Population in Australia compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	United States	Australia	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	10,276,477	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	10,483,000	183,691,481	2.01%	1.67%
1962	10,742,000	186,537,737	2.47%	1.55%
1963	10,950,000	189,241,798	1.94%	1.45%
1964	11,167,000	191,888,791	1.98%	1.4%
1965	11,388,000	194,302,963	1.98%	1.26%
1966	11,651,000	196,560,338	2.31%	1.16%
1967	11,799,000	198,712,056	1.27%	1.09%
1968	12,009,000	200,706,052	1.78%	1%
1969	12,263,000	202,676,946	2.12%	0.98%
1970	12,507,000	205,052,174	1.99%	1.17%
1971	12,937,000	207,660,677	3.44%	1.27%
1972	13,177,000	209,896,021	1.86%	1.08%
1973	13,380,000	211,908,788	1.54%	0.96%
1974	13,723,000	213,853,928	2.56%	0.92%
1975	13,893,000	215,973,199	1.24%	0.99%
1976	14,033,000	218,035,164	1.01%	0.95%
1977	14,192,000	220,239,425	1.13%	1.01%
1978	14,358,000	222,584,545	1.17%	1.06%
1979	14,514,000	225,055,487	1.09%	1.11%
1980	14,692,000	226,542,250	1.23%	0.66%
1981	14,923,260	229,465,744	1.57%	1.29%
1982	15,184,247	231,664,432	1.75%	0.96%
1983	15,393,472	233,792,014	1.38%	0.92%
1984	15,579,391	235,824,908	1.21%	0.87%
1985	15,788,312	237,923,734	1.34%	0.89%
1986	16,018,350	240,132,831	1.46%	0.93%
1987	16,263,874	242,288,936	1.53%	0.9%
1988	16,532,164	244,499,004	1.65%	0.91%
1989	16,814,416	246,819,222	1.71%	0.95%
1990	17,065,128	250,131,894	1.49%	1.34%
1991	17,284,036	253,492,503	1.28%	1.34%
1992	17,478,635	256,894,189	1.13%	1.34%
1993	17,634,808	260,255,352	0.89%	1.31%
1994	17,805,468	263,435,673	0.97%	1.22%
1995	18,004,882	266,557,091	1.12%	1.18%
1996	18,224,767	269,667,391	1.22%	1.17%
1997	18,423,037	272,911,760	1.09%	1.2%
1998	18,607,584	276,115,288	1%	1.17%
1999	18,812,264	279,294,713	1.1%	1.15%
2000	19,028,802	282,162,411	1.15%	1.03%
2001	19,274,701	284,968,955	1.29%	0.99%
2002	19,495,210	287,625,193	1.14%	0.93%
2003	19,720,737	290,107,933	1.16%	0.86%
2004	19,932,722	292,805,298	1.07%	0.93%
2005	20,176,844	295,516,599	1.22%	0.93%
2006	20,450,966	298,379,912	1.36%	0.97%
2007	20,827,622	301,231,207	1.84%	0.96%
2008	21,249,199	304,093,966	2.02%	0.95%
2009	21,691,653	306,771,529	2.08%	0.88%
2010	22,031,750	309,327,143	1.57%	0.83%
2011	22,340,024	311,583,481	1.4%	0.73%
2012	22,733,465	313,877,662	1.76%	0.74%
2013	23,128,129	316,059,947	1.74%	0.7%
2014	23,475,686	318,386,329	1.5%	0.74%
2015	23,815,995	320,738,994	1.45%	0.74%
2016	24,190,907	323,071,755	1.57%	0.73%
2017	24,592,588	325,122,128	1.66%	0.63%
2018	24,963,258	326,838,199	1.51%	0.53%
2019	25,334,826	328,329,953	1.49%	0.46%
2020	25,649,248	331,526,933	1.24%	0.97%
2021	25,685,412	331,893,745	0.14%	0.11%
2022	26,014,399	333,271,411	1.28%	0.42%
2023	26,652,777	334,914,895	2.45%	0.49%
2024	27,204,809	340,110,988	2.07%	1.55%
2025	27,470,426	341,931,772	0.98%	0.54%
2026	27,728,157	343,664,369	0.94%	0.51%
2027	27,979,877	345,331,185	0.91%	0.49%
2028	28,228,958	346,981,137	0.89%	0.48%
2029	28,471,054	348,601,982	0.86%	0.47%
2030	28,707,292	350,176,974	0.83%	0.45%
2031	28,940,769	351,725,612	0.81%	0.44%
2032	29,169,013	353,249,060	0.79%	0.43%
2033	29,392,748	354,749,644	0.77%	0.42%
2034	29,614,137	356,234,239	0.75%	0.42%
2035	29,835,307	357,694,316	0.75%	0.41%
2036	30,056,752	359,119,002	0.74%	0.4%
2037	30,273,692	360,517,853	0.72%	0.39%
2038	30,488,994	361,895,407	0.71%	0.38%
2039	30,703,245	363,229,908	0.7%	0.37%
2040	30,916,122	364,512,364	0.69%	0.35%
2041	31,132,858	365,753,139	0.7%	0.34%
2042	31,352,893	366,969,419	0.71%	0.33%
2043	31,572,750	368,146,925	0.7%	0.32%
2044	31,790,565	369,258,123	0.69%	0.3%
2045	32,009,555	370,318,770	0.69%	0.29%
2046	32,232,946	371,328,255	0.7%	0.27%
2047	32,452,651	372,299,116	0.68%	0.26%
2048	32,672,016	373,230,539	0.68%	0.25%
2049	32,891,546	374,119,803	0.67%	0.24%
2050	33,105,190	374,986,259	0.65%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.