Sub-region · UN WPP 2024

Australia/New Zealand population

Australia/New Zealand population now

32,583,851

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 31,623,960

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 32.5146 million
Median age: 39.4
Aged 65+: 18.4%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

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

AGG · 1950–2100 · in brief

Australia/New Zealand in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 31,623,960 people in Australia/New Zealand, and 0.39% of the world's people. That is 3.1 times its 1950 population of 10.1 million. It covers 2 countries and areas; the largest are Australia (83.6%) and New Zealand (16.4%).

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 49.0 million.

Births outnumber deaths in all but 7 of the years from 1950 to 2100. Deaths outnumber births in 2080–2086.

The median age was 30.2 in 1950 and 38.7 in 2023; the projection has 46.1 in 2100. 17.3% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 28.7% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Population, mid-2023: 31,623,960
Share of the world, 2023: 0.39%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.93% · +291,241 people
Births, 2023: 363,575
Deaths, 2023: 221,609
Net migration, 2023: +161,636
Children per woman, 2023: 1.64
Median age, 2023: 38.7 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 83.6 years
Population, mid-1950: 10,088,013
Projected, mid-2050: 38,262,257
Projected, mid-2100: 48,955,978

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection (medium). Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Australia/New Zealand, 1950–2100

Australia/New Zealand: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	9,941,588	237,871	95,996	3.15	69.0
1951	estimate	10,234,438	242,005	100,186	3.16	68.8
1952	estimate	10,505,193	252,106	100,043	3.27	69.2
1953	estimate	10,751,711	253,118	98,003	3.28	69.8
1954	estimate	10,975,953	254,647	100,011	3.30	70.0
1955	estimate	11,213,095	261,200	100,448	3.38	70.2
1956	estimate	11,476,611	267,207	104,685	3.45	70.2
1957	estimate	11,742,397	275,562	104,865	3.53	70.3
1958	estimate	12,002,529	279,692	103,048	3.55	70.8
1959	estimate	12,262,733	285,190	109,204	3.58	70.5
1960	estimate	12,524,304	290,657	108,239	3.60	70.9
1961	estimate	12,796,283	302,201	109,575	3.68	71.1
1962	estimate	13,064,097	297,888	113,838	3.56	71.0
1963	estimate	13,319,185	296,853	115,928	3.47	71.0
1964	estimate	13,583,574	287,438	121,943	3.26	70.7
1965	estimate	13,850,466	280,606	121,724	3.08	70.9
1966	estimate	14,137,475	281,799	126,646	2.98	70.8
1967	estimate	14,412,660	288,549	124,610	2.94	71.1
1968	estimate	14,655,217	301,758	132,205	2.97	70.8
1969	estimate	14,913,860	311,682	129,419	2.96	71.1
1970	estimate	15,199,700	319,235	136,257	2.92	70.8
1971	estimate	15,643,477	344,317	132,550	2.99	71.5
1972	estimate	16,086,781	335,982	133,916	2.79	71.8
1973	estimate	16,361,526	315,465	134,356	2.54	72.0
1974	estimate	16,633,819	309,299	139,227	2.41	71.9
1975	estimate	16,887,632	294,798	132,549	2.23	72.7
1976	estimate	17,088,410	283,151	136,853	2.10	72.7
1977	estimate	17,258,365	281,565	133,251	2.06	73.2
1978	estimate	17,428,917	276,233	132,442	1.98	73.6
