Population and COVID-19

This article discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on Australia's population estimates and components in the first half of the year.

Released

17/12/2020

Source

National, state and territory population, June 2020

Released

17/12/2020 11:30am AEDT

From March 2020, COVID-19 has changed the way that people live, work and travel.

Australia's estimated resident population continued to rise in the June quarter of 2020, but the growth rate (0.1%) was the slowest since quarterly population estimates began in June 1981.

The annual growth rate also decreased to 1.3%.

Australia's population and annual change
	Population	Annual growth rate
Jun-00	19,028,802	1.38
Sep-00	19,086,040	1.46
Dec-00	19,141,036	1.45
Mar-01	19,225,181	1.62
Jun-01	19,274,701	1.29
Sep-01	19,329,107	1.27
Dec-01	19,386,461	1.28
Mar-02	19,453,350	1.19
Jun-02	19,495,210	1.14
Sep-02	19,548,871	1.14
Dec-02	19,605,441	1.13
Mar-03	19,676,628	1.15
Jun-03	19,720,737	1.16
Sep-03	19,773,429	1.15
Dec-03	19,827,155	1.13
Mar-04	19,894,105	1.11
Jun-04	19,932,722	1.07
Sep-04	19,989,677	1.09
Dec-04	20,046,003	1.1
Mar-05	20,126,553	1.17
Jun-05	20,176,844	1.22
Sep-05	20,244,727	1.28
Dec-05	20,311,543	1.32
Mar-06	20,398,132	1.35
Jun-06	20,450,966	1.36
Sep-06	20,542,282	1.47
Dec-06	20,627,547	1.56
Mar-07	20,742,817	1.69
Jun-07	20,827,622	1.84
Sep-07	20,924,160	1.86
Dec-07	21,016,121	1.88
Mar-08	21,148,928	1.96
Jun-08	21,249,199	2.02
Sep-08	21,366,049	2.11
Dec-08	21,475,625	2.19
Mar-09	21,601,676	2.14
Jun-09	21,691,653	2.08
Sep-09	21,788,088	1.98
Dec-09	21,865,623	1.82
Mar-10	21,964,097	1.68
Jun-10	22,031,750	1.57
Sep-10	22,104,402	1.45
Dec-10	22,172,469	1.4
Mar-11	22,268,758	1.39
Jun-11	22,340,024	1.4
Sep-11	22,432,771	1.49
Dec-11	22,522,197	1.58
Mar-12	22,640,943	1.67
Jun-12	22,733,465	1.76
Sep-12	22,833,922	1.79
Dec-12	22,928,023	1.8
Mar-13	23,043,004	1.78
Jun-13	23,128,129	1.74
Sep-13	23,220,231	1.69
Dec-13	23,297,777	1.61
Mar-14	23,406,193	1.58
Jun-14	23,475,686	1.5
Sep-14	23,562,901	1.48
Dec-14	23,640,331	1.47
Mar-15	23,745,629	1.45
Jun-15	23,815,995	1.45
Sep-15	23,904,271	1.45
Dec-15	23,984,581	1.46
Mar-16	24,103,425	1.51
Jun-16	24,190,907	1.57
Sep-16	24,299,853	1.65
Dec-16	24,389,684	1.69
Mar-17	24,518,355	1.72
Jun-17	24,601,860	1.7
Sep-17	24,701,882	1.65
Dec-17	24,773,350	1.57
Mar-18	24,898,631	1.55
Jun-18	24,982,688	1.55
Sep-18	25,089,700	1.57
Dec-18	25,171,291	1.61
Mar-19	25,292,967	1.58
Jun-19	25,365,745	1.53
Sep-19	25,472,437	1.53
Dec-19	25,549,620	1.5
Mar-20	25,657,749	1.44
Jun-20	25,687,041	1.27

Australia's population and annual change

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What is slowing the growth?

The two main contributors to Australia's population growth are net overseas migration (overseas migration arrivals minus overseas migration departures) and natural increase (births minus deaths). Natural increase remains fairly steady over time and changes in net overseas migration drive changes in the total growth. Each component is examined in further detail below.

