection	32,401,987	25.9–37.4 million	332,401	292,027	1.64	87.3
2051	projection	32,611,952	25.7–37.9 million	333,263	294,734	1.64	87.4
2052	projection	32,820,222	25.6–38.4 million	334,037	297,800	1.64	87.5
2053	projection	33,023,594	25.6–38.9 million	334,730	300,876	1.64	87.6
2054	projection	33,227,552	25.3–39.5 million	335,230	303,428	1.63	87.7
2055	projection	33,434,945	25.3–39.9 million	336,454	305,544	1.64	87.8
2056	projection	33,643,673	25.1–40.3 million	337,614	308,014	1.64	87.9
2057	projection	33,847,012	25.1–40.7 million	338,607	309,752	1.64	88.0
2058	projection	34,051,096	24.9–41.0 million	339,769	312,076	1.64	88.1
2059	projection	34,262,535	24.7–41.7 million	340,704	313,926	1.64	88.2
2060	projection	34,462,733	24.7–42.1 million	341,291	315,781	1.63	88.3
2061	projection	34,662,633	24.5–42.6 million	342,464	317,503	1.64	88.5
2062	projection	34,866,752	24.4–43.1 million	343,537	319,626	1.63	88.6
2063	projection	35,071,672	24.4–43.9 million	344,230	321,404	1.63	88.7
2064	projection	35,279,259	24.2–44.4 million	346,071	323,544	1.64	88.8
2065	projection	35,475,901	23.9–44.9 million	346,728	325,357	1.63	88.9
2066	projection	35,678,977	23.7–45.4 million	348,501	326,969	1.63	89.0
2067	projection	35,890,727	23.6–46.0 million	350,378	329,598	1.63	89.1
2068	projection	36,103,806	23.4–46.5 million	352,001	331,712	1.63	89.2
2069	projection	36,318,240	23.1–46.9 million	354,884	334,069	1.63	89.3
2070	projection	36,531,164	22.8–47.6 million	356,610	336,943	1.63	89.4
2071	projection	36,739,081	22.6–48.2 million	359,148	339,453	1.63	89.5
2072	projection	36,940,264	22.5–48.8 million	361,546	342,255	1.64	89.6
2073	projection	37,142,551	22.2–49.3 million	363,632	345,190	1.63	89.8
2074	projection	37,347,566	22.0–50.1 million	365,656	348,044	1.63	89.9
2075	projection	37,556,139	21.7–50.5 million	368,192	351,060	1.64	90.0
2076	projection	37,763,031	21.6–51.1 million	369,884	354,525	1.63	90.1
2077	projection	37,968,296	21.5–51.6 million	371,704	357,317	1.63	90.2
2078	projection	38,179,305	21.4–52.2 million	373,849	360,287	1.63	90.3
2079	projection	38,388,709	21.3–52.9 million	376,515	362,801	1.64	90.4
2080	projection	38,597,005	21.1–53.3 million	378,258	365,332	1.64	90.5
2081	projection	38,804,682	20.9–53.7 million	379,759	367,547	1.64	90.6
2082	projection	39,022,083	20.7–54.3 million	381,369	369,365	1.63	90.7
2083	projection	39,232,369	20.4–55.0 million	383,155	370,504	1.63	90.8
2084	projection	39,449,919	20.1–55.9 million	385,110	371,577	1.64	90.9
2085	projection	39,655,558	19.9–56.5 million	386,337	372,426	1.64	91.0
2086	projection	39,863,078	19.9–57.0 million	387,262	372,636	1.63	91.1
2087	projection	40,077,588	19.6–57.7 million	388,933	372,562	1.64	91.2
2088	projection	40,299,278	19.2–58.2 million	390,414	372,278	1.63	91.3
2089	projection	40,533,321	18.8–58.9 million	392,375	371,873	1.64	91.5
2090	projection	40,759,661	18.6–59.6 million	394,379	370,594	1.64	91.6
2091	projection	40,993,747	18.5–60.1 million	395,327	370,253	1.63	91.7
2092	projection	41,229,092	18.3–60.8 million	397,055	369,220	1.64	91.8
2093	projection	41,460,325	18.0–61.7 million	398,747	369,303	1.64	91.9
2094	projection	41,689,120	17.7–62.4 million	400,551	368,946	1.64	92.0
2095	projection	41,905,168	17.3–62.8 million	401,445	369,939	1.64	92.1
2096	projection	42,127,780	17.1–63.9 million	402,605	370,662	1.64	92.2
2097	projection	42,358,925	16.9–64.5 million	404,262	372,001	1.64	92.3
2098	projection	42,595,326	16.7–65.3 million	405,640	373,945	1.63	92.4
2099	projection	42,818,144	16.5–66.1 million	406,580	377,203	1.63	92.5
2100	projection	43,035,124	16.4–66.6 million	408,076	380,411	1.63	92.6

