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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	France	Australia	France
1960	10,276,477	47,412,964	-	-
1961	10,483,000	47,905,982	2.01%	1.04%
1962	10,742,000	48,389,516	2.47%	1.01%
1963	10,950,000	48,877,567	1.94%	1.01%
1964	11,167,000	49,401,492	1.98%	1.07%
1965	11,388,000	49,877,725	1.98%	0.96%
1966	11,651,000	50,311,637	2.31%	0.87%
1967	11,799,000	50,722,791	1.27%	0.82%
1968	12,009,000	51,112,980	1.78%	0.77%
1969	12,263,000	51,536,014	2.12%	0.83%
1970	12,507,000	52,007,169	1.99%	0.91%
1971	12,937,000	52,499,553	3.44%	0.95%
1972	13,177,000	52,962,356	1.86%	0.88%
1973	13,380,000	53,392,161	1.54%	0.81%
1974	13,723,000	53,746,571	2.56%	0.66%
1975	13,893,000	54,002,853	1.24%	0.48%
1976	14,033,000	54,232,383	1.01%	0.43%
1977	14,192,000	54,486,467	1.13%	0.47%
1978	14,358,000	54,734,030	1.17%	0.45%
1979	14,514,000	54,979,851	1.09%	0.45%
1980	14,692,000	55,274,184	1.23%	0.54%
1981	14,923,260	55,603,353	1.57%	0.6%
1982	15,184,247	55,806,789	1.75%	0.37%
1983	15,393,472	56,108,330	1.38%	0.54%
1984	15,579,391	56,383,085	1.21%	0.49%
1985	15,788,312	56,665,619	1.34%	0.5%
1986	16,018,350	56,956,002	1.46%	0.51%
1987	16,263,874	57,266,167	1.53%	0.54%
1988	16,532,164	57,598,186	1.65%	0.58%
1989	16,814,416	57,943,062	1.71%	0.6%
1990	17,065,128	58,261,012	1.49%	0.55%
1991	17,284,036	58,554,242	1.28%	0.5%
1992	17,478,635	58,846,584	1.13%	0.5%
1993	17,634,808	59,103,094	0.89%	0.44%
1994	17,805,468	59,324,863	0.97%	0.38%
1995	18,004,882	59,541,294	1.12%	0.36%
1996	18,224,767	59,754,504	1.22%	0.36%
1997	18,423,037	59,968,066	1.09%	0.36%
1998	18,607,584	60,190,684	1%	0.37%
1999	18,812,264	60,501,986	1.1%	0.52%
2000	19,028,802	60,918,661	1.15%	0.69%
2001	19,274,701	61,364,377	1.29%	0.73%
2002	19,495,210	61,812,142	1.14%	0.73%
2003	19,720,737	62,249,855	1.16%	0.71%
2004	19,932,722	62,707,588	1.07%	0.74%
2005	20,176,844	63,180,854	1.22%	0.75%
2006	20,450,966	63,622,342	1.36%	0.7%
2007	20,827,622	64,016,890	1.84%	0.62%
2008	21,249,199	64,375,116	2.02%	0.56%
2009	21,691,653	64,706,436	2.08%	0.51%
2010	22,031,750	65,026,211	1.57%	0.49%
2011	22,340,024	65,340,830	1.4%	0.48%
2012	22,733,465	65,657,659	1.76%	0.48%
2013	23,128,129	65,997,932	1.74%	0.52%
2014	23,475,686	66,312,067	1.5%	0.48%
2015	23,815,995	66,548,272	1.45%	0.36%
2016	24,190,907	66,724,104	1.57%	0.26%
2017	24,592,588	66,918,020	1.66%	0.29%
2018	24,963,258	67,158,348	1.51%	0.36%
2019	25,334,826	67,382,061	1.49%	0.33%
2020	25,649,248	67,601,110	1.24%	0.33%
2021	25,685,412	67,842,811	0.14%	0.36%
2022	26,018,721	68,184,457	1.3%	0.5%
2023	26,659,922	68,372,286	2.46%	0.28%
2024	27,196,812	68,551,653	2.01%	0.26%
2025	27,462,351	68,657,003	0.98%	0.15%
2026	27,720,006	68,755,474	0.94%	0.14%
2027	27,971,653	68,850,103	0.91%	0.14%
2028	28,220,660	68,943,198	0.89%	0.14%
2029	28,462,685	69,035,594	0.86%	0.13%
2030	28,698,853	69,127,642	0.83%	0.13%
2031	28,932,262	69,217,432	0.81%	0.13%
2032	29,160,438	69,307,184	0.79%	0.13%
2033	29,384,107	69,397,148	0.77%	0.13%
2034	29,605,432	69,488,653	0.75%	0.13%
2035	29,826,537	69,581,145	0.75%	0.13%
2036	30,047,917	69,671,156	0.74%	0.13%
2037	30,264,792	69,759,529	0.72%	0.13%
2038	30,480,032	69,842,775	0.71%	0.12%
2039	30,694,219	69,916,407	0.7%	0.11%
2040	30,907,034	69,983,876	0.69%	0.1%
2041	31,123,706	70,049,466	0.7%	0.09%
2042	31,343,677	70,112,592	0.71%	0.09%
2043	31,563,469	70,166,082	0.7%	0.08%
2044	31,781,220	70,208,621	0.69%	0.06%
2045	32,000,146	70,243,515	0.69%	0.05%
2046	32,223,471	70,267,943	0.7%	0.03%
2047	32,443,112	70,282,782	0.68%	0.02%
2048	32,662,412	70,289,191	0.68%	0.009%
2049	32,881,878	70,285,150	0.67%	-0.006%
2050	33,095,459	70,273,103	0.65%	-0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while France gained 3,101,762 people (a 4.88% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while France's population increased by 2,032,404 (a 3.05% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. France was ranked 20th in 2006 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.21% to 70,273,103 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.