Components of annual population change
	Total growth	Natural increase	Net overseas migration
Jun-00	216,538	122,077	107,275
Sep-00	218,360	121,035	109,456
Dec-00	221,826	121,831	111,441
Mar-01	238,470	120,435	128,796
Jun-01	245,899	120,306	135,673
Sep-01	243,067	121,430	131,490
Dec-01	245,425	118,978	136,076
Mar-02	228,169	119,918	117,651
Jun-02	220,509	119,120	110,556
Sep-02	219,764	115,874	112,733
Dec-02	218,980	117,024	110,475
Mar-03	223,278	115,779	115,694
Jun-03	225,527	116,899	116,498
Sep-03	224,558	118,327	113,833
Dec-03	221,714	118,944	110,104
Mar-04	217,477	120,541	104,002
Jun-04	211,985	118,817	99,966
Sep-04	216,248	119,865	103,135
Dec-04	218,848	119,133	106,425
Mar-05	232,448	121,098	118,020
Jun-05	244,122	126,994	123,763
Sep-05	255,050	130,362	130,819
Dec-05	265,540	134,156	137,009
Mar-06	271,579	133,543	143,153
Jun-06	274,122	131,973	146,753
Sep-06	297,555	136,595	166,253
Dec-06	316,004	139,793	182,196
Mar-07	344,685	146,327	205,033
Jun-07	376,656	151,225	232,796
Sep-07	381,878	151,295	238,660
Dec-07	388,574	153,327	244,030
Mar-08	406,111	154,155	261,444
Jun-08	421,577	154,432	277,338
Sep-08	441,889	154,320	298,648
Dec-08	459,504	155,794	315,687
Mar-09	452,748	154,693	310,921
Jun-09	442,454	156,343	299,866
Sep-09	422,039	158,728	278,259
Dec-09	389,998	159,237	246,900
Mar-10	362,421	161,691	218,063
Jun-10	340,097	162,566	196,058
Sep-10	316,314	161,846	175,318
Dec-10	306,846	157,978	172,038
Mar-11	304,661	157,003	173,149
Jun-11	308,274	155,714	180,372
Sep-11	328,369	154,518	194,040
Dec-11	349,728	156,050	206,240
Mar-12	372,185	157,854	219,276
Jun-12	393,441	158,822	231,947
Sep-12	401,151	158,708	239,848
Dec-12	405,826	163,064	240,248
Mar-13	402,061	162,153	237,462
Jun-13	394,664	161,958	230,329
Sep-13	386,309	162,611	221,214
Dec-13	369,754	158,791	208,379
Mar-14	363,189	158,305	202,191
Jun-14	347,557	156,976	187,778
Sep-14	342,670	155,718	183,735
Dec-14	342,554	156,565	182,345
Mar-15	339,436	154,285	181,080
Jun-15	340,309	151,779	184,033
Sep-15	341,370	150,622	184,227
Dec-15	344,250	148,985	186,730
Mar-16	357,796	151,267	195,976
Jun-16	374,912	154,351	206,233
Sep-16	395,582	154,883	229,509
Dec-16	405,103	153,212	243,829
Mar-17	414,930	150,436	259,585
Jun-17	410,953	147,602	263,351
Sep-17	402,029	142,603	259,426
Dec-17	383,666	142,005	241,661
Mar-18	380,276	142,279	237,997
Jun-18	380,828	142,604	238,224
Sep-18	387,818	145,498	242,320
Dec-18	397,941	145,721	252,220
Mar-19	394,336	143,667	250,669
Jun-19	383,057	141,719	241,338
Sep-19	382,737	140,793	241,944
Dec-19	378,329	139,221	239,108
Mar-20	364,782	136,508	228,274
Jun-20	321,296	137,127	184,169

Components of annual population change

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Net overseas migration

The June 2020 quarter was the first full quarter subject to international travel restrictions, limiting international arrivals to Australian citizens and permanent residents (including New Zealanders usually resident in Australia) on March 20th. The effect of this on overseas migration has been profound, driving the observed slow-down in population growth.

