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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Pakistan	Australia	Pakistan
1960	10,276,477	45,709,310	-	-
1961	10,483,000	46,921,277	2.01%	2.65%
1962	10,742,000	48,156,128	2.47%	2.63%
1963	10,950,000	49,447,776	1.94%	2.68%
1964	11,167,000	50,799,999	1.98%	2.73%
1965	11,388,000	52,209,010	1.98%	2.77%
1966	11,651,000	53,678,667	2.31%	2.81%
1967	11,799,000	55,214,768	1.27%	2.86%
1968	12,009,000	56,810,507	1.78%	2.89%
1969	12,263,000	58,460,939	2.12%	2.91%
1970	12,507,000	60,166,719	1.99%	2.92%
1971	12,937,000	61,847,899	3.44%	2.79%
1972	13,177,000	63,583,194	1.86%	2.81%
1973	13,380,000	65,461,912	1.54%	2.95%
1974	13,723,000	67,415,487	2.56%	2.98%
1975	13,893,000	69,461,175	1.24%	3.03%
1976	14,033,000	71,620,254	1.01%	3.11%
1977	14,192,000	73,901,827	1.13%	3.19%
1978	14,358,000	76,307,379	1.17%	3.26%
1979	14,514,000	78,997,039	1.09%	3.52%
1980	14,692,000	82,291,010	1.23%	4.17%
1981	14,923,260	85,802,049	1.57%	4.27%
1982	15,184,247	89,089,246	1.75%	3.83%
1983	15,393,472	92,227,711	1.38%	3.52%
1984	15,579,391	95,164,936	1.21%	3.18%
1985	15,788,312	98,229,285	1.34%	3.22%
1986	16,018,350	101,606,764	1.46%	3.44%
1987	16,263,874	105,130,717	1.53%	3.47%
1988	16,532,164	108,724,739	1.65%	3.42%
1989	16,814,416	112,336,629	1.71%	3.32%
1990	17,065,128	116,155,576	1.49%	3.4%
1991	17,284,036	120,060,406	1.28%	3.36%
1992	17,478,635	123,546,848	1.13%	2.9%
1993	17,634,808	127,020,117	0.89%	2.81%
1994	17,805,468	130,748,083	0.97%	2.93%
1995	18,004,882	134,582,253	1.12%	2.93%
1996	18,224,767	138,557,092	1.22%	2.95%
1997	18,423,037	142,531,804	1.09%	2.87%
1998	18,607,584	146,522,356	1%	2.8%
1999	18,812,264	150,565,377	1.1%	2.76%
2000	19,028,802	154,879,127	1.15%	2.87%
2001	19,274,701	159,270,907	1.29%	2.84%
2002	19,495,210	163,222,549	1.14%	2.48%
2003	19,720,737	167,110,248	1.16%	2.38%
2004	19,932,722	171,286,000	1.07%	2.5%
2005	20,176,844	175,453,212	1.22%	2.43%
2006	20,450,966	179,682,690	1.36%	2.41%
2007	20,827,622	184,493,231	1.84%	2.68%
2008	21,249,199	189,499,113	2.02%	2.71%
2009	21,691,653	194,376,534	2.08%	2.57%
2010	22,031,750	199,239,047	1.57%	2.5%
2011	22,340,024	203,746,065	1.4%	2.26%
2012	22,733,465	207,667,125	1.76%	1.92%
2013	23,128,129	211,073,978	1.74%	1.64%
2014	23,475,686	214,264,647	1.5%	1.51%
2015	23,815,995	217,290,883	1.45%	1.41%
2016	24,190,907	220,138,869	1.57%	1.31%
2017	24,592,588	223,273,967	1.66%	1.42%
2018	24,963,258	226,928,892	1.51%	1.64%
2019	25,334,826	230,800,899	1.49%	1.71%
2020	25,649,248	235,001,746	1.24%	1.82%
2021	25,685,412	239,477,801	0.14%	1.9%
2022	26,018,721	243,700,667	1.3%	1.76%
2023	26,659,922	247,504,495	2.46%	1.56%
2024	27,196,812	251,269,164	2.01%	1.52%
2025	27,462,351	255,219,564	0.98%	1.57%
2026	27,720,006	259,299,796	0.94%	1.6%
2027	27,971,653	263,515,827	0.91%	1.63%
2028	28,220,660	267,881,923	0.89%	1.66%
2029	28,462,685	272,337,520	0.86%	1.66%
2030	28,698,853	276,883,261	0.83%	1.67%
2031	28,932,262	281,528,070	0.81%	1.68%
2032	29,160,438	286,241,141	0.79%	1.67%
2033	29,384,107	291,012,268	0.77%	1.67%
2034	29,605,432	295,820,153	0.75%	1.65%
2035	29,826,537	300,643,518	0.75%	1.63%
2036	30,047,917	305,491,504	0.74%	1.61%
2037	30,264,792	310,353,293	0.72%	1.59%
2038	30,480,032	315,227,709	0.71%	1.57%
2039	30,694,219	320,105,882	0.7%	1.55%
2040	30,907,034	324,937,703	0.69%	1.51%
2041	31,123,706	329,746,478	0.7%	1.48%
2042	31,343,677	334,551,874	0.71%	1.46%
2043	31,563,469	339,334,851	0.7%	1.43%
2044	31,781,220	344,095,467	0.69%	1.4%
2045	32,000,146	348,837,732	0.69%	1.38%
2046	32,223,471	353,552,859	0.7%	1.35%
2047	32,443,112	358,207,159	0.68%	1.32%
2048	32,662,412	362,796,532	0.68%	1.28%
2049	32,881,878	367,344,429	0.67%	1.25%
2050	33,095,459	371,863,804	0.65%	1.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.