{"id":180755,"date":"2024-02-12T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T03:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyupdate.com.au\/?p=180755"},"modified":"2024-02-12T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T05:40:26","slug":"australias-population-reaches-27-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyupdate.com.au\/australias-population-reaches-27-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s population reaches 27 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s population has reached 27 million, more than thirty years ahead of predictions.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s population has increased by 624,100 over the past 12 months, equivalent to adding the population of the entire state of Tasmania (572,800) in just one year.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest annual growth rate of 2.4%, Australia\u2019s population will be 41 million by 2042, 16 million more than the 2002 forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>It is the balance of 737,200 overseas arrivals and 219,100 departures which has led to record growth.<\/p>\n<p>In the decade leading up to the extensive disruptions of COVID-19, Australia has averaged 485,600 overseas arrivals and 269,700 departures each year.<\/p>\n<p>This equates to a balance of 215,900 in net overseas migration, which is less than half of what Australia experienced in 2023 (518,100 in net overseas migration).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-post-fullsize wp-image-180758 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Population-clock-pyramid-800x406.png\" alt=\"Population Clock Pyramid\" width=\"800\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Population-clock-pyramid-800x406.png 800w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Population-clock-pyramid-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Population-clock-pyramid-600x305.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Population-clock-pyramid.png 886w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"toc_link\" id=\"record-growth\">Record growth<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Australia\u2019s population has increased by 624,100 over the past 12 months, equivalent to adding the population of the entire state of Tasmania (572,800) in just one year.<\/p>\n<p>The record growth through net overseas migration means Australia has seen the largest annual increase in population in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>With record growth through net overseas migration, Australia has seen the largest annual increase in population in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>In the 12 months to June 2023, Australia\u2019s population increased by 624,100. This is equivalent to adding the entire population of Tasmania (572,800) in just one year.<\/p>\n<p>This annual growth of 624,100 is also 41% larger than the previous record when the population increased by 442,500 in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>There have been 295,900 births and 189,900 deaths in Australia over the past 12 months, both of which are similar to the historical average (annual average of 305,240 births and 165,210 deaths over the past decade).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-post-fullsize wp-image-180756 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Australian-population-growth-1824-2024-800x475.png\" alt=\"Australian Population Growth 1824 2024\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Australian-population-growth-1824-2024-800x475.png 800w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Australian-population-growth-1824-2024-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Australian-population-growth-1824-2024-600x356.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Australian-population-growth-1824-2024.png 893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on Treasury\u2019s Intergenerational Report 2002 forecast, Australia\u2019s population was only projected to be 23.4 million by this point.<\/p>\n<p>The 2002 report also forecasts a national population of 25 million in 2037.<\/p>\n<p>However, this milestone was reached 19 years early, in August 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In these forecasts prepared in 2002, Australia\u2019s population growth was projected to slow into the 2000s from 1.2% at the turn of the Millennium, to around 0.6% in the 2020s, 0.4% in the 2030s, and just 0.2% in the 2040s.<\/p>\n<p>However, instead of slowing growth, population growth has accelerated over recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Australia\u2019s population has increased by 2.4%, setting a new numerical annual population increase record of 624,100.<\/p>\n<p>In the Treasury\u2019s 2002 population model, Australia\u2019s population was to hit 25.3 million by the end of the projection period in 2042.<\/p>\n<p>The latest population milestone of 27 million has been reached more than 30 years ahead of the 2002 forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Even based on the updated forecasts of the 2007 Intergenerational Report, such has been the recent acceleration in Australia\u2019s population growth, the 27 million milestone has arrived 13 years early.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"toc_link\" id=\"when-will-australia-reach-28-million-people\">When will Australia reach 28 million people?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If the growth of one new Australian every 50 seconds persists, the next million could take less than 2 years (one year and 214 days to be exact \u2013 2024 is a leap year), with the 28 million milestone arriving on the 25th of August 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adplugg-tag\" data-adplugg-zone=\"the_sentiment_campaign_mobile_\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"adplugg-tag\" data-adplugg-zone=\"the_sentiment_campaign_desktop_\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s population has reached 27 million, more than thirty years ahead of predictions. Australia\u2019s population has increased by 624,100 over the past 12 months, equivalent to adding the population of the entire state of Tasmania (572,800) in just one year. Based on the latest annual growth rate of 2.4%, Australia\u2019s population will be 41 million&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":166911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-property-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australia\u2019s population reaches 27 million<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australia\u2019s population has reached 27 million, more than thirty years ahead of predictions. 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