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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Nauru	Australia	Nauru
1960	10,276,477	4,607	-	-
1961	10,483,000	4,774	2.01%	3.62%
1962	10,742,000	4,979	2.47%	4.29%
1963	10,950,000	5,226	1.94%	4.96%
1964	11,167,000	5,515	1.98%	5.53%
1965	11,388,000	5,832	1.98%	5.75%
1966	11,651,000	6,043	2.31%	3.62%
1967	11,799,000	6,135	1.27%	1.52%
1968	12,009,000	6,328	1.78%	3.15%
1969	12,263,000	6,581	2.12%	4%
1970	12,507,000	6,710	1.99%	1.96%
1971	12,937,000	6,762	3.44%	0.77%
1972	13,177,000	6,812	1.86%	0.74%
1973	13,380,000	6,866	1.54%	0.79%
1974	13,723,000	6,923	2.56%	0.83%
1975	13,893,000	6,987	1.24%	0.92%
1976	14,033,000	7,064	1.01%	1.1%
1977	14,192,000	7,163	1.13%	1.4%
1978	14,358,000	7,298	1.17%	1.88%
1979	14,514,000	7,468	1.09%	2.33%
1980	14,692,000	7,649	1.23%	2.42%
1981	14,923,260	7,839	1.57%	2.48%
1982	15,184,247	8,040	1.75%	2.56%
1983	15,393,472	8,216	1.38%	2.19%
1984	15,579,391	8,377	1.21%	1.96%
1985	15,788,312	8,551	1.34%	2.08%
1986	16,018,350	8,742	1.46%	2.23%
1987	16,263,874	8,946	1.53%	2.33%
1988	16,532,164	9,165	1.65%	2.45%
1989	16,814,416	9,390	1.71%	2.45%
1990	17,065,128	9,622	1.49%	2.47%
1991	17,284,036	9,850	1.28%	2.37%
1992	17,478,635	10,021	1.13%	1.74%
1993	17,634,808	10,102	0.89%	0.81%
1994	17,805,468	10,137	0.97%	0.35%
1995	18,004,882	10,165	1.12%	0.28%
1996	18,224,767	10,183	1.22%	0.18%
1997	18,423,037	10,197	1.09%	0.14%
1998	18,607,584	10,198	1%	0.01%
1999	18,812,264	10,187	1.1%	-0.11%
2000	19,028,802	10,168	1.15%	-0.19%
2001	19,274,701	10,130	1.29%	-0.37%
2002	19,495,210	10,082	1.14%	-0.47%
2003	19,720,737	10,059	1.16%	-0.23%
2004	19,932,722	10,060	1.07%	0.01%
2005	20,176,844	10,049	1.22%	-0.11%
2006	20,450,966	10,034	1.36%	-0.15%
2007	20,827,622	10,020	1.84%	-0.14%
2008	21,249,199	10,009	2.02%	-0.11%
2009	21,691,653	10,016	2.08%	0.07%
2010	22,031,750	10,043	1.57%	0.27%
2011	22,340,024	10,098	1.4%	0.55%
2012	22,733,465	10,267	1.76%	1.67%
2013	23,128,129	10,517	1.74%	2.43%
2014	23,475,686	10,742	1.5%	2.14%
2015	23,815,995	10,954	1.45%	1.97%
2016	24,190,907	11,150	1.57%	1.79%
2017	24,592,588	11,324	1.66%	1.56%
2018	24,963,258	11,477	1.51%	1.35%
2019	25,334,826	11,587	1.49%	0.96%
2020	25,649,248	11,643	1.24%	0.48%
2021	25,685,412	11,709	0.14%	0.57%
2022	26,014,399	11,801	1.28%	0.79%
2023	26,652,777	11,875	2.45%	0.63%
2024	27,204,809	11,947	2.07%	0.61%
2025	27,470,426	12,030	0.98%	0.7%
2026	27,728,157	12,103	0.94%	0.61%
2027	27,979,877	12,196	0.91%	0.77%
2028	28,228,958	12,296	0.89%	0.82%
2029	28,471,054	12,403	0.86%	0.87%
2030	28,707,292	12,519	0.83%	0.94%
2031	28,940,769	12,645	0.81%	1%
2032	29,169,013	12,785	0.79%	1.11%
2033	29,392,748	12,921	0.77%	1.06%
2034	29,614,137	13,071	0.75%	1.16%
2035	29,835,307	13,230	0.75%	1.22%
2036	30,056,752	13,391	0.74%	1.21%
2037	30,273,692	13,541	0.72%	1.12%
2038	30,488,994	13,697	0.71%	1.16%
2039	30,703,245	13,857	0.7%	1.17%
2040	30,916,122	14,041	0.69%	1.33%
2041	31,132,858	14,220	0.7%	1.27%
2042	31,352,893	14,402	0.71%	1.28%
2043	31,572,750	14,579	0.7%	1.23%
2044	31,790,565	14,754	0.69%	1.2%
2045	32,009,555	14,920	0.69%	1.13%
2046	32,232,946	15,098	0.7%	1.19%
2047	32,452,651	15,268	0.68%	1.12%
2048	32,672,016	15,431	0.68%	1.07%
2049	32,891,546	15,595	0.67%	1.06%
2050	33,105,190	15,751	0.65%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.