Australia's population rose from 18.2M in 1996 to 27.6M in 2025.
Australia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Australia's population growth rose from 1.2 % in 1996 to 1.5 % in 2025.
Australia's population density rose from 2.3 in 1994 to 3.5 in 2023.
Australia's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.3 % in 1996 to 50.4 % in 2025.
Australia's urbanisation rose from 85.2 % in 1996 to 87.7 % in 2025.
Australia's urban population rose from 15.5M in 1996 to 24.2M in 2025.
Australia's rural population rose from 2.69M in 1996 to 3.39M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.2 %154th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.9 %143rd of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.1 %127th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.4 %45th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs66th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts144th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts114th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts48th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts104th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.7 pts48th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −1.0 %11th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.9 pts31st of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −14.5 %73rd of 178
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- Life expectancyunchanged +0.0 yrs22nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleunchanged +0.0 yrs23rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleunchanged +0.0 yrs20th of 217