Australia vs United States

Australia vs United States: Population

Population in 2023: 26.5 million people in Australia and 344 million people in United States, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United States, by 317 million people, or 13 times that in Australia.

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Australia vs United States: PopulationPopulation in 2023: 26.5 million people in Australia and 344 million people in United States, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United States, by 317 million people, or 13 times that in Australia.
AustraliaUnited StatesEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • In 2023, Australia ranked 54 and United States ranked 3 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts Australia at 43.1 million people and United States at 421 million people in 2100.
  • The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.

Every year

people · UN

YearAustraliaUnited StatesWorld
202326.5 million344 million8.09 billion
202226.2 million342 million8.02 billion
202126 million340 million7.95 billion
202025.7 million339 million7.89 billion
201925.5 million338 million7.81 billion
201825.1 million335 million7.73 billion
201724.7 million332 million7.65 billion
201624.3 million329 million7.56 billion
201524 million326 million7.47 billion
201423.6 million323 million7.38 billion
201323.2 million320 million7.29 billion
201222.9 million317 million7.2 billion
201122.5 million314 million7.11 billion
201022.1 million311 million7.02 billion
200921.8 million308 million6.93 billion
200821.4 million305 million6.84 billion
200721 million302 million6.76 billion
200620.6 million299 million6.67 billion
200520.3 million296 million6.59 billion
200420.1 million293 million6.5 billion
200319.8 million290 million6.42 billion
200219.6 million287 million6.34 billion
200119.4 million284 million6.26 billion
200019.1 million282 million6.17 billion
199918.9 million279 million6.09 billion
199818.7 million276 million6.01 billion
199718.5 million274 million5.93 billion
199618.3 million271 million5.84 billion
199518.1 million268 million5.76 billion
199417.9 million266 million5.68 billion
199317.7 million263 million5.59 billion
199217.6 million260 million5.51 billion
199117.4 million257 million5.42 billion
199017.1 million253 million5.33 billion
198916.9 million251 million5.23 billion
198816.6 million248 million5.14 billion
198716.3 million246 million5.05 billion
198616.1 million244 million4.96 billion
198515.8 million242 million4.87 billion
198415.6 million239 million4.78 billion
198315.4 million237 million4.7 billion
198215.2 million235 million4.61 billion
198115 million232 million4.53 billion
198014.7 million230 million4.45 billion
197914.5 million228 million4.37 billion
197814.4 million225 million4.29 billion
197714.2 million223 million4.22 billion
197614.1 million221 million4.14 billion
197513.9 million219 million4.07 billion
197413.7 million217 million4 billion
197313.5 million215 million3.92 billion
197213.3 million213 million3.85 billion
197113 million210 million3.77 billion
197012.6 million208 million3.7 billion
196912.3 million205 million3.62 billion
196812 million203 million3.55 billion
196711.8 million201 million3.47 billion
196611.6 million198 million3.4 billion
196511.4 million196 million3.34 billion
196411.1 million193 million3.26 billion
196310.9 million190 million3.19 billion
196210.7 million187 million3.12 billion
196110.5 million184 million3.07 billion
196010.3 million180 million3.02 billion
195910.1 million177 million2.97 billion
19589.85 million174 million2.91 billion
19579.64 million172 million2.85 billion
19569.43 million169 million2.8 billion
19559.21 million166 million2.74 billion
19549 million164 million2.69 billion
19538.82 million161 million2.63 billion
19528.63 million159 million2.58 billion
19518.42 million157 million2.54 billion
19508.18 million154 million2.49 billion
19498.03 million146 million–
19487.89 million144 million–
19477.76 million142 million–
19467.64 million140 million–
19457.52 million138 million–
19447.4 million136 million–
19437.28 million134 million–
19427.16 million133 million–
19417.06 million131 million–
19406.97 million129 million–
19396.89 million128 million–
19386.82 million127 million–
19376.76 million126 million–
19366.7 million125 million–
19356.65 million124 million–
19346.59 million124 million–
19336.54 million123 million–
19326.48 million122 million–
19316.41 million121 million–
19306.33 million120 million–
19296.24 million118 million–
19286.14 million117 million–
19276.02 million115 million–
19265.91 million113 million–
19255.8 million112 million–
19245.69 million110 million–
