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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Vietnam	Australia	Vietnam
1960	10,276,477	32,531,933	-	-
1961	10,483,000	33,409,059	2.01%	2.7%
1962	10,742,000	34,288,560	2.47%	2.63%
1963	10,950,000	35,249,101	1.94%	2.8%
1964	11,167,000	36,201,563	1.98%	2.7%
1965	11,388,000	37,129,656	1.98%	2.56%
1966	11,651,000	38,024,836	2.31%	2.41%
1967	11,799,000	38,895,080	1.27%	2.29%
1968	12,009,000	39,734,609	1.78%	2.16%
1969	12,263,000	40,582,096	2.12%	2.13%
1970	12,507,000	41,475,230	1.99%	2.2%
1971	12,937,000	42,449,276	3.44%	2.35%
1972	13,177,000	43,429,168	1.86%	2.31%
1973	13,380,000	44,409,861	1.54%	2.26%
1974	13,723,000	45,413,537	2.56%	2.26%
1975	13,893,000	46,482,903	1.24%	2.35%
1976	14,033,000	47,684,931	1.01%	2.59%
1977	14,192,000	48,954,872	1.13%	2.66%
1978	14,358,000	50,249,552	1.17%	2.64%
1979	14,514,000	51,378,211	1.09%	2.25%
1980	14,692,000	52,490,101	1.23%	2.16%
1981	14,923,260	53,738,141	1.57%	2.38%
1982	15,184,247	55,011,289	1.75%	2.37%
1983	15,393,472	56,337,921	1.38%	2.41%
1984	15,579,391	57,706,067	1.21%	2.43%
1985	15,788,312	59,060,622	1.34%	2.35%
1986	16,018,350	60,347,048	1.46%	2.18%
1987	16,263,874	61,584,651	1.53%	2.05%
1988	16,532,164	62,843,228	1.65%	2.04%
1989	16,814,416	64,147,348	1.71%	2.08%
1990	17,065,128	65,504,552	1.49%	2.12%
1991	17,284,036	66,891,775	1.28%	2.12%
1992	17,478,635	68,260,337	1.13%	2.05%
1993	17,634,808	69,586,384	0.89%	1.94%
1994	17,805,468	70,854,391	0.97%	1.82%
1995	18,004,882	72,049,940	1.12%	1.69%
1996	18,224,767	73,156,447	1.22%	1.54%
1997	18,423,037	74,226,889	1.09%	1.46%
1998	18,607,584	75,299,660	1%	1.45%
1999	18,812,264	76,287,452	1.1%	1.31%
2000	19,028,802	77,154,011	1.15%	1.14%
2001	19,274,701	77,969,361	1.29%	1.06%
2002	19,495,210	78,772,224	1.14%	1.03%
2003	19,720,737	79,563,777	1.16%	1%
2004	19,932,722	80,338,971	1.07%	0.97%
2005	20,176,844	81,088,313	1.22%	0.93%
2006	20,450,966	82,167,897	1.36%	1.33%
2007	20,827,622	83,633,375	1.84%	1.78%
2008	21,249,199	85,175,788	2.02%	1.84%
2009	21,691,653	86,460,018	2.08%	1.51%
2010	22,031,750	87,455,152	1.57%	1.15%
2011	22,340,024	88,468,314	1.4%	1.16%
2012	22,733,465	89,510,356	1.76%	1.18%
2013	23,128,129	90,573,104	1.74%	1.19%
2014	23,475,686	91,679,578	1.5%	1.22%
2015	23,815,995	92,823,254	1.45%	1.25%
2016	24,190,907	94,000,117	1.57%	1.27%
2017	24,592,588	95,176,977	1.66%	1.25%
2018	24,963,258	96,237,319	1.51%	1.11%
2019	25,334,826	97,173,776	1.49%	0.97%
2020	25,649,248	98,079,191	1.24%	0.93%
2021	25,685,412	98,935,098	0.14%	0.87%
2022	26,018,721	99,680,655	1.3%	0.75%
2023	26,659,922	100,352,192	2.46%	0.67%
2024	27,196,812	100,987,686	2.01%	0.63%
2025	27,462,351	101,598,531	0.98%	0.6%
2026	27,720,006	102,177,434	0.94%	0.57%
2027	27,971,653	102,727,392	0.91%	0.54%
2028	28,220,660	103,255,746	0.89%	0.51%
2029	28,462,685	103,761,151	0.86%	0.49%
2030	28,698,853	104,254,900	0.83%	0.48%
2031	28,932,262	104,737,913	0.81%	0.46%
2032	29,160,438	105,204,401	0.79%	0.45%
2033	29,384,107	105,656,307	0.77%	0.43%
2034	29,605,432	106,097,515	0.75%	0.42%
2035	29,826,537	106,530,671	0.75%	0.41%
2036	30,047,917	106,945,842	0.74%	0.39%
2037	30,264,792	107,346,046	0.72%	0.37%
2038	30,480,032	107,732,019	0.71%	0.36%
2039	30,694,219	108,097,653	0.7%	0.34%
2040	30,907,034	108,437,634	0.69%	0.31%
2041	31,123,706	108,752,199	0.7%	0.29%
2042	31,343,677	109,040,314	0.71%	0.26%
2043	31,563,469	109,292,559	0.7%	0.23%
2044	31,781,220	109,506,274	0.69%	0.2%
2045	32,000,146	109,685,396	0.69%	0.16%
2046	32,223,471	109,827,664	0.7%	0.13%
2047	32,443,112	109,930,243	0.68%	0.09%
2048	32,662,412	109,994,024	0.68%	0.06%
2049	32,881,878	110,018,017	0.67%	0.02%
2050	33,095,459	110,008,910	0.65%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.