1979	estimate	17,589,766	275,687	131,394	1.95	74.1
1980	estimate	17,759,505	276,601	134,021	1.93	74.3
1981	estimate	17,975,843	286,025	133,951	1.95	74.6
1982	estimate	18,242,240	289,938	138,897	1.94	74.5
1983	estimate	18,512,976	293,260	135,585	1.93	75.2
1984	estimate	18,755,367	289,712	138,190	1.88	75.3
1985	estimate	18,985,595	296,298	144,786	1.91	75.2
1986	estimate	19,221,956	296,715	141,189	1.89	75.7
1987	estimate	19,480,326	299,492	145,508	1.88	75.8
1988	estimate	19,763,097	304,230	146,500	1.89	76.0
1989	estimate	20,057,153	309,309	152,455	1.89	76.0
1990	estimate	20,349,223	322,992	145,412	1.95	76.8
1991	estimate	20,697,330	318,435	144,866	1.90	77.2
1992	estimate	20,970,906	323,991	149,968	1.92	77.3
1993	estimate	21,192,160	320,192	147,919	1.89	77.8
1994	estimate	21,400,881	316,797	153,996	1.87	77.7
1995	estimate	21,636,047	313,362	153,109	1.85	78.0
1996	estimate	21,903,499	310,921	156,671	1.83	78.1
1997	estimate	22,165,873	308,793	156,524	1.81	78.4
1998	estimate	22,397,852	304,518	153,983	1.79	78.9
1999	estimate	22,628,324	306,012	156,849	1.80	79.0
2000	estimate	22,862,747	306,106	156,094	1.80	79.5
2001	estimate	23,117,343	301,732	157,369	1.78	79.8
2002	estimate	23,397,048	304,064	162,263	1.79	79.8
2003	estimate	23,695,899	306,430	161,045	1.79	80.2
2004	estimate	23,988,183	312,149	161,923	1.82	80.5
2005	estimate	24,272,992	322,293	159,865	1.87	80.9
2006	estimate	24,586,001	330,475	164,006	1.91	81.0
2007	estimate	24,958,998	354,076	169,369	2.02	81.0
2008	estimate	25,396,630	364,004	173,012	2.05	81.2
2009	estimate	25,868,195	361,636	171,715	2.00	81.5
2010	estimate	26,306,435	364,895	172,551	1.98	81.8
2011	estimate	26,672,267	363,069	178,111	1.95	81.9
2012	estimate	27,052,684	369,205	180,702	1.96	82.1
2013	estimate	27,475,957	365,388	179,270	1.90	82.4
2014	estimate	27,904,286	356,985	186,530	1.82	82.3
2015	estimate	28,332,881	365,335	190,247	1.83	82.4
2016	estimate	28,791,181	368,209	191,281	1.81	82.7
2017	estimate	29,298,285	366,699	199,064	1.76	82.5
2018	estimate	29,789,295	371,374	194,421	1.74	83.0
2019	estimate	30,251,810	364,131	200,425	1.68	83.0
2020	estimate	30,692,423	352,547	196,591	1.60	83.5
2021	estimate	30,934,949	363,015	206,509	1.65	83.4
2022	estimate	31,193,279	362,351	245,852	1.64	82.5
2023	estimate	31,472,159	363,575	221,609	1.64	83.6
2024	estimate	31,775,761	364,105	218,604	1.64	83.8
2025	projection	32,078,537	362,818	222,557	1.64	83.9
2026	projection	32,373,313	361,344	226,958	1.64	84.0
2027	projection	32,655,837	359,889	231,312	1.64	84.2
2028	projection	32,934,446	358,512	235,918	1.64	84.3
2029	projection	33,206,888	356,623	240,789	1.64	84.5
2030	projection	33,467,448	355,228	246,227	1.64	84.6
2031	projection	33,724,329	353,961	251,628	1.64	84.7
2032	projection	33,976,224	353,557	257,324	1.64	84.8
2033	projection	34,219,852	353,703	263,240	1.64	85.0
2034	projection	34,460,603	354,796	269,335	1.64	85.1
2035	projection	34,697,511	356,781	275,152	1.64	85.2
2036	projection	34,936,030	358,930	281,478	1.64	85.3
2037	projection	35,172,774	361,747	287,684	1.64	85.5
2038	projection	35,401,209	364,862	293,679	1.64	85.6
2039	projection	35,634,649	367,891	299,709	1.63	85.7
2040	projection	35,860,208	370,727	305,405	1.63	85.8