19235.59 million109 million–
19225.48 million107 million–
19215.38 million105 million–
19205.27 million104 million–
19195.17 million102 million–
19185.07 million101 million–
19174.97 million99.6 million–
19164.87 million98.2 million–
19154.77 million96.9 million–
19144.68 million95.5 million–
19134.59 million94.2 million–
19124.49 million93 million–
19114.41 million91.6 million–
19104.33 million90.2 million–
19094.26 million88.7 million–
19084.19 million87.1 million–
19074.12 million85.4 million–
19064.06 million83.8 million–
19054 million82.3 million–
19043.94 million80.7 million–
19033.88 million79.2 million–
19023.82 million77.7 million–
19013.76 million76.3 million–
19003.69 million74.8 million–
18993.63 million73.5 million–
18983.57 million72.1 million–
18973.5 million70.8 million–
18963.44 million69.5 million–
18953.38 million68.2 million–
18943.31 million67 million–
18933.25 million65.8 million–
18923.2 million64.6 million–
18913.13 million63.4 million–
18903.05 million62.1 million–
18892.97 million60.8 million–
18882.88 million59.6 million–
18872.78 million58.2 million–
18862.69 million57 million–
18852.6 million55.7 million–
18842.51 million54.5 million–
18832.42 million53.3 million–
18822.34 million52.1 million–
18812.27 million51 million–
18802.2 million49.8 million–
18792.14 million48.8 million–
18782.09 million47.7 million–
18772.05 million46.6 million–
18762.01 million45.6 million–
18751.96 million44.6 million–
18741.92 million43.6 million–
18731.88 million42.7 million–
18721.84 million41.7 million–
18711.8 million40.8 million–
18701.76 million39.9 million–
18691.72 million39 million–
18681.67 million38.1 million–
18671.62 million37.3 million–
18661.58 million36.4 million–
18651.53 million35.6 million–
18641.49 million34.8 million–
18631.44 million34 million–
18621.4 million33.2 million–
18611.35 million32.4 million–
18601.29 million31.6 million–
18591.22 million30.8 million–
18581.14 million29.9 million–
18571.05 million29 million–
1856973,40028.2 million–
1855900,20027.4 million–
1854832,40026.6 million–
1853769,80025.8 million–
1852711,80025 million–
1851663,10024.3 million–
1850622,60023.6 million–
1849589,50022.9 million–
1848563,20022.2 million–
1847543,00021.6 million–
1846523,50020.9 million–
1845504,80020.3 million–
1844486,70019.7 million–
1843469,20019.1 million–
1842452,40018.5 million–
1841437,20018 million–
1840423,50017.5 million–
1839411,30017 million–
1838400,50016.5 million–
1837390,90016.1 million–
1836381,60015.6 million–
1835372,50015.2 million–
1834363,60014.8 million–
1833355,00014.4 million–
1832346,50014 million–
1831339,90013.6 million–
1830335,10013.3 million–
1829332,10012.9 million–
1828330,80012.5 million–
1827331,20012.2 million–
1826331,60011.8 million–
1825332,00011.5 million–
1824332,40011.2 million–
1823332,80010.9 million–
1822333,20010.6 million–
1821331,80010.3 million–
1820328,7009.97 million–
1819323,9009.67 million–
1818317,5009.37 million–
1817309,5009.07 million–
1816301,6008.79 million–
1815294,0008.51 million–
1814286,6008.24 million–
1813279,3007.98 million–
1812272,2007.73 million–
1811265,3007.5 million–
1810258,6007.3 million–
1809251,9007.11 million–
1808245,5006.97 million–
1807239,3006.84 million–
1806233,3006.72 million–
1805227,4006.59 million–
1804221,6006.47 million–
1803216,0006.35 million–
1802210,5006.23 million–
1801205,2006.11 million–
1800200,0006 million–
  • 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearAustraliaUnited StatesWorld
202426.7 million26.7 million–26.8 million345 million345 million–346 million8.16 billion
202527 million26.8 million–27.2 million347 million346 million–348 million8.23 billion
202627.2 million26.9 million–27.6 million349 million347 million–351 million8.3 billion
202727.5 million26.9 million–28 million351 million348 million–354 million8.37 billion
202827.7 million27 million–28.4 million352 million349 million–356 million8.44 billion
202928 million27 million–28.8 million354 million349 million–359 million8.5 billion
203028.2 million27 million–29.2 million356 million350 million–362 million8.57 billion
203128.4 million27 million–29.7 million357 million350 million–365 million8.63 billion
203228.6 million27 million–30.1 million359 million351 million–367 million8.7 billion
203328.9 million27 million–30.5 million360 million351 million–370 million8.76 billion
203429.1 million26.9 million–30.9 million362 million351 million–373 million8.82 billion
203529.3 million26.9 million–31.3 million363 million351 million–376 million8.89 billion
203629.5 million26.9 million–31.7 million365 million351 million–379 million8.95 billion
