Population

• Australia’s population was 25,687,041 people at 30 June 2020.
• The quarterly growth was 29,300 people (0.1%).
• The annual growth was 321,300 people (1.3%).
• 42.7% of annual growth was due to natural increase, and 57.3% was due to net overseas migration.

• People living in the capitals increased by 303,100 people or 1.8%. 
• Capital city growth accounted for 79% of total population growth.
• Melbourne (113,500) and Sydney (87,100) had the largest growth.
• Melbourne (2.3%) and Brisbane (2.1%) had the highest growth rates.

• 76,200 people moved interstate in the three months to the end of September 2020.
• 10,600 less people moved interstate compared with the September 2019 quarter.
• Capital cities had a net loss of 11,200 people from internal migration, the largest quarterly net loss on record.

• There were 305,832 registered births in 2019, a decrease of 3.0% from 2018
• For all Australian women, the total fertility rate was 1.66 births per woman
• For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, the total fertility rate was 2.32 births per woman

• Life expectancy at birth was 80.9 years for males and 85.0 years for females in 2017-19
• Victoria (81.8 years) had the highest male life expectancy
• Australian Capital Territory (85.6 years) had the highest female life expectancy

• There were 169,301 registered deaths in 2019, an increase of 10,808 since 2018
• The standardised death rate increased to 5.3 deaths, from 5.1 in 2018
• Infant deaths increased by 21 deaths to 1,009

• The median age for capital cities (36.0 years) was younger than the rest of Australia (41.2).
• The oldest capital was Hobart with a median age of 39.6 years, while Darwin was the youngest (34.3).
• Darwin was the only capital with more males than females.

For the year ending 30 June 2019:

• There were over 7.5 million migrants living in Australia.
• 29.7% of Australia's population were born overseas.
• Australia's population increased by 239,600 people due to net overseas migration.
• 404,000 people moved interstate, an increase of 2.9% from the previous year.

• The population increased from 4 million in 1901 to 24 million in 2016.
• Australians living in urban areas increased from 60% in 1911 to 90%.
• Fertility fell from 3.1 births per woman in 1921 to 1.8.
• Life expectancy increased by 25 years since the early 1900s.

• Australia's population in 2017 (24.6 million) is projected to reach between 37.4 and 49.2 million people by 2066.
• The current average annual growth rate (1.7%) is projected to decline to between 0.9% and 1.4%.
• The median age (37.2 years) is projected to increase to between 39.5 and 43.0 years.