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Australia

AUS

Total population

27.6M

Reference period 2025 · people

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Total population · Historical trend

Value: 27.6M 2025
Previous value: 27,194,286 people 2024
Change: 420,125 people

World Bank · World Development Indicators

Lines join consecutive periods only. Exact values and quality are in the table below. Unit: people

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Total population · Exact values
Reference period	Value	Quality
2006	20,450,966 people
2007	20,827,622 people
2008	21,249,199 people
2009	21,691,653 people
2010	22,031,750 people
2011	22,340,024 people
2012	22,733,465 people
2013	23,128,129 people
2014	23,475,686 people
2015	23,815,995 people
2016	24,190,907 people
2017	24,592,588 people
2018	24,963,258 people
2019	25,334,826 people
2020	25,649,248 people
2021	25,685,412 people
2022	26,018,721 people
2023	26,659,922 people
2024	27,194,286 people
2025	27,614,411 people

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