Australia Population growth: latest figures and trend
Is the population still growing?
Yes. In 2025, the population of Australia grew 1.53%. That is slower than 1.98% in 2024.
The latest population growth for Australia is 1.53% (2025), according to World Bank. The table below lists every value we have collected, newest first.
Latest value1.53% Reference period: 2025
Previous (2024): 1.98% · -0.45 percentage points
World Bank · Sources · Last checked with the source
About this indicator
- Official series
- Population growth (annual %)
- Unit
- %
- Frequency
- Annual
- Sources
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) — license
- We record revisions when the source changes a value we already collected.
- We do not receive a provisional/final flag from the source, so recent values may still be revised.
| Period | Value | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.53% | World Bank |
| 2024 | 1.98% | World Bank |
| 2023 | 2.43% | World Bank |
| 2022 | 1.29% | World Bank |
| 2021 | 0.14% | World Bank |
| 2020 | 1.23% | World Bank |
| 2019 | 1.48% | World Bank |
| 2018 | 1.5% | World Bank |
| 2017 | 1.65% | World Bank |
| 2016 | 1.56% | World Bank |