How many people live in Australia right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
27,305,122
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 55 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.33%
- Median age
- 38.5 years
- Children per woman
- 1.64
- Life expectancy
- 84.3 years
- People per km²
- 4
According to UN estimates, about 27.3 million people live in Australia right now. It ranks 55th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Venezuela and North Korea, and it is home to one in every 305 people on the planet.
Every day, about 830 people are born there and about 510 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 132,000 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 680 people a day (0.91% a year).
In 1950, about 8.2 million people lived there. Today there are 3.3 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 32.5 million people (19% more than today), and by 2100 about 43.1 million.
Half of its people are younger than 39 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.64 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 84 years (worldwide, 74). There are 4 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Australia in 2026?
- Australia has about 27.3 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 27,227,096.
- How many people are born each day in Australia?
- About 830 a day (303,000 a year). About 510 people die each day (187,000 a year).
- Is the population of Australia growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.91% a year, or about 248,000 people.
- What will the population of Australia be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 32.5 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Nepal 29,660,328
- Niger 29,099,605
- Venezuela 28,673,188
- North Korea 26,650,401
- Syria 26,719,842
- Mali 26,166,487
More countries in Oceania
- Papua New Guinea 11,005,599
- New Zealand 5,298,029
- Fiji 938,561
- Solomon Islands 864,514
- Vanuatu 344,891
- New Caledonia 298,674
- French Polynesia 283,264
- Samoa 220,922
- Guam 170,550
- Kiribati 139,061
- Micronesia 114,346
- Tonga 103,166
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.