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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Italy	Australia	Italy
1960	10,276,477	50,199,700	-	-
1961	10,483,000	50,536,350	2.01%	0.67%
1962	10,742,000	50,879,450	2.47%	0.68%
1963	10,950,000	51,252,000	1.94%	0.73%
1964	11,167,000	51,675,350	1.98%	0.83%
1965	11,388,000	52,112,350	1.98%	0.85%
1966	11,651,000	52,519,000	2.31%	0.78%
1967	11,799,000	52,900,500	1.27%	0.73%
1968	12,009,000	53,235,750	1.78%	0.63%
1969	12,263,000	53,537,950	2.12%	0.57%
1970	12,507,000	53,821,850	1.99%	0.53%
1971	12,937,000	54,073,490	3.44%	0.47%
1972	13,177,000	54,381,345	1.86%	0.57%
1973	13,380,000	54,751,406	1.54%	0.68%
1974	13,723,000	55,110,868	2.56%	0.66%
1975	13,893,000	55,441,001	1.24%	0.6%
1976	14,033,000	55,718,260	1.01%	0.5%
1977	14,192,000	55,955,411	1.13%	0.43%
1978	14,358,000	56,155,143	1.17%	0.36%
1979	14,514,000	56,317,749	1.09%	0.29%
1980	14,692,000	56,433,883	1.23%	0.21%
1981	14,923,260	56,501,675	1.57%	0.12%
1982	15,184,247	56,543,548	1.75%	0.07%
1983	15,393,472	56,564,074	1.38%	0.04%
1984	15,579,391	56,576,718	1.21%	0.02%
1985	15,788,312	56,593,071	1.34%	0.03%
1986	16,018,350	56,596,155	1.46%	0.005%
1987	16,263,874	56,601,931	1.53%	0.01%
1988	16,532,164	56,629,288	1.65%	0.05%
1989	16,814,416	56,671,781	1.71%	0.08%
1990	17,065,128	56,719,240	1.49%	0.08%
1991	17,284,036	56,758,521	1.28%	0.07%
1992	17,478,635	56,797,087	1.13%	0.07%
1993	17,634,808	56,831,821	0.89%	0.06%
1994	17,805,468	56,843,400	0.97%	0.02%
1995	18,004,882	56,844,303	1.12%	0.002%
1996	18,224,767	56,860,281	1.22%	0.03%
1997	18,423,037	56,890,372	1.09%	0.05%
1998	18,607,584	56,906,744	1%	0.03%
1999	18,812,264	56,916,317	1.1%	0.02%
2000	19,028,802	56,942,108	1.15%	0.05%
2001	19,274,701	56,976,981	1.29%	0.06%
2002	19,495,210	57,089,824	1.14%	0.2%
2003	19,720,737	57,399,184	1.16%	0.54%
2004	19,932,722	57,828,179	1.07%	0.75%
2005	20,176,844	58,166,682	1.22%	0.59%
2006	20,450,966	58,399,861	1.36%	0.4%
2007	20,827,622	58,756,247	1.84%	0.61%
2008	21,249,199	59,211,181	2.02%	0.77%
2009	21,691,653	59,555,454	2.08%	0.58%
2010	22,031,750	59,819,407	1.57%	0.44%
2011	22,340,024	60,026,841	1.4%	0.35%
2012	22,733,465	60,191,247	1.76%	0.27%
2013	23,128,129	60,311,613	1.74%	0.2%
2014	23,475,686	60,320,707	1.5%	0.02%
2015	23,815,995	60,229,605	1.45%	-0.15%
2016	24,190,907	60,115,223	1.57%	-0.19%
2017	24,592,588	60,002,252	1.66%	-0.19%
2018	24,963,258	60,148,658	1.51%	0.24%
2019	25,334,826	59,729,081	1.49%	-0.7%
2020	25,649,248	59,438,851	1.24%	-0.49%
2021	25,685,412	59,133,173	0.14%	-0.51%
2022	26,018,721	59,013,667	1.3%	-0.2%
2023	26,659,922	58,984,216	2.46%	-0.05%
2024	27,196,812	58,952,704	2.01%	-0.05%
2025	27,462,351	58,757,388	0.98%	-0.33%
2026	27,720,006	58,538,738	0.94%	-0.37%
2027	27,971,653	58,302,912	0.91%	-0.4%
2028	28,220,660	58,061,557	0.89%	-0.41%
2029	28,462,685	57,818,364	0.86%	-0.42%
2030	28,698,853	57,565,087	0.83%	-0.44%
2031	28,932,262	57,300,892	0.81%	-0.46%
2032	29,160,438	57,038,998	0.79%	-0.46%
2033	29,384,107	56,780,656	0.77%	-0.45%
2034	29,605,432	56,516,874	0.75%	-0.46%
2035	29,826,537	56,247,746	0.75%	-0.48%
2036	30,047,917	55,978,207	0.74%	-0.48%
2037	30,264,792	55,705,993	0.72%	-0.49%
2038	30,480,032	55,429,408	0.71%	-0.5%
2039	30,694,219	55,146,340	0.7%	-0.51%
2040	30,907,034	54,858,102	0.69%	-0.52%
2041	31,123,706	54,570,785	0.7%	-0.52%
2042	31,343,677	54,276,735	0.71%	-0.54%
2043	31,563,469	53,966,605	0.7%	-0.57%
2044	31,781,220	53,649,281	0.69%	-0.59%
2045	32,000,146	53,327,530	0.69%	-0.6%
2046	32,223,471	52,995,336	0.7%	-0.62%
2047	32,443,112	52,650,393	0.68%	-0.65%
2048	32,662,412	52,294,685	0.68%	-0.68%
2049	32,881,878	51,929,700	0.67%	-0.7%
2050	33,095,459	51,549,925	0.65%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th 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 Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.