Overseas migrant arrivals fell from 124,400 in the June 2019 quarter, or 158,400 in the March 2020 quarter, to just 13,700 in the June 2020 quarter, a drop of 89% and 91% respectively. Overseas migrant departures also dropped to previously unseen levels, the June 2020 quarter figure of 19,600 being 77% lower than both a year prior and the previous quarter. The net result of overseas arrivals and departures was the first negative net migration for Australia since the June quarter of 1993, and is of similar size (-5900 in June 2020 quarter and -6300 in June 1993 quarter).

For the 2019-20 year, total overseas migrant arrivals dropped 63,600 (11%) from 2018-19, while departures dropped only 6,500 or 2%. Other than the June quarter, overseas departures were at very high levels in 2019-20. Net overseas migration for the 2019-20 year was 184,200, 24% lower than in 2018-19.

Overseas migration, quarterly
	Net	Departures	Arrivals
Jun-07	49,174	49,627	98,801
Sep-07	62,813	57,305	120,118
Dec-07	55,995	60,440	116,435
Mar-08	93,462	53,123	146,585
Jun-08	65,068	53,130	118,198
Sep-08	84,123	54,906	139,029
Dec-08	73,034	59,119	132,153
Mar-09	88,696	54,536	143,232
Jun-09	54,013	51,358	105,371
Sep-09	62,516	60,072	122,588
Dec-09	41,675	65,926	107,601
Mar-10	59,859	59,380	119,239
Jun-10	32,008	56,491	88,499
Sep-10	41,776	67,804	109,580
Dec-10	38,395	69,406	107,801
Mar-11	60,970	59,468	120,438
Jun-11	39,231	54,731	93,962
Sep-11	55,444	62,279	117,723
Dec-11	50,595	66,299	116,894
Mar-12	74,006	54,681	128,687
Jun-12	51,902	52,123	104,025
Sep-12	63,345	62,548	125,893
Dec-12	50,995	68,754	119,749
Mar-13	71,220	62,994	134,214
Jun-13	44,769	57,465	102,234
Sep-13	54,230	73,885	128,115
Dec-13	38,160	75,961	114,121
Mar-14	65,032	63,130	128,162
Jun-14	30,356	63,921	94,277
Sep-14	50,187	73,095	123,282
Dec-14	36,770	76,266	113,036
Mar-15	63,767	66,280	130,047
Jun-15	33,309	65,579	98,888
Sep-15	50,381	77,034	127,415
Dec-15	39,273	77,624	116,897
Mar-16	73,013	65,112	138,125
Jun-16	43,566	63,274	106,840
Sep-16	73,657	71,588	145,245
Dec-16	53,593	75,850	129,443
Mar-17	88,769	66,367	155,136
Jun-17	47,332	62,996	110,328
Sep-17	69,732	75,425	145,157
Dec-17	35,828	84,923	120,751
Mar-18	85,105	65,888	150,993
Jun-18	47,559	63,064	110,623
Sep-18	73,828	74,746	148,574
Dec-18	45,728	78,479	124,207
Mar-19	83,554	69,644	153,198
Jun-19	38,228	86,194	124,422
Sep-19	74,434	88,112	162,546
Dec-19	42,892	109,185	152,077
Mar-20	72,720	85,688	158,408
Jun-20	-5,877	19,603	13,726

Overseas migration, quarterly

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Interstate migration

State and territory population is also impacted by interstate migration. There were 368,700 interstate movements in 2019-20, down almost 9% from 404,000 a year earlier. Compared to previous June quarters, interstate movements in the June 2020 quarter were the lowest since 2014.

Queensland gained the most people from net interstate migration (+6800) over the June 2020 quarter, while New South Wales lost the most (-4000). Victoria had the largest change in net migration, decreasing from +600 people in the previous quarter to -3000 in the June 2020 quarter. Further details on interstate and intrastate migration can be found in Regional Internal Migration Estimates, Provisional.

