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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Japan	Australia	Japan
1960	10,276,477	93,216,000	-	-
1961	10,483,000	94,055,000	2.01%	0.9%
1962	10,742,000	94,933,000	2.47%	0.93%
1963	10,950,000	95,900,000	1.94%	1.02%
1964	11,167,000	96,903,000	1.98%	1.05%
1965	11,388,000	97,952,000	1.98%	1.08%
1966	11,651,000	98,851,000	2.31%	0.92%
1967	11,799,000	99,879,000	1.27%	1.04%
1968	12,009,000	101,011,000	1.78%	1.13%
1969	12,263,000	102,219,000	2.12%	1.2%
1970	12,507,000	103,403,000	1.99%	1.16%
1971	12,937,000	105,697,000	3.44%	2.22%
1972	13,177,000	107,188,000	1.86%	1.41%
1973	13,380,000	108,707,000	1.54%	1.42%
1974	13,723,000	110,162,000	2.56%	1.34%
1975	13,893,000	111,573,000	1.24%	1.28%
1976	14,033,000	112,775,000	1.01%	1.08%
1977	14,192,000	113,872,000	1.13%	0.97%
1978	14,358,000	114,913,000	1.17%	0.91%
1979	14,514,000	115,890,000	1.09%	0.85%
1980	14,692,000	116,807,000	1.23%	0.79%
1981	14,923,260	117,661,000	1.57%	0.73%
1982	15,184,247	118,480,000	1.75%	0.7%
1983	15,393,472	119,307,000	1.38%	0.7%
1984	15,579,391	120,083,000	1.21%	0.65%
1985	15,788,312	120,837,000	1.34%	0.63%
1986	16,018,350	121,482,000	1.46%	0.53%
1987	16,263,874	122,069,000	1.53%	0.48%
1988	16,532,164	122,578,000	1.65%	0.42%
1989	16,814,416	123,069,000	1.71%	0.4%
1990	17,065,128	123,478,000	1.49%	0.33%
1991	17,284,036	123,964,000	1.28%	0.39%
1992	17,478,635	124,425,000	1.13%	0.37%
1993	17,634,808	124,829,000	0.89%	0.32%
1994	17,805,468	125,178,000	0.97%	0.28%
1995	18,004,882	125,472,000	1.12%	0.23%
1996	18,224,767	125,757,000	1.22%	0.23%
1997	18,423,037	126,057,000	1.09%	0.24%
1998	18,607,584	126,400,000	1%	0.27%
1999	18,812,264	126,631,000	1.1%	0.18%
2000	19,028,802	126,843,000	1.15%	0.17%
2001	19,274,701	127,149,000	1.29%	0.24%
2002	19,495,210	127,445,000	1.14%	0.23%
2003	19,720,737	127,718,000	1.16%	0.21%
2004	19,932,722	127,761,000	1.07%	0.03%
2005	20,176,844	127,773,000	1.22%	0.009%
2006	20,450,966	127,854,000	1.36%	0.06%
2007	20,827,622	128,001,000	1.84%	0.11%
2008	21,249,199	128,063,000	2.02%	0.05%
2009	21,691,653	128,047,000	2.08%	-0.01%
2010	22,031,750	128,070,000	1.57%	0.02%
2011	22,340,024	127,833,000	1.4%	-0.19%
2012	22,733,465	127,629,000	1.76%	-0.16%
2013	23,128,129	127,445,000	1.74%	-0.14%
2014	23,475,686	127,276,000	1.5%	-0.13%
2015	23,815,995	127,141,000	1.45%	-0.11%
2016	24,190,907	127,076,000	1.57%	-0.05%
2017	24,592,588	126,972,000	1.66%	-0.08%
2018	24,963,258	126,811,000	1.51%	-0.13%
2019	25,334,826	126,633,000	1.49%	-0.14%
2020	25,649,248	126,261,000	1.24%	-0.29%
2021	25,685,412	125,681,593	0.14%	-0.46%
2022	26,014,399	125,124,989	1.28%	-0.44%
2023	26,652,777	124,516,650	2.45%	-0.49%
2024	27,204,809	123,975,371	2.07%	-0.43%
2025	27,470,426	123,324,642	0.98%	-0.52%
2026	27,728,157	122,647,678	0.94%	-0.55%
2027	27,979,877	121,951,038	0.91%	-0.57%
2028	28,228,958	121,241,776	0.89%	-0.58%
2029	28,471,054	120,524,230	0.86%	-0.59%
2030	28,707,292	119,798,959	0.83%	-0.6%
2031	28,940,769	119,065,610	0.81%	-0.61%
2032	29,169,013	118,326,333	0.79%	-0.62%
2033	29,392,748	117,583,337	0.77%	-0.63%
2034	29,614,137	116,836,274	0.75%	-0.64%
2035	29,835,307	116,084,328	0.75%	-0.64%
2036	30,056,752	115,332,395	0.74%	-0.65%
2037	30,273,692	114,582,890	0.72%	-0.65%
2038	30,488,994	113,837,760	0.71%	-0.65%
2039	30,703,245	113,097,352	0.7%	-0.65%
2040	30,916,122	112,359,802	0.69%	-0.65%
2041	31,132,858	111,622,622	0.7%	-0.66%
2042	31,352,893	110,891,223	0.71%	-0.66%
2043	31,572,750	110,169,955	0.7%	-0.65%
2044	31,790,565	109,455,823	0.69%	-0.65%
2045	32,009,555	108,747,012	0.69%	-0.65%
2046	32,232,946	108,044,346	0.7%	-0.65%
2047	32,452,651	107,350,486	0.68%	-0.64%
2048	32,672,016	106,665,616	0.68%	-0.64%
2049	32,891,546	105,986,908	0.67%	-0.64%
2050	33,105,190	105,312,022	0.65%	-0.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.