Show the numbers: Australia, mid-2026, by single year of age

Australia: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	157,268	149,221
1	159,142	151,103
2	160,218	152,159
3	160,488	152,340
4	160,936	152,697
5	159,955	151,878
6	158,770	150,554
7	159,844	151,110
8	161,572	152,736
9	164,580	155,716
10	167,634	158,507
11	168,580	159,291
12	169,526	160,204
13	170,583	161,359
14	170,390	161,531
15	170,300	161,702
16	171,200	162,445
17	172,522	163,493
18	174,295	165,061
19	174,962	165,657
20	172,950	163,868
21	170,267	161,412
22	168,248	160,084
23	167,210	159,933
24	169,916	161,938
25	176,056	166,404
26	180,590	170,397
27	182,459	172,806
28	184,952	176,081
29	189,257	180,868
30	193,835	185,774
31	196,523	190,086
32	196,510	193,038
33	195,276	195,032
34	195,546	197,886
35	197,424	200,832
36	197,674	201,304
37	195,586	199,683
38	193,534	197,928
39	193,108	196,920
40	193,154	196,343
41	192,266	195,322
42	190,858	193,404
43	188,538	190,453
44	183,920	186,025
45	177,216	180,344
46	170,091	174,341
47	164,409	169,392
48	160,800	165,812
49	159,473	163,520
50	160,043	162,966
51	161,361	164,265
52	163,455	167,162
53	166,709	171,386
54	170,073	176,017
55	168,928	175,532
56	162,782	169,246
57	156,887	163,264
58	152,102	158,242
59	148,546	154,472
60	147,391	153,636
61	148,350	155,320
62	150,237	158,051
63	150,584	159,110
64	148,745	158,126
65	144,965	155,754
66	140,144	151,995
67	136,145	148,256
68	132,697	144,862
69	129,375	141,088
70	125,782	137,087
71	121,062	132,942
72	116,748	128,887
73	113,350	124,862
74	109,767	120,860
75	106,256	117,366
76	102,432	113,465
77	98,758	109,338
78	96,822	107,125
79	91,822	101,967
80	80,943	90,702
81	71,292	81,138
82	63,766	73,954
83	56,438	66,492
84	50,511	60,319
85	44,846	54,889
86	39,235	49,868
87	33,947	44,995
88	28,996	40,025
89	24,464	35,222
90	20,077	30,445
91	16,042	25,694
92	12,687	21,448
93	9,929	17,765
94	7,664	14,502
95	5,796	11,602
96	4,194	8,881
97	2,884	6,485
98	1,906	4,594
99	1,216	3,167
100+	1,626	5,083

AUS · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Australia, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

AUS · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Australia

In Australia the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 17,083,600 of them.

100 aged 15–64

28 children

27 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 23 years: 1988–1993 and 1997–2013.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

AUS · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Australia, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Australia gains 125,451 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 26,923 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 275,773 (2008) and the most it lost was 23,833 (1993).

In 2024, 8,111,404 people living in Australia had been born in another country, 30 of every 100 people there, against 23 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

AUS · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Australia

Of every 100 babies born in Australia in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 27 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 5 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
5 · 81 · 14

2023
2 · 71 · 27

2050 · projected
1 · 71 · 28

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 304,340
Average age when women have a baby: 31.4 years; 28.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 7; 38 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Australia by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	35	176	82	34	26	33
15–19	10,102	24,424	11,501	5,133	4,383	5,628
20–24	53,729	78,921	37,769	29,012	31,760	39,745
25–29	60,567	87,179	77,881	75,109	83,476	102,820
30–34	37,566	34,918	78,965	112,464	119,365	147,083
35–39	20,732	10,719	36,630	67,180	74,578	89,746
40–44	5,699	2,291	6,436	14,404	17,376	21,094
45–49	339	224	268	1,004	1,437	1,927
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	188,769	238,852	249,532	304,340	332,401	408,076

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

AUS · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Australia

In Australia, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 70.6 (95% range 69.9–71.6), out of 83.1 in all. That leaves 12.5 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

71.1 in full health, 13.8 not: 84.9 years

Men

70.1 in full health, 11.2 not: 81.3 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 71.1 healthy years of 84.9. Men: 70.1 of 81.3.

AUS · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Australia

At the end of 2025, Australia was hosting 116,340 people who had crossed a border into it, about 4 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad116,340
Australia nationals abroad72

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 2,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Australia living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 24,581 people asked for asylum in Australia for the first time; 16 people from Australia asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

AUS · of every 100 people

How people live in Australia

Of every 100 people in Australia in 2025, 50 lived in a city, 32 in a town or suburb and 18 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 3.9 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

AUS · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Australia went in school

Of every 100 adults in Australia in 2020, 1 never went to school and 91 finished upper secondary or went further.

1 never went to school 4 finished primary 4 finished lower secondary 49 finished upper secondary 42 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64, and the ones among them who finished upper secondary, are projected to be most numerous in the same year, 2070.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

AUS · cities · 2025

Cities in Australia

Australia had 29 cities in 2025, home to 13.4 million people. The largest, Sydney, holds 15 of every 100 people in Australia.

Sydney4,150,917
Melbourne3,639,893
Perth1,079,374
Brisbane1,071,628
Adelaide879,249
Point Cook404,501
Gold Coast298,750
Newcastle182,884
Dallas121,680
Wollongong106,007

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Australia are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.