Quarterly and annual interstate migration
	Total interstate migration (quarterly)	Total interstate migration (annual)
Jun-00	91,280	367,494
Sep-00	84,566	370,783
Dec-00	110,539	378,192
Mar-01	92,694	379,079
Jun-01	93,141	380,940
Sep-01	85,603	381,977
Dec-01	103,325	374,763
Mar-02	97,338	379,407
Jun-02	97,948	384,214
Sep-02	91,399	390,010
Dec-02	112,869	399,554
Mar-03	96,636	398,852
Jun-03	97,670	398,574
Sep-03	89,969	397,144
Dec-03	108,309	392,584
Mar-04	96,391	392,339
Jun-04	91,813	386,482
Sep-04	81,366	377,879
Dec-04	100,688	370,258
Mar-05	89,758	363,625
Jun-05	87,103	358,915
Sep-05	76,836	354,385
Dec-05	97,460	351,157
Mar-06	85,588	346,987
Jun-06	82,869	342,753
Sep-06	77,346	343,263
Dec-06	99,426	345,229
Mar-07	90,630	350,271
Jun-07	91,861	359,263
Sep-07	81,973	363,890
Dec-07	98,913	363,377
Mar-08	92,272	365,019
Jun-08	88,193	361,351
Sep-08	81,060	360,438
Dec-08	102,972	364,497
Mar-09	88,832	361,057
Jun-09	87,567	360,431
Sep-09	75,814	355,185
Dec-09	91,664	343,877
Mar-10	81,975	337,020
Jun-10	82,441	331,894
Sep-10	75,497	331,577
Dec-10	95,534	335,447
Mar-11	84,390	337,862
Jun-11	82,966	338,387
Sep-11	80,523	343,413
Dec-11	102,890	350,769
Mar-12	89,117	355,496
Jun-12	85,411	357,941
Sep-12	76,790	354,208
Dec-12	88,072	339,390
Mar-13	90,488	340,761
Jun-13	90,095	345,445
Sep-13	78,833	347,488
Dec-13	100,732	360,148
Mar-14	93,301	362,961
Jun-14	84,914	357,780
Sep-14	71,798	350,745
Dec-14	93,962	343,975
Mar-15	87,212	337,886
Jun-15	91,039	344,011
Sep-15	78,136	350,349
Dec-15	98,995	355,382
Mar-16	94,653	362,823
Jun-16	100,101	371,885
Sep-16	79,592	373,341
Dec-16	107,309	381,655
Mar-17	94,035	381,037
Jun-17	95,715	376,651
Sep-17	85,679	382,738
Dec-17	111,507	386,936
Mar-18	98,235	391,136
Jun-18	97,260	392,681
Sep-18	87,191	394,193
Dec-18	116,116	398,802
Mar-19	100,363	400,930
Jun-19	100,292	403,962
Sep-19	86,821	403,592
Dec-19	108,625	396,101
Mar-20	87,772	383,510
Jun-20	85,451	368,669

Quarterly and annual interstate migration

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Total migration

The drop in migration to Australia has impacted some states more than others. New South Wales historically welcomes more than one-third of all overseas migrant arrivals in Australia, and usually shows a net loss of population due to interstate migration (more people move away from NSW than to the state from elsewhere in Australia). While the overseas migration pattern has been severely disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions, the interstate migration pattern has been impacted to a lesser extent. NSW still lost an historically similar number of people to the other states and territories, but didn't receive the influx of overseas migrants to make up for them. This is not the first time negative total net migration for NSW has occurred in the past 20 years, but it is the first time since the June 1993 quarter that both overseas and interstate migration are negative for the state.

