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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Vanuatu	Australia	Vanuatu
1960	10,276,477	64,431	-	-
1961	10,483,000	66,264	2.01%	2.84%
1962	10,742,000	68,174	2.47%	2.88%
1963	10,950,000	70,159	1.94%	2.91%
1964	11,167,000	72,219	1.98%	2.94%
1965	11,388,000	74,358	1.98%	2.96%
1966	11,651,000	76,590	2.31%	3%
1967	11,799,000	78,921	1.27%	3.04%
1968	12,009,000	81,314	1.78%	3.03%
1969	12,263,000	83,755	2.12%	3%
1970	12,507,000	86,266	1.99%	3%
1971	12,937,000	88,862	3.44%	3.01%
1972	13,177,000	91,562	1.86%	3.04%
1973	13,380,000	94,362	1.54%	3.06%
1974	13,723,000	97,260	2.56%	3.07%
1975	13,893,000	100,269	1.24%	3.09%
1976	14,033,000	103,388	1.01%	3.11%
1977	14,192,000	106,618	1.13%	3.12%
1978	14,358,000	109,963	1.17%	3.14%
1979	14,514,000	113,040	1.09%	2.8%
1980	14,692,000	115,660	1.23%	2.32%
1981	14,923,260	118,249	1.57%	2.24%
1982	15,184,247	121,035	1.75%	2.36%
1983	15,393,472	123,998	1.38%	2.45%
1984	15,579,391	127,109	1.21%	2.51%
1985	15,788,312	130,356	1.34%	2.55%
1986	16,018,350	133,720	1.46%	2.58%
1987	16,263,874	137,187	1.53%	2.59%
1988	16,532,164	140,756	1.65%	2.6%
1989	16,814,416	144,393	1.71%	2.58%
1990	17,065,128	148,063	1.49%	2.54%
1991	17,284,036	151,793	1.28%	2.52%
1992	17,478,635	155,608	1.13%	2.51%
1993	17,634,808	159,463	0.89%	2.48%
1994	17,805,468	163,314	0.97%	2.41%
1995	18,004,882	167,137	1.12%	2.34%
1996	18,224,767	170,911	1.22%	2.26%
1997	18,423,037	174,626	1.09%	2.17%
1998	18,607,584	178,313	1%	2.11%
1999	18,812,264	182,048	1.1%	2.09%
2000	19,028,802	186,281	1.15%	2.33%
2001	19,274,701	191,031	1.29%	2.55%
2002	19,495,210	195,863	1.14%	2.53%
2003	19,720,737	200,746	1.16%	2.49%
2004	19,932,722	205,711	1.07%	2.47%
2005	20,176,844	210,760	1.22%	2.45%
2006	20,450,966	215,923	1.36%	2.45%
2007	20,827,622	221,276	1.84%	2.48%
2008	21,249,199	226,896	2.02%	2.54%
2009	21,691,653	232,731	2.08%	2.57%
2010	22,031,750	238,248	1.57%	2.37%
2011	22,340,024	243,474	1.4%	2.19%
2012	22,733,465	248,883	1.76%	2.22%
2013	23,128,129	254,482	1.74%	2.25%
2014	23,475,686	260,240	1.5%	2.26%
2015	23,815,995	266,101	1.45%	2.25%
2016	24,190,907	272,087	1.57%	2.25%
2017	24,592,588	278,507	1.66%	2.36%
2018	24,963,258	285,259	1.51%	2.42%
2019	25,334,826	291,985	1.49%	2.36%
2020	25,649,248	298,858	1.24%	2.35%
2021	25,685,412	305,868	0.14%	2.35%
2022	26,014,399	313,046	1.28%	2.35%
2023	26,652,777	320,409	2.45%	2.35%
2024	27,204,809	327,777	2.07%	2.3%
2025	27,470,426	335,169	0.98%	2.26%
2026	27,728,157	342,565	0.94%	2.21%
2027	27,979,877	349,970	0.91%	2.16%
2028	28,228,958	357,397	0.89%	2.12%
2029	28,471,054	364,883	0.86%	2.09%
2030	28,707,292	372,429	0.83%	2.07%
2031	28,940,769	380,015	0.81%	2.04%
2032	29,169,013	387,657	0.79%	2.01%
2033	29,392,748	395,366	0.77%	1.99%
2034	29,614,137	403,188	0.75%	1.98%
2035	29,835,307	411,061	0.75%	1.95%
2036	30,056,752	419,006	0.74%	1.93%
2037	30,273,692	427,031	0.72%	1.92%
2038	30,488,994	435,150	0.71%	1.9%
2039	30,703,245	443,311	0.7%	1.88%
2040	30,916,122	451,509	0.69%	1.85%
2041	31,132,858	459,733	0.7%	1.82%
2042	31,352,893	468,003	0.71%	1.8%
2043	31,572,750	476,308	0.7%	1.77%
2044	31,790,565	484,636	0.69%	1.75%
2045	32,009,555	492,989	0.69%	1.72%
2046	32,232,946	501,316	0.7%	1.69%
2047	32,452,651	509,621	0.68%	1.66%
2048	32,672,016	517,889	0.68%	1.62%
2049	32,891,546	526,138	0.67%	1.59%
2050	33,105,190	534,374	0.65%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.