Population clock

On 14 August 2020 at 06:54:07 PM (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:



25,646,770

• one birth every 1 minute and 44 seconds,
• one death every 3 minutes and 15 seconds,
• one person arriving to live in Australia every 3 minutes and 58 seconds,
• one Australian resident leaving Australia to live overseas every 7 minutes and 5 seconds, leading to
• an overall total population increase of one person every 2 minutes and 37 seconds.

Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0)

Australian Historical Population Statistics (cat. no. 3105.0.65.001)

Regional Population Growth, Australia (cat. no. 3218.0)
Population by Age and Sex, Australia (cat. no. 3235.0)

Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (cat. no. 3238.0)
Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (cat. no. 3238.0.55.001)
Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (cat. no. 3302.0.55.003)

Population Projections, Australia (cat. no. 3222.0)

Births, Australia (cat. no. 3301.0)

Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0)
Life Tables, States, Territories and Australia (cat. no. 3302.0.55.001)
Causes of Death, Australia (cat. no. 3303.0)
Causes of Death, Australia: Doctor Certified Deaths, Summary Tables (cat. no. 3303.0.55.001)

Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (cat. no. 3401.0)
Migration, Australia (cat. no. 3412.0)
Migrant Data Matrices (cat. no. 3415.0)

Household and Family Projections, Australia (cat. no. 3236.0)

Population Estimates: Concepts, Sources and Methods (cat. no. 3228.0.55.001)

ABS.Stat (interactive tool that presents Demographic data in a searchable and flexible way)
ABS Yearbook
Australian Social Trends

31. Demography - General (cat. no. 3101.0)
32. Population Trends and Estimates (cat. no. 3218.0, 3235.0, 3238.0.55.001)
33. Vital Statistics (cat. no. 3301.0, 3302.0, 3302.0.55.001)
34. Migration (cat. no. 3401.0, 3412.0)

31. Demography - General (cat. no. 3101.0)
32. Population Trends and Estimates (cat. no. 3218.0, 3235.0, 3238.0.55.001)
33. Vital Statistics (cat. no. 3301.0, 3302.0, 3302.0.55.001)
34. Migration (cat. no. 3401.0, 3412.0)

TECHNICAL NOTES

Information Paper: Review of Interstate Migration Method, Mar 2014 (cat. no. 3412.0.55.003)
Information Paper: Improving Net Overseas Migration Estimation, Dec 2013 (cat. no. 3412.0.55.002)
The effect of rebasing on estimates of life expectancy (cat. no. 3302.0.55.001)
Estimated resident Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population - method of calculation (cat. no. 3238.0.55.001)
The impact of improvements to the 2011 PES on measuring population growth (2006 - 2011) (cat. no. 3101.0)
'12/16 month rule' methodology for calculating net overseas migration from September quarter 2006 onwards (cat. no. 3412.0)