Components of total migration, New South Wales
	Total net migration	Net interstate migration	Net overseas migration
Jun-93	-5,591	-3,094	-2,497
Sep-93	5,124	-2,998	8,122
Dec-93	304	-2,895	3,199
Mar-94	5,767	-2,330	8,097
Jun-94	-1,446	-3,957	2,511
Sep-94	9,957	-2,412	12,369
Dec-94	-1,056	-3,658	2,602
Mar-95	5,329	-4,447	9,776
Jun-95	8,244	-2,961	11,205
Sep-95	10,270	-2,527	12,797
Dec-95	9,878	-4,506	14,384
Mar-96	5,650	-5,522	11,172
Jun-96	7,477	-2,215	9,692
Sep-96	10,581	-3,401	13,982
Dec-96	6,243	-3,241	9,484
Mar-97	8,615	-2,519	11,134
Jun-97	1,191	-1,500	2,691
Sep-97	6,078	-3,144	9,222
Dec-97	3,113	-3,555	6,668
Mar-98	9,867	-2,425	12,292
Jun-98	536	-3,125	3,661
Sep-98	9,114	-2,663	11,777
Dec-98	3,748	-3,750	7,498
Mar-99	10,862	-2,909	13,771
Jun-99	4,314	-3,728	8,042
Sep-99	8,288	-2,970	11,258
Dec-99	6,468	-4,295	10,763
Mar-00	10,443	-3,580	14,023
Jun-00	4,216	-3,429	7,645
Sep-00	9,902	-3,427	13,329
Dec-00	8,076	-4,272	12,348
Mar-01	17,854	-4,182	22,036
Jun-01	6,472	-4,434	10,906
Sep-01	7,284	-4,092	11,376
Dec-01	6,058	-6,814	12,872
Mar-02	7,599	-6,631	14,230
Jun-02	-1,632	-7,565	5,933
Sep-02	3,527	-7,317	10,844
Dec-02	324	-9,561	9,885
Mar-03	7,614	-7,417	15,031
Jun-03	-3,013	-8,172	5,159
Sep-03	-19	-7,741	7,722
Dec-03	-1,135	-8,616	7,481
Mar-04	4,401	-7,239	11,640
Jun-04	-4,525	-7,502	2,977
Sep-04	3,035	-6,116	9,151
Dec-04	830	-7,071	7,901
Mar-05	6,940	-6,828	13,768
Jun-05	-1,921	-6,306	4,385
Sep-05	5,223	-5,563	10,786
Dec-05	854	-7,787	8,641
Mar-06	8,972	-6,188	15,160
Jun-06	-2,102	-6,038	3,936
Sep-06	13,382	-5,523	18,905
Dec-06	9,214	-7,796	17,010
Mar-07	16,971	-6,051	23,022
Jun-07	7,732	-6,901	14,633
Sep-07	16,011	-4,892	20,903
Dec-07	13,269	-5,070	18,339
Mar-08	24,086	-5,330	29,416
Jun-08	13,243	-5,488	18,731
Sep-08	19,713	-5,323	25,036
Dec-08	17,858	-5,386	23,244
Mar-09	19,362	-4,537	23,899
Jun-09	11,143	-3,421	14,564
Sep-09	15,510	-2,197	17,707
Dec-09	11,458	-2,536	13,994
Mar-10	15,491	-2,065	17,556
Jun-10	5,235	-2,660	7,895
Sep-10	9,677	-2,293	11,970
Dec-10	8,792	-3,831	12,623
Mar-11	14,601	-3,360	17,961
Jun-11	5,109	-4,012	9,121
Sep-11	10,400	-3,698	14,098
Dec-11	7,986	-4,999	12,985
Mar-12	12,954	-4,948	17,902
Jun-12	7,771	-4,470	12,241
Sep-12	12,750	-3,786	16,536
Dec-12	12,738	-3,718	16,456
Mar-13	16,979	-3,725	20,704
Jun-13	9,651	-3,416	13,067
Sep-13	16,916	-1,713	18,629
Dec-13	12,717	-2,466	15,183
Mar-14	20,848	-957	21,805
Jun-14	9,760	-1,615	11,375
Sep-14	18,119	-1,184	19,303
Dec-14	14,043	-1,826	15,869
Mar-15	21,235	-1,662	22,897
Jun-15	10,136	-2,104	12,240
Sep-15	18,465	-2,006	20,471
Dec-15	14,099	-3,131	17,230
Mar-16	22,793	-3,262	26,055
Jun-16	13,111	-3,140	16,251
Sep-16	27,734	-2,392	30,126
Dec-16	19,517	-4,253	23,770
Mar-17	28,670	-4,381	33,051
Jun-17	14,420	-4,135	18,555
Sep-17	24,144	-3,986	28,130
Dec-17	8,395	-6,797	15,192
Mar-18	24,693	-5,588	30,281
Jun-18	11,746	-5,301	17,047
Sep-18	23,115	-4,427	27,542
Dec-18	11,435	-6,581	18,016
Mar-19	21,274	-5,686	26,960
Jun-19	6,656	-5,369	12,025
Sep-19	18,841	-4,609	23,450
Dec-19	7,634	-6,783	14,417
Mar-20	14,515	-5,540	20,055
Jun-20	-6,954	-3,955	-2,999

