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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Canada	Australia	Canada
1960	10,276,477	17,909,356	-	-
1961	10,483,000	18,271,000	2.01%	2.02%
1962	10,742,000	18,614,000	2.47%	1.88%
1963	10,950,000	18,964,000	1.94%	1.88%
1964	11,167,000	19,325,000	1.98%	1.9%
1965	11,388,000	19,678,000	1.98%	1.83%
1966	11,651,000	20,048,000	2.31%	1.88%
1967	11,799,000	20,412,000	1.27%	1.82%
1968	12,009,000	20,744,000	1.78%	1.63%
1969	12,263,000	21,028,000	2.12%	1.37%
1970	12,507,000	21,324,000	1.99%	1.41%
1971	12,937,000	21,962,032	3.44%	2.99%
1972	13,177,000	22,218,463	1.86%	1.17%
1973	13,380,000	22,491,777	1.54%	1.23%
1974	13,723,000	22,807,969	2.56%	1.41%
1975	13,893,000	23,143,275	1.24%	1.47%
1976	14,033,000	23,449,808	1.01%	1.32%
1977	14,192,000	23,725,843	1.13%	1.18%
1978	14,358,000	23,963,203	1.17%	1%
1979	14,514,000	24,201,544	1.09%	0.99%
1980	14,692,000	24,515,667	1.23%	1.3%
1981	14,923,260	24,819,915	1.57%	1.24%
1982	15,184,247	25,116,942	1.75%	1.2%
1983	15,393,472	25,366,451	1.38%	0.99%
1984	15,579,391	25,607,053	1.21%	0.95%
1985	15,788,312	25,842,116	1.34%	0.92%
1986	16,018,350	26,100,278	1.46%	1%
1987	16,263,874	26,446,601	1.53%	1.33%
1988	16,532,164	26,791,747	1.65%	1.31%
1989	16,814,416	27,276,781	1.71%	1.81%
1990	17,065,128	27,691,138	1.49%	1.52%
1991	17,284,036	28,037,420	1.28%	1.25%
1992	17,478,635	28,371,264	1.13%	1.19%
1993	17,634,808	28,684,764	0.89%	1.1%
1994	17,805,468	29,000,663	0.97%	1.1%
1995	18,004,882	29,302,311	1.12%	1.04%
1996	18,224,767	29,610,218	1.22%	1.05%
1997	18,423,037	29,905,948	1.09%	1%
1998	18,607,584	30,155,173	1%	0.83%
1999	18,812,264	30,401,286	1.1%	0.82%
2000	19,028,802	30,685,730	1.15%	0.94%
2001	19,274,701	31,020,855	1.29%	1.09%
2002	19,495,210	31,359,199	1.14%	1.09%
2003	19,720,737	31,642,461	1.16%	0.9%
2004	19,932,722	31,938,807	1.07%	0.94%
2005	20,176,844	32,242,732	1.22%	0.95%
2006	20,450,966	32,571,193	1.36%	1.02%
2007	20,827,622	32,888,886	1.84%	0.98%
2008	21,249,199	33,247,298	2.02%	1.09%
2009	21,691,653	33,630,069	2.08%	1.15%
2010	22,031,750	34,005,902	1.57%	1.12%
2011	22,340,024	34,339,221	1.4%	0.98%
2012	22,733,465	34,713,395	1.76%	1.09%
2013	23,128,129	35,080,992	1.74%	1.06%
2014	23,475,686	35,434,066	1.5%	1.01%
2015	23,815,995	35,704,498	1.45%	0.76%
2016	24,190,907	36,110,803	1.57%	1.14%
2017	24,592,588	36,545,075	1.66%	1.2%
2018	24,963,258	37,072,620	1.51%	1.44%
2019	25,334,826	37,618,495	1.49%	1.47%
2020	25,649,248	38,028,638	1.24%	1.09%
2021	25,685,412	38,239,864	0.14%	0.56%
2022	26,018,721	38,935,934	1.3%	1.82%
2023	26,659,922	40,083,484	2.46%	2.95%
2024	27,196,812	41,288,599	2.01%	3.01%
2025	27,462,351	41,687,850	0.98%	0.97%
2026	27,720,006	42,042,113	0.94%	0.85%
2027	27,971,653	42,368,857	0.91%	0.78%
2028	28,220,660	42,683,927	0.89%	0.74%
2029	28,462,685	42,986,030	0.86%	0.71%
2030	28,698,853	43,276,190	0.83%	0.68%
2031	28,932,262	43,559,839	0.81%	0.66%
2032	29,160,438	43,833,228	0.79%	0.63%
2033	29,384,107	44,089,067	0.77%	0.58%
2034	29,605,432	44,336,794	0.75%	0.56%
2035	29,826,537	44,574,481	0.75%	0.54%
2036	30,047,917	44,802,196	0.74%	0.51%
2037	30,264,792	45,029,252	0.72%	0.51%
2038	30,480,032	45,250,482	0.71%	0.49%
2039	30,694,219	45,461,809	0.7%	0.47%
2040	30,907,034	45,661,339	0.69%	0.44%
2041	31,123,706	45,855,081	0.7%	0.42%
2042	31,343,677	46,046,286	0.71%	0.42%
2043	31,563,469	46,232,447	0.7%	0.4%
2044	31,781,220	46,413,908	0.69%	0.39%
2045	32,000,146	46,594,973	0.69%	0.39%
2046	32,223,471	46,768,120	0.7%	0.37%
2047	32,443,112	46,930,946	0.68%	0.35%
2048	32,662,412	47,092,745	0.68%	0.34%
2049	32,881,878	47,246,217	0.67%	0.33%
2050	33,095,459	47,396,788	0.65%	0.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Canada gained 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Canada's population increased by 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Canada was ranked 35th in 2006 and ranked 38th 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 Canada will increase by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.