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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Taiwan	Australia	Taiwan
1960	10,276,477	-	-	-
1961	10,483,000	11,030,385	2.01%	-
1962	10,742,000	11,392,513	2.47%	3.28%
1963	10,950,000	11,762,101	1.94%	3.24%
1964	11,167,000	12,137,143	1.98%	3.19%
1965	11,388,000	12,511,863	1.98%	3.09%
1966	11,651,000	12,874,153	2.31%	2.9%
1967	11,799,000	13,210,344	1.27%	2.61%
1968	12,009,000	13,548,537	1.78%	2.56%
1969	12,263,000	14,068,984	2.12%	3.84%
1970	12,507,000	14,582,944	1.99%	3.65%
1971	12,937,000	14,913,564	3.44%	2.27%
1972	13,177,000	15,220,495	1.86%	2.06%
1973	13,380,000	15,505,121	1.54%	1.87%
1974	13,723,000	15,784,817	2.56%	1.8%
1975	13,893,000	16,075,128	1.24%	1.84%
1976	14,033,000	16,401,413	1.01%	2.03%
1977	14,192,000	16,730,895	1.13%	2.01%
1978	14,358,000	17,042,272	1.17%	1.86%
1979	14,514,000	17,372,779	1.09%	1.94%
1980	14,692,000	17,704,538	1.23%	1.91%
1981	14,923,260	18,029,982	1.57%	1.84%
1982	15,184,247	18,354,855	1.75%	1.8%
1983	15,393,472	18,653,146	1.38%	1.63%
1984	15,579,391	18,929,866	1.21%	1.48%
1985	15,788,312	19,191,510	1.34%	1.38%
1986	16,018,350	19,411,454	1.46%	1.15%
1987	16,263,874	19,617,046	1.53%	1.06%
1988	16,532,164	19,839,704	1.65%	1.14%
1989	16,814,416	20,055,492	1.71%	1.09%
1990	17,065,128	20,278,946	1.49%	1.11%
1991	17,284,036	20,503,568	1.28%	1.11%
1992	17,478,635	20,704,227	1.13%	0.98%
1993	17,634,808	20,899,019	0.89%	0.94%
1994	17,805,468	21,086,645	0.97%	0.9%
1995	18,004,882	21,267,653	1.12%	0.86%
1996	18,224,767	21,441,432	1.22%	0.82%
1997	18,423,037	21,634,124	1.09%	0.9%
1998	18,607,584	21,835,703	1%	0.93%
1999	18,812,264	22,010,489	1.1%	0.8%
2000	19,028,802	22,184,530	1.15%	0.79%
2001	19,274,701	22,341,120	1.29%	0.71%
2002	19,495,210	22,463,172	1.14%	0.55%
2003	19,720,737	22,562,663	1.16%	0.44%
2004	19,932,722	22,646,836	1.07%	0.37%
2005	20,176,844	22,729,753	1.22%	0.37%
2006	20,450,966	22,823,455	1.36%	0.41%
2007	20,827,622	22,917,444	1.84%	0.41%
2008	21,249,199	22,997,696	2.02%	0.35%
2009	21,691,653	23,078,402	2.08%	0.35%
2010	22,031,750	23,140,948	1.57%	0.27%
2011	22,340,024	23,193,518	1.4%	0.23%
2012	22,733,465	23,270,367	1.76%	0.33%
2013	23,128,129	23,344,670	1.74%	0.32%
2014	23,475,686	23,403,635	1.5%	0.25%
2015	23,815,995	23,462,914	1.45%	0.25%
2016	24,190,907	23,515,945	1.57%	0.23%
2017	24,592,588	23,555,522	1.66%	0.17%
2018	24,963,258	23,580,080	1.51%	0.1%
2019	25,334,826	23,596,027	1.49%	0.07%
2020	25,649,248	23,582,179	1.24%	-0.06%
2021	25,685,412	23,468,275	0.14%	-0.48%
2022	26,018,721	23,319,977	1.3%	-0.63%
2023	26,659,922	23,342,541	2.46%	0.1%
2024	27,196,812	23,410,331	2.01%	0.29%
2025	27,462,351	23,308,308	0.98%	-0.44%
2026	27,720,006	23,205,944	0.94%	-0.44%
2027	27,971,653	23,102,120	0.91%	-0.45%
2028	28,220,660	22,996,693	0.89%	-0.46%
2029	28,462,685	22,890,335	0.86%	-0.46%
2030	28,698,853	22,781,040	0.83%	-0.48%
2031	28,932,262	22,667,327	0.81%	-0.5%
2032	29,160,438	22,549,689	0.79%	-0.52%
2033	29,384,107	22,428,721	0.77%	-0.54%
2034	29,605,432	22,302,402	0.75%	-0.56%
2035	29,826,537	22,170,689	0.75%	-0.59%
2036	30,047,917	22,034,775	0.74%	-0.61%
2037	30,264,792	21,893,029	0.72%	-0.64%
2038	30,480,032	21,746,001	0.71%	-0.67%
2039	30,694,219	21,594,236	0.7%	-0.7%
2040	30,907,034	21,436,947	0.69%	-0.73%
2041	31,123,706	21,274,187	0.7%	-0.76%
2042	31,343,677	21,105,682	0.71%	-0.79%
2043	31,563,469	20,932,105	0.7%	-0.82%
2044	31,781,220	20,754,623	0.69%	-0.85%
2045	32,000,146	20,571,741	0.69%	-0.88%
2046	32,223,471	20,384,903	0.7%	-0.91%
2047	32,443,112	20,194,425	0.68%	-0.93%
2048	32,662,412	19,999,753	0.68%	-0.96%
2049	32,881,878	19,801,293	0.67%	-0.99%
2050	33,095,459	19,598,997	0.65%	-1.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.