Demographics of Australia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

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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.

Australia population
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

Australia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Urban and rural population of Australia
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	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

Australia population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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

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