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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Spain	Australia	Spain
1960	10,276,477	30,455,000	-	-
1961	10,483,000	30,739,250	2.01%	0.93%
1962	10,742,000	31,023,366	2.47%	0.92%
1963	10,950,000	31,296,651	1.94%	0.88%
1964	11,167,000	31,609,195	1.98%	1%
1965	11,388,000	31,954,292	1.98%	1.09%
1966	11,651,000	32,283,194	2.31%	1.03%
1967	11,799,000	32,682,947	1.27%	1.24%
1968	12,009,000	33,113,134	1.78%	1.32%
1969	12,263,000	33,441,054	2.12%	0.99%
1970	12,507,000	33,814,531	1.99%	1.12%
1971	12,937,000	34,224,490	3.44%	1.21%
1972	13,177,000	34,604,469	1.86%	1.11%
1973	13,380,000	34,988,947	1.54%	1.11%
1974	13,723,000	35,373,335	2.56%	1.1%
1975	13,893,000	35,757,900	1.24%	1.09%
1976	14,033,000	36,137,812	1.01%	1.06%
1977	14,192,000	36,511,638	1.13%	1.03%
1978	14,358,000	36,864,898	1.17%	0.97%
1979	14,514,000	37,191,330	1.09%	0.89%
1980	14,692,000	37,491,165	1.23%	0.81%
1981	14,923,260	37,758,631	1.57%	0.71%
1982	15,184,247	37,986,012	1.75%	0.6%
1983	15,393,472	38,171,525	1.38%	0.49%
1984	15,579,391	38,330,364	1.21%	0.42%
1985	15,788,312	38,469,512	1.34%	0.36%
1986	16,018,350	38,584,624	1.46%	0.3%
1987	16,263,874	38,684,815	1.53%	0.26%
1988	16,532,164	38,766,939	1.65%	0.21%
1989	16,814,416	38,827,764	1.71%	0.16%
1990	17,065,128	38,867,322	1.49%	0.1%
1991	17,284,036	38,966,376	1.28%	0.25%
1992	17,478,635	39,157,685	1.13%	0.49%
1993	17,634,808	39,361,262	0.89%	0.52%
1994	17,805,468	39,549,108	0.97%	0.48%
1995	18,004,882	39,724,050	1.12%	0.44%
1996	18,224,767	39,889,852	1.22%	0.42%
1997	18,423,037	40,057,389	1.09%	0.42%
1998	18,607,584	40,223,509	1%	0.41%
1999	18,812,264	40,386,875	1.1%	0.41%
2000	19,028,802	40,567,864	1.15%	0.45%
2001	19,274,701	40,850,412	1.29%	0.7%
2002	19,495,210	41,431,558	1.14%	1.42%
2003	19,720,737	42,187,645	1.16%	1.82%
2004	19,932,722	42,921,895	1.07%	1.74%
2005	20,176,844	43,653,155	1.22%	1.7%
2006	20,450,966	44,397,319	1.36%	1.7%
2007	20,827,622	45,226,803	1.84%	1.87%
2008	21,249,199	45,954,106	2.02%	1.61%
2009	21,691,653	46,362,946	2.08%	0.89%
2010	22,031,750	46,576,897	1.57%	0.46%
2011	22,340,024	46,742,697	1.4%	0.36%
2012	22,733,465	46,773,055	1.76%	0.06%
2013	23,128,129	46,604,197	1.74%	-0.36%
2014	23,475,686	46,460,733	1.5%	-0.31%
2015	23,815,995	46,422,303	1.45%	-0.08%
2016	24,190,907	46,458,139	1.57%	0.08%
2017	24,592,588	46,571,232	1.66%	0.24%
2018	24,963,258	46,782,011	1.51%	0.45%
2019	25,334,826	47,118,501	1.49%	0.72%
2020	25,649,248	47,359,424	1.24%	0.51%
2021	25,685,412	47,443,821	0.14%	0.18%
2022	26,014,399	47,786,102	1.28%	0.72%
2023	26,652,777	48,347,910	2.45%	1.18%
2024	27,204,809	48,807,137	2.07%	0.95%
2025	27,470,426	48,786,181	0.98%	-0.04%
2026	27,728,157	48,746,279	0.94%	-0.08%
2027	27,979,877	48,696,847	0.91%	-0.1%
2028	28,228,958	48,642,132	0.89%	-0.11%
2029	28,471,054	48,578,166	0.86%	-0.13%
2030	28,707,292	48,501,513	0.83%	-0.16%
2031	28,940,769	48,412,854	0.81%	-0.18%
2032	29,169,013	48,321,195	0.79%	-0.19%
2033	29,392,748	48,230,054	0.77%	-0.19%
2034	29,614,137	48,136,421	0.75%	-0.19%
2035	29,835,307	48,036,650	0.75%	-0.21%
2036	30,056,752	47,929,957	0.74%	-0.22%
2037	30,273,692	47,819,257	0.72%	-0.23%
2038	30,488,994	47,706,580	0.71%	-0.24%
2039	30,703,245	47,588,878	0.7%	-0.25%
2040	30,916,122	47,463,597	0.69%	-0.26%
2041	31,132,858	47,332,618	0.7%	-0.28%
2042	31,352,893	47,194,588	0.71%	-0.29%
2043	31,572,750	47,052,293	0.7%	-0.3%
2044	31,790,565	46,902,636	0.69%	-0.32%
2045	32,009,555	46,738,565	0.69%	-0.35%
2046	32,232,946	46,564,383	0.7%	-0.37%
2047	32,452,651	46,381,681	0.68%	-0.39%
2048	32,672,016	46,190,642	0.68%	-0.41%
2049	32,891,546	45,985,428	0.67%	-0.44%
2050	33,105,190	45,769,362	0.65%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.