Demographics of Australia
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 30 Oct 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Australia is projected at 25.78 million, up by 1.13% compared with 25.5 million in 2020. Australia is ranked 55th in terms of population and 99th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 90 thousand births in Australia in 2021. That is 247 per day, which is ranked 114th. The crude birth rate is 10 per 1000 people. There are 0.17 million deaths in Australia in 2021. That is 471 per day, which is ranked 58th. The crude death rate is 6.67 per 1000 people.
22.2 million people are living in urban areas, which is 86.36% of Australia population. Australia is ranked 50th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Australia in 2021 is 99.2 males per 100 females. There are 12.84 million males and 12.94 million females in Australia. The percentage of female population is 50.21% compare to 49.79% male population. Australia has 0.11 million more males than females. Australia is at 105th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 8,177,348 | - |
1955 | 9,165,700 | 2.18 |
1960 | 10,242,070 | 2.13 |
1965 | 11,313,186 | 2.24 |
1970 | 12,793,030 | 2.19 |
1975 | 13,773,290 | 1.23 |
1980 | 14,588,400 | 1.22 |
1985 | 15,663,672 | 1.56 |
1990 | 16,960,600 | 1.48 |
1995 | 17,993,083 | 1.09 |
2000 | 18,991,434 | 1.08 |
2005 | 20,178,543 | 1.5 |
2010 | 22,154,687 | 1.86 |
2015 | 23,932,499 | 1.42 |
2016 | 24,262,710 | 1.38 |
2017 | 24,584,619 | 1.33 |
2018 | 24,898,153 | 1.28 |
2019 | 25,203,200 | 1.23 |
2020 | 25,499,881 | 1.18 |
2021 | 25,788,217 | 1.13 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 79,786 | 187,841 | 9.63 | 22.80 |
1955 | 82,526 | 211,770 | 8.99 | 23.03 |
1960 | 88,885 | 226,761 | 8.69 | 22.18 |
1965 | 99,851 | 235,494 | 8.75 | 20.65 |
1970 | 108,667 | 249,969 | 8.56 | 19.66 |
1975 | 109,545 | 239,603 | 7.96 | 17.44 |
1980 | 109,332 | 227,056 | 7.47 | 15.49 |
1985 | 114,202 | 240,651 | 7.27 | 15.32 |
1990 | 119,829 | 253,636 | 7.09 | 14.99 |
1995 | 125,033 | 254,818 | 6.95 | 14.17 |
2000 | 129,484 | 246,758 | 6.82 | 13.00 |
2005 | 134,442 | 270,203 | 6.62 | 13.28 |
2010 | 144,457 | 302,518 | 6.54 | 13.70 |
2015 | 156,723 | 314,781 | 6.55 | 13.16 |
2020 | 169,182 | 318,478 | 6.64 | 12.50 |
2021 | 171,823 | 317,933 | 6.67 | 12.34 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 6,296,800 | 1,880,542 | - | 77.003 |
1955 | 7,309,544 | 1,901,364 | 2.81 | 79.357 |
1960 | 8,389,125 | 1,900,582 | 2.64 | 81.529 |
1965 | 9,439,263 | 1,924,050 | 2.57 | 83.068 |
1970 | 10,787,874 | 2,055,033 | 2.38 | 83.999 |
1975 | 11,727,714 | 2,103,492 | 1.42 | 84.792 |
1980 | 12,532,663 | 2,116,451 | 1.39 | 85.552 |
1985 | 13,461,702 | 2,267,941 | 1.53 | 85.582 |
1990 | 14,558,985 | 2,482,446 | 1.45 | 85.433 |
1995 | 15,346,879 | 2,729,864 | 0.93 | 84.898 |
2000 | 16,060,093 | 3,005,744 | 0.91 | 84.235 |
2005 | 17,118,434 | 3,120,469 | 1.60 | 84.582 |
2010 | 18,842,292 | 3,277,772 | 1.90 | 85.182 |
2015 | 20,396,531 | 3,403,025 | 1.50 | 85.701 |
2020 | 21,903,705 | 3,494,472 | 1.37 | 86.241 |
2021 | 22,195,539 | 3,504,916 | 1.33 | 86.362 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 866,391 | 820,342 | 1,686,733 | 6.54 | 105.613 |
05-09 | 850,335 | 807,415 | 1,657,750 | 6.43 | 105.316 |
10-14 | 839,999 | 799,022 | 1,639,021 | 6.36 | 105.128 |
15-19 | 791,122 | 755,975 | 1,547,097 | 6.00 | 104.649 |
20-24 | 804,930 | 779,395 | 1,584,325 | 6.14 | 103.276 |
25-29 | 899,999 | 861,954 | 1,761,953 | 6.83 | 104.414 |
30-34 | 943,166 | 934,768 | 1,877,934 | 7.28 | 100.898 |
35-39 | 938,125 | 938,150 | 1,876,275 | 7.28 | 99.997 |
40-44 | 825,489 | 832,302 | 1,657,791 | 6.43 | 99.181 |
45-49 | 830,347 | 843,950 | 1,674,297 | 6.49 | 98.388 |
50-54 | 776,379 | 797,664 | 1,574,043 | 6.10 | 97.332 |
55-59 | 767,927 | 783,519 | 1,551,446 | 6.02 | 98.010 |
60-64 | 706,832 | 737,384 | 1,444,216 | 5.60 | 95.857 |
65-69 | 611,207 | 643,580 | 1,254,787 | 4.87 | 94.970 |
70-74 | 538,458 | 569,975 | 1,108,433 | 4.30 | 94.470 |
75-79 | 384,661 | 418,631 | 803,292 | 3.11 | 91.885 |
80-84 | 248,692 | 288,779 | 537,471 | 2.08 | 86.118 |
85-89 | 141,384 | 193,850 | 335,234 | 1.30 | 72.935 |
90-94 | 60,753 | 104,320 | 165,073 | 0.64 | 58.237 |
95-99 | 13,981 | 32,344 | 46,325 | 0.18 | 43.226 |
100+ | 1,025 | 3,696 | 4,721 | 0.02 | 27.733 |
Total | 12,841,202 | 12,947,015 | 25,788,217 | 99.183 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio