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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Portugal	Australia	Portugal
1960	10,276,477	8,857,716	-	-
1961	10,483,000	8,929,316	2.01%	0.81%
1962	10,742,000	8,993,985	2.47%	0.72%
1963	10,950,000	9,030,355	1.94%	0.4%
1964	11,167,000	9,035,365	1.98%	0.06%
1965	11,388,000	8,998,595	1.98%	-0.41%
1966	11,651,000	8,930,990	2.31%	-0.75%
1967	11,799,000	8,874,520	1.27%	-0.63%
1968	12,009,000	8,836,650	1.78%	-0.43%
1969	12,263,000	8,757,705	2.12%	-0.89%
1970	12,507,000	8,680,431	1.99%	-0.88%
1971	12,937,000	8,643,756	3.44%	-0.42%
1972	13,177,000	8,630,430	1.86%	-0.15%
1973	13,380,000	8,633,100	1.54%	0.03%
1974	13,723,000	8,754,365	2.56%	1.4%
1975	13,893,000	9,093,470	1.24%	3.87%
1976	14,033,000	9,355,810	1.01%	2.88%
1977	14,192,000	9,455,675	1.13%	1.07%
1978	14,358,000	9,558,250	1.17%	1.08%
1979	14,514,000	9,661,265	1.09%	1.08%
1980	14,692,000	9,766,312	1.23%	1.09%
1981	14,923,260	9,851,362	1.57%	0.87%
1982	15,184,247	9,911,771	1.75%	0.61%
1983	15,393,472	9,957,865	1.38%	0.47%
1984	15,579,391	9,996,232	1.21%	0.39%
1985	15,788,312	10,023,613	1.34%	0.27%
1986	16,018,350	10,032,734	1.46%	0.09%
1987	16,263,874	10,030,031	1.53%	-0.03%
1988	16,532,164	10,019,610	1.65%	-0.1%
1989	16,814,416	10,005,000	1.71%	-0.15%
1990	17,065,128	9,983,218	1.49%	-0.22%
1991	17,284,036	9,960,235	1.28%	-0.23%
1992	17,478,635	9,952,494	1.13%	-0.08%
1993	17,634,808	9,964,675	0.89%	0.12%
1994	17,805,468	9,991,525	0.97%	0.27%
1995	18,004,882	10,026,176	1.12%	0.35%
1996	18,224,767	10,063,945	1.22%	0.38%
1997	18,423,037	10,108,977	1.09%	0.45%
1998	18,607,584	10,160,196	1%	0.51%
1999	18,812,264	10,217,828	1.1%	0.57%
2000	19,028,802	10,289,898	1.15%	0.71%
2001	19,274,701	10,362,722	1.29%	0.71%
2002	19,495,210	10,419,631	1.14%	0.55%
2003	19,720,737	10,458,821	1.16%	0.38%
2004	19,932,722	10,483,861	1.07%	0.24%
2005	20,176,844	10,503,330	1.22%	0.19%
2006	20,450,966	10,522,288	1.36%	0.18%
2007	20,827,622	10,542,964	1.84%	0.2%
2008	21,249,199	10,558,177	2.02%	0.14%
2009	21,691,653	10,568,247	2.08%	0.1%
2010	22,031,750	10,573,100	1.57%	0.05%
2011	22,340,024	10,557,560	1.4%	-0.15%
2012	22,733,465	10,514,844	1.76%	-0.4%
2013	23,128,129	10,457,295	1.74%	-0.55%
2014	23,475,686	10,401,062	1.5%	-0.54%
2015	23,815,995	10,358,076	1.45%	-0.41%
2016	24,190,907	10,325,452	1.57%	-0.31%
2017	24,592,588	10,300,300	1.66%	-0.24%
2018	24,963,258	10,283,822	1.51%	-0.16%
2019	25,334,826	10,286,263	1.49%	0.02%
2020	25,649,248	10,297,081	1.24%	0.11%
2021	25,685,412	10,361,831	0.14%	0.63%
2022	26,018,721	10,434,332	1.3%	0.7%
2023	26,659,922	10,578,174	2.46%	1.38%
2024	27,196,812	10,694,681	2.01%	1.1%
2025	27,462,351	10,680,873	0.98%	-0.13%
2026	27,720,006	10,663,982	0.94%	-0.16%
2027	27,971,653	10,646,150	0.91%	-0.17%
2028	28,220,660	10,625,957	0.89%	-0.19%
2029	28,462,685	10,604,587	0.86%	-0.2%
2030	28,698,853	10,584,552	0.83%	-0.19%
2031	28,932,262	10,564,548	0.81%	-0.19%
2032	29,160,438	10,542,600	0.79%	-0.21%
2033	29,384,107	10,519,640	0.77%	-0.22%
2034	29,605,432	10,496,056	0.75%	-0.22%
2035	29,826,537	10,472,033	0.75%	-0.23%
2036	30,047,917	10,447,836	0.74%	-0.23%
2037	30,264,792	10,423,350	0.72%	-0.23%
2038	30,480,032	10,398,185	0.71%	-0.24%
2039	30,694,219	10,371,223	0.7%	-0.26%
2040	30,907,034	10,342,789	0.69%	-0.27%
2041	31,123,706	10,314,869	0.7%	-0.27%
2042	31,343,677	10,287,416	0.71%	-0.27%
2043	31,563,469	10,257,925	0.7%	-0.29%
2044	31,781,220	10,226,892	0.69%	-0.3%
2045	32,000,146	10,195,202	0.69%	-0.31%
2046	32,223,471	10,162,323	0.7%	-0.32%
2047	32,443,112	10,128,572	0.68%	-0.33%
2048	32,662,412	10,094,854	0.68%	-0.33%
2049	32,881,878	10,059,522	0.67%	-0.35%
2050	33,095,459	10,022,734	0.65%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.