Population in Australia compared to the Bahamas: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and the Bahamas: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Bahamas	Australia	Bahamas
1960	10,276,477	116,317	-	-
1961	10,483,000	122,197	2.01%	5.06%
1962	10,742,000	128,493	2.47%	5.15%
1963	10,950,000	135,087	1.94%	5.13%
1964	11,167,000	141,528	1.98%	4.77%
1965	11,388,000	147,952	1.98%	4.54%
1966	11,651,000	154,874	2.31%	4.68%
1967	11,799,000	162,267	1.27%	4.77%
1968	12,009,000	170,089	1.78%	4.82%
1969	12,263,000	177,981	2.12%	4.64%
1970	12,507,000	184,982	1.99%	3.93%
1971	12,937,000	190,857	3.44%	3.18%
1972	13,177,000	196,055	1.86%	2.72%
1973	13,380,000	200,791	1.54%	2.42%
1974	13,723,000	205,342	2.56%	2.27%
1975	13,893,000	209,886	1.24%	2.21%
1976	14,033,000	214,501	1.01%	2.2%
1977	14,192,000	219,157	1.13%	2.17%
1978	14,358,000	223,761	1.17%	2.1%
1979	14,514,000	228,230	1.09%	2%
1980	14,692,000	232,526	1.23%	1.88%
1981	14,923,260	236,614	1.57%	1.76%
1982	15,184,247	240,614	1.75%	1.69%
1983	15,393,472	244,698	1.38%	1.7%
1984	15,579,391	248,863	1.21%	1.7%
1985	15,788,312	253,154	1.34%	1.72%
1986	16,018,350	257,536	1.46%	1.73%
1987	16,263,874	261,935	1.53%	1.71%
1988	16,532,164	266,448	1.65%	1.72%
1989	16,814,416	271,178	1.71%	1.78%
1990	17,065,128	275,945	1.49%	1.76%
1991	17,284,036	280,731	1.28%	1.73%
1992	17,478,635	285,927	1.13%	1.85%
1993	17,634,808	291,339	0.89%	1.89%
1994	17,805,468	296,509	0.97%	1.77%
1995	18,004,882	301,461	1.12%	1.67%
1996	18,224,767	306,268	1.22%	1.59%
1997	18,423,037	310,904	1.09%	1.51%
1998	18,607,584	315,368	1%	1.44%
1999	18,812,264	319,614	1.1%	1.35%
2000	19,028,802	323,835	1.15%	1.32%
2001	19,274,701	327,836	1.29%	1.24%
2002	19,495,210	331,614	1.14%	1.15%
2003	19,720,737	335,618	1.16%	1.21%
2004	19,932,722	339,782	1.07%	1.24%
2005	20,176,844	343,894	1.22%	1.21%
2006	20,450,966	348,375	1.36%	1.3%
2007	20,827,622	353,334	1.84%	1.42%
2008	21,249,199	358,120	2.02%	1.35%
2009	21,691,653	362,810	2.08%	1.31%
2010	22,031,750	367,478	1.57%	1.29%
2011	22,340,024	371,729	1.4%	1.16%
2012	22,733,465	375,469	1.76%	1.01%
2013	23,128,129	378,953	1.74%	0.93%
2014	23,475,686	382,298	1.5%	0.88%
2015	23,815,995	385,346	1.45%	0.8%
2016	24,190,907	388,055	1.57%	0.7%
2017	24,592,588	390,485	1.66%	0.63%
2018	24,963,258	392,717	1.51%	0.57%
2019	25,334,826	394,675	1.49%	0.5%
2020	25,649,248	395,863	1.24%	0.3%
2021	25,685,412	396,373	0.14%	0.13%
2022	26,018,721	397,538	1.3%	0.29%
2023	26,659,922	399,440	2.46%	0.48%
2024	27,196,812	401,283	2.01%	0.46%
2025	27,462,351	403,042	0.98%	0.44%
2026	27,720,006	404,635	0.94%	0.4%
2027	27,971,653	406,126	0.91%	0.37%
2028	28,220,660	407,560	0.89%	0.35%
2029	28,462,685	408,950	0.86%	0.34%
2030	28,698,853	410,269	0.83%	0.32%
2031	28,932,262	411,543	0.81%	0.31%
2032	29,160,438	412,724	0.79%	0.29%
2033	29,384,107	413,846	0.77%	0.27%
2034	29,605,432	414,942	0.75%	0.26%
2035	29,826,537	415,982	0.75%	0.25%
2036	30,047,917	416,939	0.74%	0.23%
2037	30,264,792	417,847	0.72%	0.22%
2038	30,480,032	418,753	0.71%	0.22%
2039	30,694,219	419,595	0.7%	0.2%
2040	30,907,034	420,348	0.69%	0.18%
2041	31,123,706	421,079	0.7%	0.17%
2042	31,343,677	421,746	0.71%	0.16%
2043	31,563,469	422,343	0.7%	0.14%
2044	31,781,220	422,831	0.69%	0.12%
2045	32,000,146	423,269	0.69%	0.1%
2046	32,223,471	423,679	0.7%	0.1%
2047	32,443,112	423,952	0.68%	0.06%
2048	32,662,412	424,123	0.68%	0.04%
2049	32,881,878	424,251	0.67%	0.03%
2050	33,095,459	424,273	0.65%	0.005%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while the Bahamas gained 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while the Bahamas' population increased by 16,596 (a 4.28% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. The Bahamas was ranked 170th in 2006 and ranked 172nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Bahamas will increase by 4.85% to 424,273 people and rank change from 172nd to 174th.