| Demographics of Australia | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Australia in 2022 | |
| Population | 27,231,525 (as of May 2024) |
| Growth rate | 1.60% (2023 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.3 births/1,000 population |
| Death rate | 6.77 deaths/1,000 population |
| Life expectancy | 83.09 years |
| • male | 80.93 years |
| • female | 85.36 years |
| Fertility rate | 1.63 children |
| Infant mortality rate | 3.01 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | 6.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.99 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Major ethnic | |
| Minor ethnic |
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| Language | |
| Official | None at Federal level or State level |
| Spoken | English (72.00%) Mandarin (2.70%) Arabic (1.44%) Vietnamese (1.26%) Cantonese (1.16%) Punjabi (0.94%) Greek (0.90%) Italian (0.90%) Others (12.97%) |
The population of Australia is estimated to be 27,503,200 as of 10 November 2024.[10] It is the 54th[11] most populous country in the world and the most populous Oceanian country. Its population is concentrated mainly in urban areas, particularly on the Eastern, South Eastern and Southern seaboards, and is expected to exceed 30 million by 2029.[12]
Australia's population has grown from an estimated population of between 300,000 and 2,400,000 Indigenous Australians at the time of British colonisation in 1788 due to numerous waves of immigration during the period since. Also due to immigration, the European component's share of the population rose sharply in the late 18th and 19th centuries, but is now declining as a percentage.[13]
Australia has an average population density of 3.6 persons per square kilometre of total land area, which makes it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. This is generally attributed to the semi-arid and desert geography of much of the interior of the country. Another factor is urbanisation, with 89% of its population living in a handful of urban areas, Australia is one of the world's most urbanised countries.[14] The life expectancy of Australia in 2015–2017 was 83.2 years, among the highest in the world.[15]
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- ^ "Australia's population forecast to hit 30 million by 2029". The Guardian. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ Phillips, Janet; Simon-Davies, Joanne. "Migration—Australian migration flows and population". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Data – Australia". The World Bank. The World Bank Group. 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ "3302.0.55.001 – Life Tables, States, Territories and Australia, 2015–2017". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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