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	26,014,399	397,538	1.28%	0.29%
2023	26,652,777	399,440	2.45%	0.48%
2024	27,204,809	401,283	2.07%	0.46%
2025	27,470,426	403,042	0.98%	0.44%
2026	27,728,157	404,635	0.94%	0.4%
2027	27,979,877	406,126	0.91%	0.37%
2028	28,228,958	407,560	0.89%	0.35%
2029	28,471,054	408,950	0.86%	0.34%
2030	28,707,292	410,269	0.83%	0.32%
2031	28,940,769	411,543	0.81%	0.31%
2032	29,169,013	412,724	0.79%	0.29%
2033	29,392,748	413,846	0.77%	0.27%
2034	29,614,137	414,942	0.75%	0.26%
2035	29,835,307	415,982	0.75%	0.25%
2036	30,056,752	416,939	0.74%	0.23%
2037	30,273,692	417,847	0.72%	0.22%
2038	30,488,994	418,753	0.71%	0.22%
2039	30,703,245	419,595	0.7%	0.2%
2040	30,916,122	420,348	0.69%	0.18%
2041	31,132,858	421,079	0.7%	0.17%
2042	31,352,893	421,746	0.71%	0.16%
2043	31,572,750	422,343	0.7%	0.14%
2044	31,790,565	422,831	0.69%	0.12%
2045	32,009,555	423,269	0.69%	0.1%
2046	32,232,946	423,679	0.7%	0.1%
2047	32,452,651	423,952	0.68%	0.06%
2048	32,672,016	424,123	0.68%	0.04%
2049	32,891,546	424,251	0.67%	0.03%
2050	33,105,190	424,273	0.65%	0.005%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the Bahamas gained 41,452 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the Bahamas' population increased by 18,975 (a 4.92% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. The Bahamas was ranked 170th in 2005 and ranked 173rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Bahamas will increase by 4.93% to 424,273 people and rank change from 173rd to 174th.