2041	projection	36,089,274	373,845	310,824	1.63	86.0
2042	projection	36,322,842	376,715	316,257	1.63	86.1
2043	projection	36,558,066	379,204	321,371	1.63	86.2
2044	projection	36,788,352	381,516	326,015	1.63	86.3
2045	projection	37,016,482	382,985	330,675	1.63	86.4
2046	projection	37,246,876	384,292	335,166	1.63	86.5
2047	projection	37,481,000	385,445	339,322	1.63	86.7
2048	projection	37,701,246	386,712	343,271	1.63	86.8
2049	projection	37,933,543	387,896	346,962	1.64	86.9
2050	projection	38,151,734	388,539	350,724	1.64	87.0
2051	projection	38,372,780	389,102	353,885	1.64	87.1
2052	projection	38,592,825	389,658	357,483	1.63	87.2
2053	projection	38,804,757	390,110	360,914	1.63	87.3
2054	projection	39,018,460	390,407	363,799	1.63	87.4
2055	projection	39,235,241	391,415	366,210	1.63	87.5
2056	projection	39,452,747	392,317	368,973	1.63	87.7
2057	projection	39,662,507	393,072	370,894	1.63	87.8
2058	projection	39,872,478	394,024	373,347	1.63	87.9
2059	projection	40,089,428	394,660	375,281	1.63	88.0
2060	projection	40,294,212	395,008	377,214	1.63	88.1
2061	projection	40,497,557	395,997	378,955	1.63	88.2
2062	projection	40,702,891	396,924	381,070	1.63	88.3
2063	projection	40,911,812	397,493	382,899	1.63	88.5
2064	projection	41,121,305	399,221	384,960	1.63	88.6
2065	projection	41,321,412	399,773	386,774	1.63	88.7
2066	projection	41,528,576	401,518	388,406	1.63	88.8
2067	projection	41,744,156	403,353	391,072	1.63	88.9
2068	projection	41,959,671	405,025	393,198	1.63	89.0
2069	projection	42,175,710	407,872	395,686	1.63	89.1
2070	projection	42,389,871	409,576	398,740	1.63	89.2
2071	projection	42,598,458	412,038	401,500	1.63	89.3
2072	projection	42,799,695	414,393	404,558	1.63	89.4
2073	projection	43,005,871	416,579	407,831	1.63	89.5
2074	projection	43,212,190	418,599	411,182	1.63	89.6
2075	projection	43,421,894	421,085	414,626	1.63	89.8
2076	projection	43,629,180	422,782	418,514	1.63	89.8
2077	projection	43,834,856	424,547	421,860	1.63	90.0
2078	projection	44,046,969	426,659	425,318	1.63	90.1
2079	projection	44,255,786	429,194	428,296	1.63	90.2
2080	projection	44,462,855	430,902	431,302	1.63	90.3
2081	projection	44,668,007	432,319	433,853	1.63	90.4
2082	projection	44,883,867	433,759	435,997	1.63	90.5
2083	projection	45,090,882	435,476	437,233	1.63	90.6
2084	projection	45,304,013	437,191	438,320	1.63	90.7
2085	projection	45,505,880	438,295	439,115	1.63	90.8
2086	projection	45,709,932	439,039	439,141	1.63	90.9
2087	projection	45,921,339	440,565	438,802	1.63	91.0
2088	projection	46,140,130	441,908	438,152	1.63	91.1
2089	projection	46,373,422	443,717	437,349	1.63	91.2
2090	projection	46,596,698	445,576	435,739	1.64	91.3
2091	projection	46,829,716	446,444	435,088	1.63	91.4
2092	projection	47,063,509	448,022	433,817	1.63	91.6
2093	projection	47,294,466	449,653	433,640	1.63	91.7
2094	projection	47,520,686	451,358	433,190	1.64	91.8
2095	projection	47,735,422	452,218	434,203	1.64	91.9
2096	projection	47,956,128	453,327	435,092	1.63	92.0
2097	projection	48,184,676	454,843	436,642	1.63	92.1
2098	projection	48,418,074	456,099	438,823	1.63	92.2
2099	projection	48,636,889	456,952	442,344	1.63	92.3
2100	projection	48,849,650	458,411	445,817	1.63	92.4

