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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Zimbabwe	Australia	Zimbabwe
1960	10,276,477	3,809,389	-	-
1961	10,483,000	3,930,401	2.01%	3.18%
1962	10,742,000	4,055,959	2.47%	3.19%
1963	10,950,000	4,185,877	1.94%	3.2%
1964	11,167,000	4,320,006	1.98%	3.2%
1965	11,388,000	4,458,462	1.98%	3.2%
1966	11,651,000	4,601,217	2.31%	3.2%
1967	11,799,000	4,748,307	1.27%	3.2%
1968	12,009,000	4,900,440	1.78%	3.2%
1969	12,263,000	5,058,181	2.12%	3.22%
1970	12,507,000	5,215,918	1.99%	3.12%
1971	12,937,000	5,374,712	3.44%	3.04%
1972	13,177,000	5,542,445	1.86%	3.12%
1973	13,380,000	5,720,404	1.54%	3.21%
1974	13,723,000	5,908,328	2.56%	3.29%
1975	13,893,000	6,098,658	1.24%	3.22%
1976	14,033,000	6,287,105	1.01%	3.09%
1977	14,192,000	6,449,512	1.13%	2.58%
1978	14,358,000	6,543,575	1.17%	1.46%
1979	14,514,000	6,647,556	1.09%	1.59%
1980	14,692,000	7,041,303	1.23%	5.92%
1981	14,923,260	7,498,635	1.57%	6.49%
1982	15,184,247	7,796,496	1.75%	3.97%
1983	15,393,472	8,098,404	1.38%	3.87%
1984	15,579,391	8,391,488	1.21%	3.62%
1985	15,788,312	8,686,813	1.34%	3.52%
1986	16,018,350	8,982,578	1.46%	3.4%
1987	16,263,874	9,284,644	1.53%	3.36%
1988	16,532,164	9,583,094	1.65%	3.21%
1989	16,814,416	9,864,798	1.71%	2.94%
1990	17,065,128	10,137,281	1.49%	2.76%
1991	17,284,036	10,404,816	1.28%	2.64%
1992	17,478,635	10,702,700	1.13%	2.86%
1993	17,634,808	10,860,288	0.89%	1.47%
1994	17,805,468	10,873,148	0.97%	0.12%
1995	18,004,882	10,974,599	1.12%	0.93%
1996	18,224,767	11,158,360	1.22%	1.67%
1997	18,423,037	11,369,827	1.09%	1.9%
1998	18,607,584	11,594,297	1%	1.97%
1999	18,812,264	11,783,458	1.1%	1.63%
2000	19,028,802	11,892,055	1.15%	0.92%
2001	19,274,701	11,971,901	1.29%	0.67%
2002	19,495,210	12,087,653	1.14%	0.97%
2003	19,720,737	12,232,323	1.16%	1.2%
2004	19,932,722	12,365,896	1.07%	1.09%
2005	20,176,844	12,483,432	1.22%	0.95%
2006	20,450,966	12,636,445	1.36%	1.23%
2007	20,827,622	12,804,058	1.84%	1.33%
2008	21,249,199	12,959,149	2.02%	1.21%
2009	21,691,653	13,142,790	2.08%	1.42%
2010	22,031,750	13,356,548	1.57%	1.63%
2011	22,340,024	13,595,424	1.4%	1.79%
2012	22,733,465	13,817,887	1.76%	1.64%
2013	23,128,129	14,013,808	1.74%	1.42%
2014	23,475,686	14,207,359	1.5%	1.38%
2015	23,815,995	14,399,013	1.45%	1.35%
2016	24,190,907	14,600,294	1.57%	1.4%
2017	24,592,588	14,812,482	1.66%	1.45%
2018	24,963,258	15,034,452	1.51%	1.5%
2019	25,334,826	15,271,368	1.49%	1.58%
2020	25,649,248	15,526,888	1.24%	1.67%
2021	25,685,412	15,797,210	0.14%	1.74%
2022	26,014,399	16,069,056	1.28%	1.72%
2023	26,652,777	16,340,822	2.45%	1.69%
2024	27,204,809	16,634,373	2.07%	1.8%
2025	27,470,426	16,950,805	0.98%	1.9%
2026	27,728,157	17,273,591	0.94%	1.9%
2027	27,979,877	17,600,621	0.91%	1.89%
2028	28,228,958	17,932,015	0.89%	1.88%
2029	28,471,054	18,268,967	0.86%	1.88%
2030	28,707,292	18,610,356	0.83%	1.87%
2031	28,940,769	18,956,207	0.81%	1.86%
2032	29,169,013	19,311,368	0.79%	1.87%
2033	29,392,748	19,675,929	0.77%	1.89%
2034	29,614,137	20,041,125	0.75%	1.86%
2035	29,835,307	20,409,159	0.75%	1.84%
2036	30,056,752	20,778,662	0.74%	1.81%
2037	30,273,692	21,144,748	0.72%	1.76%
2038	30,488,994	21,512,919	0.71%	1.74%
2039	30,703,245	21,881,123	0.7%	1.71%
2040	30,916,122	22,250,123	0.69%	1.69%
2041	31,132,858	22,627,428	0.7%	1.7%
2042	31,352,893	23,000,906	0.71%	1.65%
2043	31,572,750	23,371,301	0.7%	1.61%
2044	31,790,565	23,740,630	0.69%	1.58%
2045	32,009,555	24,102,391	0.69%	1.52%
2046	32,232,946	24,462,491	0.7%	1.49%
2047	32,452,651	24,816,449	0.68%	1.45%
2048	32,672,016	25,168,419	0.68%	1.42%
2049	32,891,546	25,518,513	0.67%	1.39%
2050	33,105,190	25,866,397	0.65%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.