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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Mexico	Australia	Mexico
1960	10,276,477	36,724,615	-	-
1961	10,483,000	37,890,118	2.01%	3.17%
1962	10,742,000	39,129,200	2.47%	3.27%
1963	10,950,000	40,424,065	1.94%	3.31%
1964	11,167,000	41,772,049	1.98%	3.33%
1965	11,388,000	43,174,477	1.98%	3.36%
1966	11,651,000	44,629,106	2.31%	3.37%
1967	11,799,000	46,129,608	1.27%	3.36%
1968	12,009,000	47,668,303	1.78%	3.34%
1969	12,263,000	49,233,194	2.12%	3.28%
1970	12,507,000	50,814,953	1.99%	3.21%
1971	12,937,000	52,412,558	3.44%	3.14%
1972	13,177,000	54,030,168	1.86%	3.09%
1973	13,380,000	55,667,284	1.54%	3.03%
1974	13,723,000	57,320,149	2.56%	2.97%
1975	13,893,000	58,982,400	1.24%	2.9%
1976	14,033,000	60,645,512	1.01%	2.82%
1977	14,192,000	62,308,493	1.13%	2.74%
1978	14,358,000	63,979,046	1.17%	2.68%
1979	14,514,000	65,648,865	1.09%	2.61%
1980	14,692,000	67,300,334	1.23%	2.52%
1981	14,923,260	68,892,108	1.57%	2.37%
1982	15,184,247	70,433,260	1.75%	2.24%
1983	15,393,472	71,971,240	1.38%	2.18%
1984	15,579,391	73,506,846	1.21%	2.13%
1985	15,788,312	75,043,414	1.34%	2.09%
1986	16,018,350	76,585,637	1.46%	2.06%
1987	16,263,874	78,136,651	1.53%	2.03%
1988	16,532,164	79,695,531	1.65%	2%
1989	16,814,416	81,247,182	1.71%	1.95%
1990	17,065,128	82,820,170	1.49%	1.94%
1991	17,284,036	84,430,572	1.28%	1.94%
1992	17,478,635	86,044,809	1.13%	1.91%
1993	17,634,808	87,653,807	0.89%	1.87%
1994	17,805,468	89,259,205	0.97%	1.83%
1995	18,004,882	90,862,455	1.12%	1.8%
1996	18,224,767	92,452,702	1.22%	1.75%
1997	18,423,037	94,021,207	1.09%	1.7%
1998	18,607,584	95,575,245	1%	1.65%
1999	18,812,264	97,115,707	1.1%	1.61%
2000	19,028,802	98,625,552	1.15%	1.55%
2001	19,274,701	100,099,099	1.29%	1.49%
2002	19,495,210	101,548,624	1.14%	1.45%
2003	19,720,737	102,978,515	1.16%	1.41%
2004	19,932,722	104,394,131	1.07%	1.37%
2005	20,176,844	105,811,504	1.22%	1.36%
2006	20,450,966	107,253,666	1.36%	1.36%
2007	20,827,622	108,774,360	1.84%	1.42%
2008	21,249,199	110,374,288	2.02%	1.47%
2009	21,691,653	111,999,721	2.08%	1.47%
2010	22,031,750	113,623,895	1.57%	1.45%
2011	22,340,024	115,243,504	1.4%	1.43%
2012	22,733,465	116,818,208	1.76%	1.37%
2013	23,128,129	118,343,573	1.74%	1.31%
2014	23,475,686	119,784,261	1.5%	1.22%
2015	23,815,995	121,072,306	1.45%	1.08%
2016	24,190,907	122,251,351	1.57%	0.97%
2017	24,592,588	123,400,057	1.66%	0.94%
2018	24,963,258	124,573,711	1.51%	0.95%
2019	25,334,826	125,762,982	1.49%	0.95%
2020	25,649,248	126,799,054	1.24%	0.82%
2021	25,685,412	127,648,148	0.14%	0.67%
2022	26,014,399	128,613,117	1.28%	0.76%
2023	26,652,777	129,739,759	2.45%	0.88%
2024	27,204,809	130,861,007	2.07%	0.86%
2025	27,470,426	131,946,905	0.98%	0.83%
2026	27,728,157	132,997,664	0.94%	0.8%
2027	27,979,877	134,017,711	0.91%	0.77%
2028	28,228,958	135,008,697	0.89%	0.74%
2029	28,471,054	135,970,893	0.86%	0.71%
2030	28,707,292	136,904,747	0.83%	0.69%
2031	28,940,769	137,811,068	0.81%	0.66%
2032	29,169,013	138,690,189	0.79%	0.64%
2033	29,392,748	139,542,087	0.77%	0.61%
2034	29,614,137	140,362,026	0.75%	0.59%
2035	29,835,307	141,150,818	0.75%	0.56%
2036	30,056,752	141,909,168	0.74%	0.54%
2037	30,273,692	142,637,546	0.72%	0.51%
2038	30,488,994	143,336,222	0.71%	0.49%
2039	30,703,245	143,998,296	0.7%	0.46%
2040	30,916,122	144,624,328	0.69%	0.43%
2041	31,132,858	145,217,780	0.7%	0.41%
2042	31,352,893	145,777,459	0.71%	0.39%
2043	31,572,750	146,300,011	0.7%	0.36%
2044	31,790,565	146,787,722	0.69%	0.33%
2045	32,009,555	147,240,096	0.69%	0.31%
2046	32,232,946	147,654,160	0.7%	0.28%
2047	32,452,651	148,030,153	0.68%	0.25%
2048	32,672,016	148,372,233	0.68%	0.23%
2049	32,891,546	148,677,894	0.67%	0.21%
2050	33,105,190	148,946,272	0.65%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.