Australia — Population

millions · Annual · 1788–2030 · 243 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

The population reading for Australia was 27.60M people in 2025. The previous reading was 27.13M people in 2024; the period change was +1.74%.

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  • Annual data, 1788–2030
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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
203029.08M people
202928.87M people
202828.57M people
202728.36M people
202628.05M people
15 earlier values
202527.60M people
202427.13M people
202326.65M people
202226.01M people
202125.69M people
202025.65M people
201925.33M people
201824.96M people
201724.59M people
201624.19M people
201523.82M people
201423.48M people
201323.13M people
201222.73M people
201122.34M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.