Australia Population

Australia population 2017

During 2017 Australia population is projected to increased by 384 403 people and reach 24 931 182 in the beginning of 2018. The natural increase is expected to be positive, as the number of births will exceed the number of deaths by 166 673. If external migration will remain on the previous year level, the population will be increased by 217 730 due to the migration reasons. It means that the number of people who move into Australia (to which they are not native) in order to settle there as permanent residents (immigrants) will prevail over the number of people who leave the country to settle permanently in another country (emigrants).

Population change rates in 2017

According to our estimations, daily change rates of Australia population in 2017 will be the following:

• 907 live births average per day (37.80 in an hour)
• 451 deaths average per day (18.77 in an hour)
• 597 immigrants average per day (24.86 in an hour)

The population of Australia will be increased by 1 053 persons daily in 2017.

Demographics of Australia 2016

As of 1 January 2017, the population of Australia was estimated to be 24 546 779 people. This is an increase of 1.57 % (378 476 people) compared to population of 24 168 303 the year before. In 2016 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 164 103. Due to external migration, the population increased by 214 373. The sex ratio of the total population was 0.994 (994 males per 1 000 females) which is lower than global sex ratio. The global sex ratio in the world was approximately 1 016 males to 1 000 females as of 2016.

Below are the key figures for Australia population in 2016:

• 326 030 live births
• 161 928 deaths
• Natural increase: 164 103 people
• Net migration: 214 373 people
• 12 234 174 males as of 31 December 2016
• 12 312 605 females as of 31 December 2016

Australia population density

Australia population density is 3.2 people per square kilometer as of July 2017. Density of population is calculated as permanently settled population of Australia divided by total area of the country. Total area is the sum of land and water areas within international boundaries and coastlines of Australia. The total area of Australia is 7 741 220 km² according to the United Nations Statistics Division .

Australia age structure

As of the beginning of 2017 according to our estimates Australia had the following population age distribution:

18.3

67.7

14

	- percentage of population under 15
	- percentage of population between 15 and 64 years old
	- percentage of population 65+

In absolute figures (estimate):

• 4 486 415 young people under 15 years old ( 2 301 506 males / 2 184 909 females)
• 16 617 188 persons between 15 and 64 years old ( 8 422 982 males / 8 194 206 females)
• 3 442 931 persons above 64 years old ( 1 577 131 males / 1 865 801 females)

We prepared a simplified model of the population distribution pyramid which is broken down into 3 main age groups. The groups are the same as we used above: population under 15, between 15 and 64 and population which is over 65 year old.

65+

15-64

0-14

male

female

Note: The pyramid provided is not corresponding to data given above because the age groups have different number of years.

As we can see the Australia population pyramid has a stationary type. Countries with such type of pyramid usually have declining birth rate and relatively low death rate. Which is more common for developed countries.

Source: The estimation data for section "Australia age structure" is based on the latest demographic and social statistics by United Nations Statistics Division .

Age dependency ratio

Dependency ratio of population is a ratio of people who are generally not in the labor force (the dependents) to workforce of a country (the productive part of population). The dependent part includes the population under 15 years old and people aged 65 and over. The productive part of population accordingly consists of population between 15 and 64 years.

This ratio shows the pressure on productive population produced by the dependent part of population.

The total dependency ratio of population in Australia is 47.7 %.

The value of 47.7 % is relatively low. It shows that the dependent part of population is less than a half of the working part. In other words the working population (labor force) in Australia must provide goods for itself and cover expenditure on children and aged persons. And this part of population is less than 50% of working population. The value of less than 50% means that the pressure on productive population in Australia is relatively low.

Child dependency ratio

Child dependency ratio is a ratio of people below working age (under 15) to workforce of a country.

Child dependency ratio in Australia is 27 %.

Aged dependency ratio

Aged dependency ratio is a ratio of people above working age (65+) to workforce of a country.

Aged dependency ratio in Australia is 20.7 %.

Source: The estimation data for section "Australia age dependency ratio" is based on the latest demographic and social statistics by United Nations Statistics Division .

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth is one of the most important demographic indicator. It shows the number of years a newborn infant would live assuming that birth and death rates will remain at the same level during the whole lifetime.

Total life expectancy (both sexes) at birth for Australia is 81.8 years.
This is above the average life expectancy at birth of the global population which is about 71 years (according to Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations).

Male life expectancy at birth is 79.4 years.
Female life expectancy at birth is 84.4 years.