AGG · members

Countries and areas in Australia/New Zealand

Australia/New Zealand: member countries and areas, population mid-2023, share of the group and projected mid-2100
#	Country or area	Mid-2023	Share	Mid-2100, projected
1	Australia	26,451,124	83.6%	43,143,684
2	New Zealand	5,172,836	16.4%	5,812,294

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

Australia/New Zealand: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	187,292	177,683
1	189,648	180,002
2	191,059	181,378
3	191,378	181,619
4	191,652	181,842
5	190,880	181,284
6	189,974	180,210
7	191,193	180,767
8	193,392	182,883
9	196,939	186,439
10	200,500	189,516
11	201,812	190,502
12	203,104	191,869
13	204,603	193,744
14	204,850	194,435
15	205,204	194,898
16	206,496	195,767
17	208,022	196,852
18	209,832	198,625
19	210,138	199,080
20	207,480	196,843
21	204,574	194,290
22	202,769	193,016
23	201,776	192,784
24	204,582	194,922
25	211,264	199,704
26	215,995	203,603
27	217,706	205,728
28	220,476	209,228
29	225,461	214,606
30	230,910	220,214
31	234,217	225,372
32	234,844	229,434
33	234,700	232,826
34	235,821	236,948
35	237,830	240,592
36	237,355	240,836
37	234,053	238,476
38	230,934	235,776
39	229,375	233,452
40	228,184	231,892
41	226,466	230,380
42	224,664	227,926
43	221,938	224,372
44	216,676	219,238
45	209,313	212,828
46	201,568	206,324
47	195,138	200,859
48	190,902	196,712
49	189,440	194,135
50	190,150	193,770
51	191,880	195,944
52	194,797	199,934
53	199,032	205,083
54	203,031	210,550
55	201,788	210,159
56	195,136	203,222
57	188,704	196,738
58	183,230	191,200
59	179,009	186,752
60	177,630	185,586
61	178,796	187,554
62	181,028	190,979
63	181,474	192,430
64	179,196	191,086
65	174,532	187,749
66	168,800	182,834
67	163,840	178,086
68	159,269	173,660
69	154,960	168,830
70	150,506	163,937
71	144,876	158,884
72	139,587	153,764
73	135,224	148,676
74	130,766	143,698
75	126,439	139,342
76	121,831	134,688
77	117,428	129,886
78	114,786	127,153
79	108,418	120,728
80	95,349	107,216
81	83,881	95,742
82	74,904	87,029
83	66,362	78,488
84	59,796	71,959
85	53,278	65,783
86	46,368	59,337
87	39,840	53,055
88	33,854	46,882
89	28,446	40,994
90	23,316	35,244
91	18,665	29,665
92	14,775	24,730
93	11,560	20,450
94	8,926	16,674
95	6,750	13,320
96	4,878	10,166
97	3,349	7,392
98	2,210	5,216
99	1,408	3,585
100+	1,886	5,714

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Australia/New Zealand, 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.

AGG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Australia/New Zealand

In Australia/New Zealand the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 20,437,000 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: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 15 years: 1989–1990 and 2000–2012.

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

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Australia/New Zealand, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Australia/New Zealand gains 140,730 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 30,266 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: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 330,160 (2016), and a loss of 17,049 (1978).

This is a group of countries, so its figure counts only moves across its own outer edge: someone moving from one country inside it to another does not appear.

How migration works everywhere

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

Who has the babies in Australia/New Zealand

Of every 100 babies born in Australia/New Zealand in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 72 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 26 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 · 72 · 26

2050 · projected
1 · 71 · 28

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

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 363,575
Average age when women have a baby: 31.3 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/New Zealand by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	58	550	113	46	29	35
15–19	12,477	32,169	15,336	6,843	4,956	6,085
20–24	67,285	98,607	47,639	36,738	37,189	44,483
25–29	76,418	105,857	93,542	90,173	97,865	116,145
30–34	47,711	41,715	96,174	133,307	139,116	165,049
35–39	26,158	12,814	45,001	78,591	87,198	100,616
40–44	7,324	2,808	7,971	16,722	20,477	23,794
45–49	440	278	330	1,155	1,709	2,204
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	237,871	294,798	306,106	363,575	388,539	458,411

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

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual tables for regions and groups (estimates to 2023, then the medium projection), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UN WUP 2025 · Maddison Project 2020 · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The 2 countries listed were summed and checked against the UN's total for every year. 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.