# Population in Australia

Population in Australia was 27.61 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `au`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/australia
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/australia.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=au

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 27,614,411 |
| 2024 | 27,194,286 |
| 2023 | 26,659,922 |
| 2022 | 26,018,721 |
| 2021 | 25,685,412 |
| 2020 | 25,649,248 |
| 2019 | 25,334,826 |
| 2018 | 24,963,258 |
| 2017 | 24,592,588 |
| 2016 | 24,190,907 |
| 2015 | 23,815,995 |
| 2014 | 23,475,686 |
| 2013 | 23,128,129 |
| 2012 | 22,733,465 |
| 2011 | 22,340,024 |
| 2010 | 22,031,750 |
| 2009 | 21,691,653 |
| 2008 | 21,249,199 |
| 2007 | 20,827,622 |
| 2006 | 20,450,966 |
| 2005 | 20,176,844 |
| 2004 | 19,932,722 |
| 2003 | 19,720,737 |
| 2002 | 19,495,210 |
| 2001 | 19,274,701 |
| 2000 | 19,028,802 |
| 1999 | 18,812,264 |
| 1998 | 18,607,584 |
| 1997 | 18,423,037 |
| 1996 | 18,224,767 |
| 1995 | 18,004,882 |
| 1994 | 17,805,468 |
| 1993 | 17,634,808 |
| 1992 | 17,478,635 |
| 1991 | 17,284,036 |
| 1990 | 17,065,128 |
| 1989 | 16,814,416 |
| 1988 | 16,532,164 |
| 1987 | 16,263,874 |
| 1986 | 16,018,350 |
| 1985 | 15,788,312 |
| 1984 | 15,579,391 |
| 1983 | 15,393,472 |
| 1982 | 15,184,247 |
| 1981 | 14,923,260 |
| 1980 | 14,692,000 |
| 1979 | 14,514,000 |
| 1978 | 14,358,000 |
| 1977 | 14,192,000 |
| 1976 | 14,033,000 |
| 1975 | 13,893,000 |
| 1974 | 13,723,000 |
| 1973 | 13,380,000 |
| 1972 | 13,177,000 |
| 1971 | 12,937,000 |
| 1970 | 12,507,000 |
| 1969 | 12,263,000 |
| 1968 | 12,009,000 |
| 1967 | 11,799,000 |
| 1966 | 11,651,000 |
| 1965 | 11,388,000 |
| 1964 | 11,167,000 |
| 1963 | 10,950,000 |
| 1962 | 10,742,000 |
| 1961 | 10,483,000 |
| 1960 | 10,276,477 |