Population in Australia compared to Belgium: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Belgium: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Belgium	Australia	Belgium
1960	10,276,477	9,153,489	-	-
1961	10,483,000	9,183,948	2.01%	0.33%
1962	10,742,000	9,220,578	2.47%	0.4%
1963	10,950,000	9,289,770	1.94%	0.75%
1964	11,167,000	9,378,113	1.98%	0.95%
1965	11,388,000	9,463,667	1.98%	0.91%
1966	11,651,000	9,527,807	2.31%	0.68%
1967	11,799,000	9,580,991	1.27%	0.56%
1968	12,009,000	9,618,756	1.78%	0.39%
1969	12,263,000	9,646,032	2.12%	0.28%
1970	12,507,000	9,655,549	1.99%	0.1%
1971	12,937,000	9,673,162	3.44%	0.18%
1972	13,177,000	9,711,115	1.86%	0.39%
1973	13,380,000	9,741,720	1.54%	0.32%
1974	13,723,000	9,772,419	2.56%	0.32%
1975	13,893,000	9,800,700	1.24%	0.29%
1976	14,033,000	9,818,227	1.01%	0.18%
1977	14,192,000	9,830,358	1.13%	0.12%
1978	14,358,000	9,839,534	1.17%	0.09%
1979	14,514,000	9,848,382	1.09%	0.09%
1980	14,692,000	9,859,242	1.23%	0.11%
1981	14,923,260	9,858,982	1.57%	-0.003%
1982	15,184,247	9,856,303	1.75%	-0.03%
1983	15,393,472	9,855,520	1.38%	-0.008%
1984	15,579,391	9,855,372	1.21%	-0.002%
1985	15,788,312	9,858,308	1.34%	0.03%
1986	16,018,350	9,861,823	1.46%	0.04%
1987	16,263,874	9,870,234	1.53%	0.09%
1988	16,532,164	9,901,664	1.65%	0.32%
1989	16,814,416	9,937,697	1.71%	0.36%
1990	17,065,128	9,967,379	1.49%	0.3%
1991	17,284,036	10,004,486	1.28%	0.37%
1992	17,478,635	10,045,158	1.13%	0.41%
1993	17,634,808	10,084,475	0.89%	0.39%
1994	17,805,468	10,115,603	0.97%	0.31%
1995	18,004,882	10,136,811	1.12%	0.21%
1996	18,224,767	10,156,637	1.22%	0.2%
1997	18,423,037	10,181,245	1.09%	0.24%
1998	18,607,584	10,203,008	1%	0.21%
1999	18,812,264	10,226,419	1.1%	0.23%
2000	19,028,802	10,251,250	1.15%	0.24%
2001	19,274,701	10,286,570	1.29%	0.34%
2002	19,495,210	10,332,785	1.14%	0.45%
2003	19,720,737	10,376,133	1.16%	0.42%
2004	19,932,722	10,421,137	1.07%	0.43%
2005	20,176,844	10,478,617	1.22%	0.55%
2006	20,450,966	10,547,958	1.36%	0.66%
2007	20,827,622	10,625,700	1.84%	0.74%
2008	21,249,199	10,709,973	2.02%	0.79%
2009	21,691,653	10,796,493	2.08%	0.81%
2010	22,031,750	10,895,586	1.57%	0.92%
2011	22,340,024	11,038,264	1.4%	1.31%
2012	22,733,465	11,106,932	1.76%	0.62%
2013	23,128,129	11,159,407	1.74%	0.47%
2014	23,475,686	11,209,057	1.5%	0.44%
2015	23,815,995	11,274,196	1.45%	0.58%
2016	24,190,907	11,331,422	1.57%	0.51%
2017	24,592,588	11,375,158	1.66%	0.39%
2018	24,963,258	11,427,054	1.51%	0.46%
2019	25,334,826	11,488,980	1.49%	0.54%
2020	25,649,248	11,538,604	1.24%	0.43%
2021	25,685,412	11,586,195	0.14%	0.41%
2022	26,018,721	11,680,210	1.3%	0.81%
2023	26,659,922	11,779,946	2.46%	0.85%
2024	27,196,812	11,858,610	2.01%	0.67%
2025	27,462,351	11,878,653	0.98%	0.17%
2026	27,720,006	11,894,864	0.94%	0.14%
2027	27,971,653	11,909,001	0.91%	0.12%
2028	28,220,660	11,922,115	0.89%	0.11%
2029	28,462,685	11,934,272	0.86%	0.1%
2030	28,698,853	11,944,861	0.83%	0.09%
2031	28,932,262	11,953,823	0.81%	0.08%
2032	29,160,438	11,962,020	0.79%	0.07%
2033	29,384,107	11,970,216	0.77%	0.07%
2034	29,605,432	11,977,922	0.75%	0.06%
2035	29,826,537	11,984,704	0.75%	0.06%
2036	30,047,917	11,991,147	0.74%	0.05%
2037	30,264,792	11,997,789	0.72%	0.06%
2038	30,480,032	12,004,230	0.71%	0.05%
2039	30,694,219	12,009,488	0.7%	0.04%
2040	30,907,034	12,013,619	0.69%	0.03%
2041	31,123,706	12,017,411	0.7%	0.03%
2042	31,343,677	12,020,456	0.71%	0.03%
2043	31,563,469	12,022,156	0.7%	0.01%
2044	31,781,220	12,023,061	0.69%	0.008%
2045	32,000,146	12,022,487	0.69%	-0.005%
2046	32,223,471	12,020,034	0.7%	-0.02%
2047	32,443,112	12,015,998	0.68%	-0.03%
2048	32,662,412	12,010,009	0.68%	-0.05%
2049	32,881,878	12,001,950	0.67%	-0.07%
2050	33,095,459	11,992,103	0.65%	-0.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Belgium gained 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Belgium's population increased by 563,596 (a 4.97% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Belgium was ranked 77th in 2006 and ranked 83rd 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 Belgium will increase by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people and rank change from 83rd to 92nd.