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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Russia	Australia	Russia
1960	10,276,477	119,897,000	-	-
1961	10,483,000	121,236,000	2.01%	1.12%
1962	10,742,000	122,591,000	2.47%	1.12%
1963	10,950,000	123,960,000	1.94%	1.12%
1964	11,167,000	125,345,000	1.98%	1.12%
1965	11,388,000	126,745,000	1.98%	1.12%
1966	11,651,000	127,468,000	2.31%	0.57%
1967	11,799,000	128,196,000	1.27%	0.57%
1968	12,009,000	128,928,000	1.78%	0.57%
1969	12,263,000	129,664,000	2.12%	0.57%
1970	12,507,000	130,404,000	1.99%	0.57%
1971	12,937,000	131,155,000	3.44%	0.58%
1972	13,177,000	131,909,000	1.86%	0.57%
1973	13,380,000	132,669,000	1.54%	0.58%
1974	13,723,000	133,432,000	2.56%	0.58%
1975	13,893,000	134,200,000	1.24%	0.58%
1976	14,033,000	135,147,000	1.01%	0.71%
1977	14,192,000	136,100,000	1.13%	0.71%
1978	14,358,000	137,060,000	1.17%	0.71%
1979	14,514,000	138,027,000	1.09%	0.71%
1980	14,692,000	139,010,000	1.23%	0.71%
1981	14,923,260	139,941,000	1.57%	0.67%
1982	15,184,247	140,823,000	1.75%	0.63%
1983	15,393,472	141,668,000	1.38%	0.6%
1984	15,579,391	142,745,000	1.21%	0.76%
1985	15,788,312	143,858,000	1.34%	0.78%
1986	16,018,350	144,894,000	1.46%	0.72%
1987	16,263,874	145,908,000	1.53%	0.7%
1988	16,532,164	146,857,000	1.65%	0.65%
1989	16,814,416	147,721,000	1.71%	0.59%
1990	17,065,128	147,969,406	1.49%	0.17%
1991	17,284,036	148,394,216	1.28%	0.29%
1992	17,478,635	148,538,197	1.13%	0.1%
1993	17,634,808	148,458,777	0.89%	-0.05%
1994	17,805,468	148,407,912	0.97%	-0.03%
1995	18,004,882	148,375,787	1.12%	-0.02%
1996	18,224,767	148,160,129	1.22%	-0.15%
1997	18,423,037	147,915,361	1.09%	-0.17%
1998	18,607,584	147,670,784	1%	-0.17%
1999	18,812,264	147,214,776	1.1%	-0.31%
2000	19,028,802	146,596,869	1.15%	-0.42%
2001	19,274,701	145,976,482	1.29%	-0.42%
2002	19,495,210	145,306,497	1.14%	-0.46%
2003	19,720,737	144,648,618	1.16%	-0.45%
2004	19,932,722	144,067,316	1.07%	-0.4%
2005	20,176,844	143,518,814	1.22%	-0.38%
2006	20,450,966	143,049,637	1.36%	-0.33%
2007	20,827,622	142,805,114	1.84%	-0.17%
2008	21,249,199	142,742,366	2.02%	-0.04%
2009	21,691,653	142,785,348	2.08%	0.03%
2010	22,031,750	142,849,468	1.57%	0.04%
2011	22,340,024	143,018,195	1.4%	0.12%
2012	22,733,465	143,378,447	1.76%	0.25%
2013	23,128,129	143,805,638	1.74%	0.3%
2014	23,475,686	144,237,223	1.5%	0.3%
2015	23,815,995	144,640,716	1.45%	0.28%
2016	24,190,907	145,015,460	1.57%	0.26%
2017	24,592,588	145,293,260	1.66%	0.19%
2018	24,963,258	145,398,106	1.51%	0.07%
2019	25,334,826	145,453,291	1.49%	0.04%
2020	25,649,248	145,245,148	1.24%	-0.14%
2021	25,685,412	144,746,762	0.14%	-0.34%
2022	26,014,399	144,236,933	1.28%	-0.35%
2023	26,652,777	143,826,130	2.45%	-0.28%
2024	27,204,809	143,533,851	2.07%	-0.2%
2025	27,470,426	142,718,132	0.98%	-0.57%
2026	27,728,157	142,120,553	0.94%	-0.42%
2027	27,979,877	141,773,330	0.91%	-0.24%
2028	28,228,958	141,402,326	0.89%	-0.26%
2029	28,471,054	141,021,009	0.86%	-0.27%
2030	28,707,292	140,628,883	0.83%	-0.28%
2031	28,940,769	140,218,596	0.81%	-0.29%
2032	29,169,013	139,807,207	0.79%	-0.29%
2033	29,392,748	139,414,947	0.77%	-0.28%
2034	29,614,137	139,034,543	0.75%	-0.27%
2035	29,835,307	138,666,694	0.75%	-0.26%
2036	30,056,752	138,311,757	0.74%	-0.26%
2037	30,273,692	137,968,177	0.72%	-0.25%
2038	30,488,994	137,643,032	0.71%	-0.24%
2039	30,703,245	137,336,299	0.7%	-0.22%
2040	30,916,122	137,053,347	0.69%	-0.21%
2041	31,132,858	136,795,588	0.7%	-0.19%
2042	31,352,893	136,558,692	0.71%	-0.17%
2043	31,572,750	136,335,849	0.7%	-0.16%
2044	31,790,565	136,124,845	0.69%	-0.15%
2045	32,009,555	135,933,758	0.69%	-0.14%
2046	32,232,946	135,756,848	0.7%	-0.13%
2047	32,452,651	135,574,181	0.68%	-0.13%
2048	32,672,016	135,372,557	0.68%	-0.15%
2049	32,891,546	135,156,911	0.67%	-0.16%
2050	33,105,190	134,923,391	0.65%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.