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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Qatar	Australia	Qatar
1960	10,276,477	36,010	-	-
1961	10,483,000	39,680	2.01%	10.2%
1962	10,742,000	44,630	2.47%	12.5%
1963	10,950,000	50,380	1.94%	12.9%
1964	11,167,000	56,867	1.98%	12.9%
1965	11,388,000	64,065	1.98%	12.7%
1966	11,651,000	72,192	2.31%	12.7%
1967	11,799,000	81,439	1.27%	12.8%
1968	12,009,000	91,749	1.78%	12.7%
1969	12,263,000	103,025	2.12%	12.3%
1970	12,507,000	116,350	1.99%	12.9%
1971	12,937,000	131,346	3.44%	12.9%
1972	13,177,000	146,506	1.86%	11.5%
1973	13,380,000	161,841	1.54%	10.5%
1974	13,723,000	177,362	2.56%	9.59%
1975	13,893,000	193,087	1.24%	8.87%
1976	14,033,000	209,052	1.01%	8.27%
1977	14,192,000	225,285	1.13%	7.77%
1978	14,358,000	241,808	1.17%	7.33%
1979	14,514,000	258,670	1.09%	6.97%
1980	14,692,000	275,913	1.23%	6.67%
1981	14,923,260	293,553	1.57%	6.39%
1982	15,184,247	311,537	1.75%	6.13%
1983	15,393,472	329,709	1.38%	5.83%
1984	15,579,391	347,878	1.21%	5.51%
1985	15,788,312	365,940	1.34%	5.19%
1986	16,018,350	382,422	1.46%	4.5%
1987	16,263,874	397,005	1.53%	3.81%
1988	16,532,164	411,264	1.65%	3.59%
1989	16,814,416	425,646	1.71%	3.5%
1990	17,065,128	440,175	1.49%	3.41%
1991	17,284,036	454,853	1.28%	3.33%
1992	17,478,635	469,657	1.13%	3.25%
1993	17,634,808	484,545	0.89%	3.17%
1994	17,805,468	499,459	0.97%	3.08%
1995	18,004,882	514,325	1.12%	2.98%
1996	18,224,767	529,019	1.22%	2.86%
1997	18,423,037	550,500	1.09%	4.06%
1998	18,607,584	580,540	1%	5.46%
1999	18,812,264	612,500	1.1%	5.51%
2000	19,028,802	644,989	1.15%	5.3%
2001	19,274,701	677,925	1.29%	5.11%
2002	19,495,210	711,205	1.14%	4.91%
2003	19,720,737	744,682	1.16%	4.71%
2004	19,932,722	773,332	1.07%	3.85%
2005	20,176,844	825,408	1.22%	6.73%
2006	20,450,966	972,831	1.36%	17.9%
2007	20,827,622	1,208,595	1.84%	24.2%
2008	21,249,199	1,426,938	2.02%	18.1%
2009	21,691,653	1,608,903	2.08%	12.8%
2010	22,031,750	1,616,832	1.57%	0.49%
2011	22,340,024	1,624,761	1.4%	0.49%
2012	22,733,465	1,722,438	1.76%	6.01%
2013	23,128,129	1,916,426	1.74%	11.3%
2014	23,475,686	2,151,745	1.5%	12.3%
2015	23,815,995	2,344,557	1.45%	8.96%
2016	24,190,907	2,477,113	1.57%	5.65%
2017	24,592,588	2,545,820	1.66%	2.77%
2018	24,963,258	2,580,734	1.51%	1.37%
2019	25,334,826	2,638,657	1.49%	2.24%
2020	25,649,248	2,794,148	1.24%	5.89%
2021	25,685,412	2,504,910	0.14%	-10.4%
2022	26,018,721	2,657,333	1.3%	6.08%
2023	26,659,922	2,656,032	2.46%	-0.05%
2024	27,196,812	2,857,822	2.01%	7.6%
2025	27,462,351	2,921,065	0.98%	2.21%
2026	27,720,006	2,975,134	0.94%	1.85%
2027	27,971,653	3,019,526	0.91%	1.49%
2028	28,220,660	3,057,695	0.89%	1.26%
2029	28,462,685	3,092,803	0.86%	1.15%
2030	28,698,853	3,125,174	0.83%	1.05%
2031	28,932,262	3,156,754	0.81%	1.01%
2032	29,160,438	3,189,188	0.79%	1.03%
2033	29,384,107	3,222,500	0.77%	1.04%
2034	29,605,432	3,256,691	0.75%	1.06%
2035	29,826,537	3,291,711	0.75%	1.08%
2036	30,047,917	3,327,585	0.74%	1.09%
2037	30,264,792	3,364,333	0.72%	1.1%
2038	30,480,032	3,401,906	0.71%	1.12%
2039	30,694,219	3,440,293	0.7%	1.13%
2040	30,907,034	3,479,439	0.69%	1.14%
2041	31,123,706	3,519,302	0.7%	1.15%
2042	31,343,677	3,559,840	0.71%	1.15%
2043	31,563,469	3,601,019	0.7%	1.16%
2044	31,781,220	3,642,784	0.69%	1.16%
2045	32,000,146	3,685,111	0.69%	1.16%
2046	32,223,471	3,727,959	0.7%	1.16%
2047	32,443,112	3,771,287	0.68%	1.16%
2048	32,662,412	3,815,108	0.68%	1.16%
2049	32,881,878	3,859,368	0.67%	1.16%
2050	33,095,459	3,904,074	0.65%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.