Argentina vs Australia: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 0.35% a year in Argentina and 0.99% a year in Australia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 0.64 percentage points, or 2.82 times that in Argentina.

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% a year · UN

ArgentinaAustraliaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Australia has been higher since 2000, when it overtook Argentina.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Argentina at -0.78% a year and Australia at 0.5% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Argentina	Australia	World
2023	0.35	0.99	0.87
2022	0.23	0.92	0.88
2021	0.2	0.96	0.8
2020	0.34	0.68	0.9
2019	0.64	1.36	1.03
2018	0.79	1.51	1.07
2017	0.86	1.61	1.13
2016	0.9	1.66	1.17
2015	1.03	1.5	1.18
2014	1.06	1.46	1.22
2013	1	1.61	1.23
2012	0.98	1.72	1.27
2011	1.07	1.57	1.26
2010	1.06	1.47	1.27
2009	1.06	1.8	1.28
2008	1.06	2.02	1.28
2007	0.96	1.91	1.28
2006	1.02	1.59	1.28
2005	1.04	1.3	1.27
2004	1.02	1.16	1.28
2003	1.01	1.12	1.29
2002	1.06	1.15	1.3
2001	1.08	1.21	1.33
2000	1.12	1.21	1.35
1999	1.15	1.13	1.35
1998	1.15	1.09	1.37
1997	1.2	1.03	1.39
1996	1.23	1.14	1.42
1995	1.28	1.17	1.45
1994	1.34	1.03	1.47
1993	1.34	0.93	1.52
1992	1.37	1.04	1.57
1991	1.4	1.21	1.63
1990	1.47	1.43	1.76
1989	1.51	1.6	1.78
1988	1.55	1.69	1.79
1987	1.55	1.61	1.84
1986	1.54	1.51	1.83
1985	1.57	1.42	1.8
1984	1.58	1.31	1.8
1983	1.61	1.34	1.78
1982	1.6	1.57	1.86
1981	1.61	1.66	1.82
1980	1.59	1.41	1.8
1979	1.6	1.16	1.79
1978	1.6	1.13	1.74
1977	1.6	1.16	1.75
1976	1.57	1.06	1.78
1975	1.56	1.13	1.8
1974	1.65	1.4	1.88
1973	1.64	1.55	1.94
1972	1.6	1.64	1.97
1971	1.57	3.04	1.97
1970	1.58	3.19	2.06
1969	1.54	2.06	2.06
1968	1.53	1.93	2.09
1967	1.53	1.75	2
1966	1.52	1.98	2.04
1965	1.54	2.12	2.09
1964	1.59	1.96	2.16
1963	1.63	1.94	2.28
1962	1.65	1.87	2.11
1961	1.66	2.03	1.67
1960	1.65	2.2	1.58
1959	1.68	2.15	1.73
1958	1.7	2.12	2
1957	1.69	2.17	2.07
1956	1.77	2.33	1.98
1955	1.76	2.39	2.01
1954	1.85	2.13	1.99
1953	1.89	1.98	1.9
1952	1.95	2.27	1.94
1951	1.96	2.71	1.75
1950	1.98	3.13	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Argentina	Australia	World
2024	0.340.19–0.49	0.990.49–1.5	0.86
2025	0.340.14–0.5	0.960.27–1.62	0.84
2026	0.330.11–0.55	0.910.16–1.62	0.83
2027	0.320.08–0.56	0.90.04–1.7	0.81
2028	0.310.04–0.57	0.88-0.04–1.65	0.8
2029	0.310.03–0.59	0.83-0.13–1.71	0.78
2030	0.30–0.6	0.82-0.18–1.7	0.76
2031	0.29-0.02–0.6	0.8-0.25–1.69	0.75
2032	0.29-0.04–0.61	0.77-0.29–1.73	0.73
2033	0.28-0.05–0.61	0.76-0.36–1.67	0.72
2034	0.28-0.09–0.61	0.74-0.38–1.7	0.7
2035	0.27-0.1–0.62	0.74-0.46–1.69	0.69
2036	0.26-0.13–0.61	0.74-0.45–1.72	0.67
2037	0.25-0.14–0.61	0.7-0.43–1.67	0.65
