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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	China	Australia	China
1960	10,276,477	667,070,000	-	-
1961	10,483,000	660,330,000	2.01%	-1.01%
1962	10,742,000	665,770,000	2.47%	0.82%
1963	10,950,000	682,335,000	1.94%	2.49%
1964	11,167,000	698,355,000	1.98%	2.35%
1965	11,388,000	715,185,000	1.98%	2.41%
1966	11,651,000	735,400,000	2.31%	2.83%
1967	11,799,000	754,550,000	1.27%	2.6%
1968	12,009,000	774,510,000	1.78%	2.65%
1969	12,263,000	796,025,000	2.12%	2.78%
1970	12,507,000	818,315,000	1.99%	2.8%
1971	12,937,000	841,105,000	3.44%	2.78%
1972	13,177,000	862,030,000	1.86%	2.49%
1973	13,380,000	881,940,000	1.54%	2.31%
1974	13,723,000	900,350,000	2.56%	2.09%
1975	13,893,000	916,395,000	1.24%	1.78%
1976	14,033,000	930,685,000	1.01%	1.56%
1977	14,192,000	943,455,000	1.13%	1.37%
1978	14,358,000	956,165,000	1.17%	1.35%
1979	14,514,000	969,005,000	1.09%	1.34%
1980	14,692,000	981,235,000	1.23%	1.26%
1981	14,923,260	993,885,000	1.57%	1.29%
1982	15,184,247	1,008,630,000	1.75%	1.48%
1983	15,393,472	1,023,310,000	1.38%	1.46%
1984	15,579,391	1,036,825,000	1.21%	1.32%
1985	15,788,312	1,051,040,000	1.34%	1.37%
1986	16,018,350	1,066,790,000	1.46%	1.5%
1987	16,263,874	1,084,035,000	1.53%	1.62%
1988	16,532,164	1,101,630,000	1.65%	1.62%
1989	16,814,416	1,118,650,000	1.71%	1.54%
1990	17,065,128	1,135,185,000	1.49%	1.48%
1991	17,284,036	1,150,780,000	1.28%	1.37%
1992	17,478,635	1,164,970,000	1.13%	1.23%
1993	17,634,808	1,178,440,000	0.89%	1.16%
1994	17,805,468	1,191,835,000	0.97%	1.14%
1995	18,004,882	1,204,855,000	1.12%	1.09%
1996	18,224,767	1,217,550,000	1.22%	1.05%
1997	18,423,037	1,230,075,000	1.09%	1.03%
1998	18,607,584	1,241,935,000	1%	0.96%
1999	18,812,264	1,252,735,000	1.1%	0.87%
2000	19,028,802	1,262,645,000	1.15%	0.79%
2001	19,274,701	1,271,850,000	1.29%	0.73%
2002	19,495,210	1,280,400,000	1.14%	0.67%
2003	19,720,737	1,288,400,000	1.16%	0.62%
2004	19,932,722	1,296,075,000	1.07%	0.6%
2005	20,176,844	1,303,720,000	1.22%	0.59%
2006	20,450,966	1,311,020,000	1.36%	0.56%
2007	20,827,622	1,317,885,000	1.84%	0.52%
2008	21,249,199	1,324,655,000	2.02%	0.51%
2009	21,691,653	1,331,260,000	2.08%	0.5%
2010	22,031,750	1,337,705,000	1.57%	0.48%
2011	22,340,024	1,345,035,000	1.4%	0.55%
2012	22,733,465	1,354,190,000	1.76%	0.68%
2013	23,128,129	1,363,240,000	1.74%	0.67%
2014	23,475,686	1,371,860,000	1.5%	0.63%
2015	23,815,995	1,379,860,000	1.45%	0.58%
2016	24,190,907	1,387,790,000	1.57%	0.57%
2017	24,592,588	1,396,215,000	1.66%	0.61%
2018	24,963,258	1,402,760,000	1.51%	0.47%
2019	25,334,826	1,407,745,000	1.49%	0.36%
2020	25,649,248	1,411,100,000	1.24%	0.24%
2021	25,685,412	1,412,360,000	0.14%	0.09%
2022	26,018,721	1,412,175,000	1.3%	-0.01%
2023	26,659,922	1,410,710,000	2.46%	-0.1%
2024	27,196,812	1,408,975,000	2.01%	-0.12%
2025	27,462,351	1,405,773,318	0.98%	-0.23%
2026	27,720,006	1,402,614,510	0.94%	-0.22%
2027	27,971,653	1,399,403,406	0.91%	-0.23%
2028	28,220,660	1,395,886,569	0.89%	-0.25%
2029	28,462,685	1,392,060,666	0.86%	-0.27%
2030	28,698,853	1,387,961,846	0.83%	-0.29%
2031	28,932,262	1,383,588,794	0.81%	-0.32%
2032	29,160,438	1,378,934,346	0.79%	-0.34%
2033	29,384,107	1,374,007,012	0.77%	-0.36%
2034	29,605,432	1,368,825,481	0.75%	-0.38%
2035	29,826,537	1,363,415,793	0.75%	-0.4%
2036	30,047,917	1,357,772,486	0.74%	-0.41%
2037	30,264,792	1,351,902,859	0.72%	-0.43%
2038	30,480,032	1,345,840,038	0.71%	-0.45%
2039	30,694,219	1,339,558,174	0.7%	-0.47%
2040	30,907,034	1,333,028,062	0.69%	-0.49%
2041	31,123,706	1,326,251,398	0.7%	-0.51%
2042	31,343,677	1,319,222,019	0.71%	-0.53%
2043	31,563,469	1,311,956,934	0.7%	-0.55%
2044	31,781,220	1,304,437,340	0.69%	-0.57%
2045	32,000,146	1,296,592,737	0.69%	-0.6%
2046	32,223,471	1,288,357,014	0.7%	-0.64%
2047	32,443,112	1,279,723,262	0.68%	-0.67%
2048	32,662,412	1,270,661,954	0.68%	-0.71%
2049	32,881,878	1,261,120,581	0.67%	-0.75%
2050	33,095,459	1,251,102,086	0.65%	-0.79%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while China gained 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while China's population increased by 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. China was ranked 1st in 2006 and ranked 2nd 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 China will decrease by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.