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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Tonga	Australia	Tonga
1960	10,276,477	66,170	-	-
1961	10,483,000	68,037	2.01%	2.82%
1962	10,742,000	69,940	2.47%	2.8%
1963	10,950,000	71,885	1.94%	2.78%
1964	11,167,000	73,879	1.98%	2.77%
1965	11,388,000	75,924	1.98%	2.77%
1966	11,651,000	78,002	2.31%	2.74%
1967	11,799,000	79,814	1.27%	2.32%
1968	12,009,000	81,353	1.78%	1.93%
1969	12,263,000	82,885	2.12%	1.88%
1970	12,507,000	84,401	1.99%	1.83%
1971	12,937,000	85,896	3.44%	1.77%
1972	13,177,000	87,356	1.86%	1.7%
1973	13,380,000	88,805	1.54%	1.66%
1974	13,723,000	90,683	2.56%	2.11%
1975	13,893,000	93,017	1.24%	2.57%
1976	14,033,000	95,325	1.01%	2.48%
1977	14,192,000	96,725	1.13%	1.47%
1978	14,358,000	97,204	1.17%	0.5%
1979	14,514,000	97,544	1.09%	0.35%
1980	14,692,000	97,769	1.23%	0.23%
1981	14,923,260	97,909	1.57%	0.14%
1982	15,184,247	97,980	1.75%	0.07%
1983	15,393,472	97,998	1.38%	0.02%
1984	15,579,391	97,990	1.21%	-0.008%
1985	15,788,312	97,984	1.34%	-0.006%
1986	16,018,350	98,010	1.46%	0.03%
1987	16,263,874	98,376	1.53%	0.37%
1988	16,532,164	98,969	1.65%	0.6%
1989	16,814,416	99,403	1.71%	0.44%
1990	17,065,128	99,700	1.49%	0.3%
1991	17,284,036	99,895	1.28%	0.2%
1992	17,478,635	100,022	1.13%	0.13%
1993	17,634,808	100,103	0.89%	0.08%
1994	17,805,468	100,166	0.97%	0.06%
1995	18,004,882	100,225	1.12%	0.06%
1996	18,224,767	100,275	1.22%	0.05%
1997	18,423,037	100,674	1.09%	0.4%
1998	18,607,584	101,388	1%	0.71%
1999	18,812,264	102,046	1.1%	0.65%
2000	19,028,802	102,677	1.15%	0.62%
2001	19,274,701	103,288	1.29%	0.6%
2002	19,495,210	103,874	1.14%	0.57%
2003	19,720,737	104,464	1.16%	0.57%
2004	19,932,722	105,071	1.07%	0.58%
2005	20,176,844	105,671	1.22%	0.57%
2006	20,450,966	106,253	1.36%	0.55%
2007	20,827,622	106,726	1.84%	0.45%
2008	21,249,199	107,020	2.02%	0.28%
2009	21,691,653	107,203	2.08%	0.17%
2010	22,031,750	107,400	1.57%	0.18%
2011	22,340,024	107,570	1.4%	0.16%
2012	22,733,465	107,460	1.76%	-0.1%
2013	23,128,129	107,078	1.74%	-0.36%
2014	23,475,686	106,609	1.5%	-0.44%
2015	23,815,995	106,095	1.45%	-0.48%
2016	24,190,907	105,524	1.57%	-0.54%
2017	24,592,588	105,356	1.66%	-0.16%
2018	24,963,258	105,567	1.51%	0.2%
2019	25,334,826	105,669	1.49%	0.1%
2020	25,649,248	105,704	1.24%	0.03%
2021	25,685,412	105,490	0.14%	-0.2%
2022	26,018,721	105,042	1.3%	-0.42%
2023	26,659,922	104,597	2.46%	-0.42%
2024	27,196,812	104,175	2.01%	-0.4%
2025	27,462,351	103,744	0.98%	-0.41%
2026	27,720,006	103,290	0.94%	-0.44%
2027	27,971,653	102,899	0.91%	-0.38%
2028	28,220,660	102,568	0.89%	-0.32%
2029	28,462,685	102,280	0.86%	-0.28%
2030	28,698,853	102,069	0.83%	-0.21%
2031	28,932,262	101,927	0.81%	-0.14%
2032	29,160,438	101,837	0.79%	-0.09%
2033	29,384,107	101,807	0.77%	-0.03%
2034	29,605,432	101,806	0.75%	-0.001%
2035	29,826,537	101,833	0.75%	0.03%
2036	30,047,917	101,895	0.74%	0.06%
2037	30,264,792	101,993	0.72%	0.1%
2038	30,480,032	102,173	0.71%	0.18%
2039	30,694,219	102,367	0.7%	0.19%
2040	30,907,034	102,568	0.69%	0.2%
2041	31,123,706	102,805	0.7%	0.23%
2042	31,343,677	103,038	0.71%	0.23%
2043	31,563,469	103,306	0.7%	0.26%
2044	31,781,220	103,612	0.69%	0.3%
2045	32,000,146	103,928	0.69%	0.3%
2046	32,223,471	104,232	0.7%	0.29%
2047	32,443,112	104,502	0.68%	0.26%
2048	32,662,412	104,744	0.68%	0.23%
2049	32,881,878	104,975	0.67%	0.22%
2050	33,095,459	105,193	0.65%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.