Components of total migration, New South Wales

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In the past 20 years Queensland has been the most popular state for Australians to move to. In contrast to NSW, the population is buoyed by a more even contribution to its total net migration, usually having fewer overseas migrant arrivals than NSW but supplementing this with high net interstate migration. This quarter's negative net overseas migration for Queensland, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, does not drive the total net migration negative, with the state population still gaining 5,700 people from total migration in the June 2020 quarter.

Components of total migration, Queensland
	Total net migration	Net interstate migration	Net overseas migration
Jun-93	9,440	10,253	-813
Sep-93	14,652	12,267	2,385
Dec-93	10,261	10,143	118
Mar-94	15,072	12,793	2,279
Jun-94	10,192	9,733	459
Sep-94	13,470	9,339	4,131
Dec-94	9,794	9,954	-160
Mar-95	13,708	10,659	3,049
Jun-95	13,832	10,272	3,560
Sep-95	12,777	8,643	4,134
Dec-95	11,865	8,898	2,967
Mar-96	12,397	9,495	2,902
Jun-96	8,626	5,578	3,048
Sep-96	11,223	6,409	4,814
Dec-96	7,267	5,321	1,946
Mar-97	8,067	3,561	4,506
Jun-97	5,668	4,314	1,354
Sep-97	9,390	5,274	4,116
Dec-97	6,826	4,995	1,831
Mar-98	7,826	2,925	4,901
Jun-98	5,872	4,230	1,642
Sep-98	7,117	3,638	3,479
Dec-98	7,100	4,640	2,460
Mar-99	9,217	3,682	5,535
Jun-99	6,958	4,722	2,236
Sep-99	7,960	4,057	3,903
Dec-99	10,069	4,572	5,497
Mar-00	10,391	5,133	5,258
Jun-00	7,547	4,691	2,856
Sep-00	9,074	4,653	4,421
Dec-00	9,272	5,890	3,382
Mar-01	13,174	4,301	8,873
Jun-01	9,507	5,180	4,327
Sep-01	13,195	5,363	7,832
Dec-01	14,324	7,833	6,491
Mar-02	13,706	6,746	6,960
Jun-02	15,298	10,093	5,205
Sep-02	18,342	9,565	8,777
Dec-02	18,024	11,033	6,991
Mar-03	15,640	7,943	7,697
Jun-03	13,100	9,443	3,657
Sep-03	15,825	8,866	6,959
Dec-03	16,848	10,101	6,747
Mar-04	15,457	7,675	7,782
Jun-04	12,767	8,856	3,911
Sep-04	13,467	7,315	6,152
Dec-04	16,415	8,506	7,909
Mar-05	16,732	7,467	9,265
Jun-05	13,312	7,083	6,229
Sep-05	14,719	6,313	8,406
Dec-05	16,555	8,278	8,277
Mar-06	15,541	5,464	10,077
Jun-06	12,744	6,552	6,192
Sep-06	15,667	4,853	10,814
Dec-06	16,454	7,284	9,170
Mar-07	19,666	5,619	14,047
Jun-07	17,739	5,625	12,114
Sep-07	15,525	4,775	10,750
Dec-07	16,704	5,934	10,770
Mar-08	22,201	4,248	17,953
Jun-08	18,886	4,452	14,434
Sep-08	20,320	4,447	15,873
Dec-08	18,949	4,369	14,580
Mar-09	20,674	3,031	17,643
Jun-09	14,078	2,855	11,223
Sep-09	13,282	2,082	11,200
Dec-09	9,282	2,023	7,259
Mar-10	11,227	589	10,638
Jun-10	8,201	1,478	6,723
Sep-10	9,149	1,608	7,541
Dec-10	8,477	1,709	6,768
Mar-11	12,876	1,490	11,386
Jun-11	10,922	1,988	8,934
Sep-11	13,864	2,638	11,226
Dec-11	12,647	3,271	9,376
Mar-12	17,354	3,197	14,157
Jun-12	14,455	2,676	11,779
Sep-12	15,829	2,983	12,846
Dec-12	10,551	2,069	8,482
Mar-13	14,240	1,990	12,250
Jun-13	10,085	1,832	8,253
Sep-13	9,772	1,515	8,257
Dec-13	6,791	2,089	4,702
Mar-14	10,665	911	9,754
Jun-14	6,283	1,779	4,504
Sep-14	7,393	1,653	5,740
Dec-14	4,871	1,836	3,035
Mar-15	9,360	1,382	7,978
Jun-15	5,671	1,990	3,681
Sep-15	6,713	2,119	4,594
Dec-15	6,477	3,250	3,227
Mar-16	13,061	3,187	9,874
Jun-16	10,687	3,430	7,257
Sep-16	12,845	3,492	9,353
Dec-16	10,871	4,928	5,943
Mar-17	15,578	4,208	11,370
Jun-17	12,576	5,167	7,409
Sep-17	12,442	5,402	7,040
Dec-17	9,551	7,733	1,818
Mar-18	17,039	5,702	11,337
Jun-18	13,407	5,861	7,546
Sep-18	14,616	5,020	9,596
Dec-18	12,471	7,213	5,258
Mar-19	16,469	5,175	11,294
Jun-19	11,024	5,423	5,601
Sep-19	15,690	5,470	10,220
Dec-19	12,243	6,860	5,383
Mar-20	18,555	6,268	12,287
Jun-20	5,736	6,750	-1,014