2038	0.23-0.16–0.59	0.71-0.5–1.66	0.64
2039	0.22-0.18–0.6	0.69-0.63–1.62	0.62
2040	0.2-0.22–0.6	0.7-0.61–1.7	0.61
2041	0.19-0.26–0.59	0.7-0.6–1.68	0.59
2042	0.17-0.28–0.6	0.71-0.62–1.7	0.57
2043	0.15-0.3–0.58	0.69-0.6–1.73	0.56
2044	0.13-0.34–0.56	0.68-0.67–1.72	0.54
2045	0.11-0.37–0.54	0.69-0.63–1.74	0.52
2046	0.08-0.39–0.51	0.7-0.7–1.72	0.5
2047	0.06-0.41–0.48	0.66-0.78–1.67	0.48
2048	0.04-0.45–0.46	0.69-0.77–1.77	0.46
2049	0.01-0.45–0.44	0.65-0.79–1.73	0.44
2050	-0.01-0.49–0.4	0.65-0.81–1.78	0.42
2051	-0.04-0.51–0.39	0.64-0.82–1.73	0.4
2052	-0.06-0.54–0.37	0.62-0.91–1.68	0.38
2053	-0.09-0.58–0.35	0.62-1–1.66	0.36
2054	-0.12-0.59–0.34	0.62-0.93–1.72	0.34
2055	-0.14-0.62–0.32	0.62-0.94–1.74	0.33
2056	-0.17-0.67–0.29	0.6-0.94–1.75	0.31
2057	-0.19-0.72–0.26	0.6-0.95–1.73	0.3
2058	-0.22-0.74–0.24	0.62-0.89–1.75	0.28
2059	-0.24-0.77–0.24	0.58-1.04–1.66	0.27
2060	-0.26-0.8–0.21	0.58-1.02–1.72	0.25
2061	-0.27-0.82–0.23	0.59-1.08–1.67	0.24
2062	-0.29-0.85–0.24	0.59-1.08–1.68	0.23
2063	-0.3-0.9–0.23	0.59-1.15–1.7	0.22
2064	-0.32-0.91–0.23	0.56-1.16–1.69	0.21
2065	-0.33-0.94–0.22	0.57-1.24–1.68	0.2
2066	-0.34-0.99–0.21	0.59-1.32–1.71	0.19
2067	-0.36-1.01–0.21	0.59-1.31–1.78	0.18
2068	-0.37-1.05–0.2	0.59-1.29–1.74	0.17
2069	-0.38-1.06–0.21	0.59-1.26–1.76	0.16
2070	-0.4-1.09–0.22	0.57-1.37–1.71	0.15
2071	-0.41-1.12–0.22	0.55-1.29–1.75	0.14
2072	-0.42-1.16–0.22	0.55-1.4–1.75	0.13
2073	-0.44-1.16–0.22	0.55-1.48–1.68	0.12
2074	-0.46-1.2–0.21	0.56-1.46–1.68	0.1
2075	-0.47-1.22–0.21	0.55-1.52–1.74	0.09
2076	-0.49-1.26–0.23	0.54-1.51–1.72	0.08
2077	-0.5-1.26–0.22	0.55-1.5–1.75	0.07
2078	-0.52-1.28–0.19	0.55-1.54–1.64	0.06
2079	-0.54-1.29–0.21	0.54-1.56–1.66	0.05
2080	-0.56-1.33–0.15	0.54-1.78–1.64	0.04
2081	-0.57-1.36–0.16	0.56-1.82–1.73	0.03
2082	-0.59-1.4–0.13	0.54-1.79–1.69	0.02
2083	-0.61-1.41–0.13	0.55-1.76–1.72	0.01
2084	-0.63-1.45–0.12	0.52-1.92–1.76	-0
2085	-0.64-1.47–0.1	0.52-1.79–1.71	-0.01
2086	-0.66-1.49–0.07	0.54-1.75–1.74	-0.02
2087	-0.67-1.52–0.06	0.55-1.85–1.78	-0.03
2088	-0.69-1.53–0.07	0.58-1.83–1.81	-0.04
2089	-0.7-1.53–0.07	0.56-1.92–1.8	-0.05
2090	-0.71-1.59–0.06	0.57-1.95–1.8	-0.05
2091	-0.72-1.61–0.05	0.57-2–1.84	-0.06
2092	-0.73-1.64–0.04	0.56-1.91–1.77	-0.07
2093	-0.74-1.69–0.07	0.55-1.97–1.84	-0.07
2094	-0.75-1.71–0.07	0.52-2.02–1.75	-0.08
2095	-0.76-1.79–0.07	0.53-1.95–1.67	-0.09
2096	-0.77-1.78–0.09	0.55-2–1.76	-0.1
2097	-0.77-1.83–0.08	0.56-1.92–1.75	-0.11
2098	-0.78-1.85–0.1	0.52-1.99–1.8	-0.11
2099	-0.78-1.89–0.09	0.51-2.16–1.74	-0.12
2100	-0.78-1.89–0.11	0.5-2.22–1.75	-0.13

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How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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