AUSTRALIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

Comparing Population of Countries

Australia increased its population by 131.8% over the last 50 years yet its rank has fallen from a high of 40th to the present rank of 52nd biggest population. In comparison, the top 3 countries by population over the past 50 years had the following increases in their population: USA 46.1%; China 125.5%; India 198.1%.

See also Australian Population
(includes population of Australian cities, states and origins of immigrants)

Population in the Year 2009

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Indonesia   5 Brazil   6 Pakistan   7 Bangladesh   8 Nigeria   9 Russia 10 Japan 11 Mexico 12 Philippines 13 Vietnam

1,338,612,968 1,156,897,766 307,212,123 240,271,522 198,739,269 174,578,558 156,050,883 149,229,090 140,041,247 127,078,679 111,211,789 97,976,603 88,576,758

14 Ethiopia 15 Germany 16 Egypt 17 Turkey 18 Congo, Dem.      Republic of the 19 Iran 20 Thailand 21 France 22 United Kingdom 23 Italy 24 South Africa 25 Korea, South 55 Australia

85,237,338 82,329,758 78,866,635 76,805,524 68,692,542   66,429,284 65,998,436 64,057,792 61,113,205 58,126,212 49,052,489 48,508,972 21,262,641

Population in the Year 2000

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Indonesia   5 Brazil   6 Russia   7 Pakistan   8 Bangladesh   9 Japan 10 Nigeria 11 Mexico 12 Germany 13 Philippines

1,268,853,362 1,002,708,291 282,338,631 224,138,438 175,552,771 146,731,774 146,342,958 130,406,594 126,699,784 114,311,328 99,926,620 82,187,909 79,739,825

14 Vietnam 15 Egypt 16 Turkey 17 Iran 18 Ethiopia 19 Thailand 20 United Kingdom 21 France 22 Italy 23 Congo (Kinshasa) 24 Ukraine 25 South Korea 52 Australia

79,060,410 70,492,342 65,666,677 65,660,289 64,690,052 62,352,043 59,522,468 59,381,628 57,719,337 51,809,830 49,153,027 47,261,283 19,164,620

Population in the Year 1990

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Indonesia   5 Brazil   6 Russia   7 Japan   8 Pakistan   9 Bangladesh 10 Nigeria 11 Mexico 12 Germany 13 Vietnam

1,148,364,470 841,655,108 250,131,894 188,005,383 151,083,809 147,974,148 123,537,399 114,578,478 109,896,945 88,514,058 84,913,652 79,380,394 67,282,704

14 Philippines 15 United Kingdom 16 Iran 17 Italy 18 France 19 Egypt 20 Turkey 21 Thailand 22 Ukraine 23 Ethiopia 24 South Korea 25 Spain 49 Australia

64,318,120 57,493,307 57,035,717 56,742,886 56,735,161 56,694,413 56,084,632 55,250,029 51,657,650 48,197,268 42,869,000 39,350,769 17,022,133

Population in the Year 1980

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Indonesia   5 Russia   6 Brazil   7 Japan   8 Bangladesh   9 Pakistan 10 Germany 11 Nigeria 11 Mexico 13 Italy

984,736,460 687,029,282 227,726,463 154,378,760 139,038,849 122,958,132 116,807,309 88,076,996 85,219,117 78,297,904 68,556,088 68,347,479 56,451,247

14 United Kingdom 15 France 16 Vietnam 17 Philippines 18 Ukraine 19 Thailand 20 Turkey 21 Egypt 22 Iran 23 South Korea 24 Spain 25 Ethiopia 48 Australia

56,314,000 53,869,743 53,715,202 50,940,182 50,046,649 47,025,764 45,120,802 42,634,215 39,583,397 38,124,000 37,488,360 36,036,457 14,615,900

Population in the Year 1970

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Russia   5 Indonesia   6 Japan   7 Brazil   8 Germany   9 Bangladesh 10 Pakistan 11 United Kingdom 12 Italy 13 Mexico

820,403,282 555,042,800 205,052,000 130,245,476 122,291,795 104,344,973 95,684,297 77,783,164 67,402,621 65,705,964 55,632,000 53,661,100 52,775,158

14 Nigeria 15 France 16 Ukraine 17 Vietnam 18 Philippines 19 Thailand 20 Turkey 21 Spain 22 Egypt 23 Poland 24 South Korea 25 Ethiopia 43 Australia

50,787,560 50,787,000 47,235,697 42,576,676 38,603,696 37,090,871 35,758,382 33,876,479 33,574,026 32,526,000 32,241,000 29,468,504 12,660,160

Population in the Year 1960

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Russia   5 Indonesia   6 Japan   7 Germany   8 Brazil   9 Bangladesh 10 United Kingdom 11 Pakistan 12 Italy 13 France

650,660,513 445,857,000 180,671,000 119,631,633 100,145,649 94,091,638 72,480,869 71,694,810 54,621,538 52,372,000 50,386,898 50,197,600 45,670,000

14 Ukraine 15 Nigeria 16 Mexico 17 Vietnam 18 Spain 19 Poland 20 Philippines 21 Turkey 22 Thailand 23 Egypt 24 South Korea 25 Ethiopia 40 Australia

42,644,035 39,919,592 38,578,505 31,656,282 30,641,187 29,589,842 28,528,939 28,217,122 27,512,750 26,846,610 24,784,140 24,168,672 10,361,273

Population in the Year 1950

1 China   2 India   3 United States   4 Russia   5 Japan   6 Indonesia   7 Germany   8 Brazil   9 United Kingdom 10 Italy 11 Bangladesh 12 France 13 Pakistan

562,579,779 369,880,000 152,271,000 101,936,816 83,805,000 82,978,392 68,374,572 53,443,075 50,127,000 47,105,000 45,645,964 41,828,673 39,448,232

14 Ukraine 15 Nigeria 16 Mexico 17 Spain 18 Vietnam 19 Poland 20 Egypt 21 Philippines 22 Turkey 23 South Korea 24 Ethiopia 25 Thailand 43 Australia

36,774,854 31,796,939 28,485,180 28,062,963 25,348,144 24,824,000 21,197,691 21,131,264 21,121,639 20,845,771 20,174,562 20,041,628 8,267,337

Statistics are from the US Census Bureau, International Data Base and other sources.