Components of total migration, Queensland

["","Total net migration","Net interstate migration","Net overseas migration"]

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Births

There are no observed effects of COVID-19 in births statistics to date.

Total births for 2019-20 was steady at 304,100 compared with 304,700 in 2018-19. For the year ending June 30 2020, the total fertility rate continued its slow decline of the past decade, falling to 1.65 from 1.66 in 2018-19.

Total fertility rate(a), Australia
	Total fertility rate
1999-00	1.774
2000-01	1.764
2001-02	1.759
2002-03	1.752
2003-04	1.766
2004-05	1.806
2005-06	1.848
2006-07	1.974
2007-08	1.998
2008-09	1.984
2009-10	1.971
2010-11	1.928
2011-12	1.927
2012-13	1.92
2013-14	1.855
2014-15	1.826
2015-16	1.814
2016-17	1.752
2017-18	1.696
2018-19	1.664
2019-20	1.646

Total fertility rate(a), Australia

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(a) The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear during her lifetime if she experienced the age-specific fertility rates of a given period at each age of her reproductive life (ages 15 - 49).

Deaths

There are no observed effects of COVID-19 in aggregated deaths statistics to date.

Total deaths for the 2019-20 year were 167,000, up 2.5% from the previous year but in line with figures from the past decade. The standardised death rate for the year ended June 30 2020 fell to its lowest level, dropping from 5.06 to 5.01.

For further details on causes of death, please see Provisional Mortality Statistics.

Standardised death rate, Australia
	Standardised death rate
1999-00	7.02
2000-01	6.81
2001-02	6.67
2002-03	6.6
2003-04	6.49
2004-05	6.22
2005-06	6.15
2006-07	6.06
2007-08	6.08
2008-09	6.03
2009-10	5.76
2010-11	5.72
2011-12	5.62
2012-13	5.53
2013-14	5.39
2014-15	5.45
2015-16	5.35
2016-17	5.28
2017-18	5.18
2018-19	5.06
2019-20	5.01

Standardised death rate, Australia

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Looking ahead

The travel restrictions due to COVID-19 have had a profound effect on migration, a main driver of population growth. The September 2020 quarter estimates (to be released 18 March 2021) are expected to show more of these impacts.

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