203729.7 million26.8 million–32.1 million366 million351 million–382 million9.01 billion
203829.9 million26.7 million–32.6 million368 million351 million–385 million9.06 billion
203930.2 million26.7 million–33 million369 million350 million–388 million9.12 billion
204030.4 million26.6 million–33.4 million370 million350 million–391 million9.18 billion
204130.6 million26.5 million–33.8 million372 million349 million–394 million9.23 billion
204230.8 million26.5 million–34.3 million373 million349 million–397 million9.29 billion
204331 million26.4 million–34.7 million374 million348 million–400 million9.34 billion
204431.2 million26.3 million–35.1 million375 million347 million–403 million9.39 billion
204531.4 million26.2 million–35.5 million376 million346 million–406 million9.44 billion
204631.7 million26.1 million–36 million377 million346 million–409 million9.49 billion
204731.9 million26 million–36.4 million378 million344 million–411 million9.54 billion
204832.1 million25.9 million–36.8 million379 million343 million–414 million9.58 billion
204932.3 million25.9 million–37.2 million380 million343 million–417 million9.62 billion
205032.5 million25.8 million–37.7 million381 million342 million–420 million9.66 billion
205132.7 million25.7 million–38.2 million382 million341 million–423 million9.7 billion
205232.9 million25.6 million–38.6 million383 million340 million–425 million9.74 billion
205333.1 million25.4 million–39.2 million383 million339 million–428 million9.78 billion
205433.3 million25.3 million–39.7 million384 million337 million–431 million9.81 billion
205533.5 million25.2 million–40.1 million385 million336 million–434 million9.85 billion
205633.8 million25.1 million–40.5 million386 million335 million–436 million9.88 billion
205734 million25 million–40.9 million386 million333 million–440 million9.91 billion
205834.2 million24.8 million–41.4 million387 million332 million–443 million9.94 billion
205934.4 million24.7 million–41.9 million388 million331 million–446 million9.96 billion
206034.6 million24.6 million–42.3 million389 million329 million–449 million9.99 billion
206134.8 million24.5 million–42.9 million390 million327 million–452 million10 billion
206235 million24.4 million–43.5 million391 million325 million–455 million10 billion
206335.2 million24.3 million–44.1 million392 million325 million–458 million10.1 billion
206435.4 million24.1 million–44.6 million392 million324 million–462 million10.1 billion
206535.6 million23.8 million–45.2 million393 million322 million–465 million10.1 billion
206635.8 million23.7 million–45.7 million394 million320 million–469 million10.1 billion
206736 million23.5 million–46.2 million395 million319 million–474 million10.1 billion
206836.2 million23.2 million–46.7 million396 million317 million–478 million10.2 billion
206936.4 million23 million–47.2 million397 million315 million–481 million10.2 billion
207036.6 million22.7 million–47.9 million398 million313 million–485 million10.2 billion
207136.8 million22.5 million–48.5 million399 million311 million–489 million10.2 billion
207237 million22.4 million–49 million400 million309 million–493 million10.2 billion
207337.3 million22.1 million–49.7 million401 million307 million–497 million10.2 billion
207437.5 million21.9 million–50.3 million402 million305 million–502 million10.2 billion
207537.7 million21.7 million–50.8 million403 million304 million–506 million10.3 billion
207637.9 million21.6 million–51.4 million404 million302 million–510 million10.3 billion
207738.1 million21.5 million–51.9 million405 million300 million–515 million10.3 billion
207838.3 million21.4 million–52.6 million406 million298 million–520 million10.3 billion
207938.5 million21.2 million–53.1 million406 million297 million–525 million10.3 billion
208038.7 million21 million–53.5 million407 million295 million–530 million10.3 billion
208138.9 million20.8 million–54 million408 million293 million–535 million10.3 billion
208239.1 million20.5 million–54.6 million409 million292 million–538 million10.3 billion
208339.3 million20.3 million–55.5 million409 million291 million–542 million10.3 billion
208439.6 million20 million–56.2 million410 million289 million–547 million10.3 billion
208539.8 million19.9 million–56.7 million411 million286 million–552 million10.3 billion
208640 million19.8 million–57.3 million412 million284 million–558 million10.3 billion
208740.2 million19.4 million–57.9 million412 million282 million–564 million10.3 billion
208840.4 million19 million–58.5 million413 million280 million–568 million10.3 billion
208940.7 million18.7 million–59.2 million414 million279 million–573 million10.3 billion
209040.9 million18.6 million–59.8 million415 million278 million–578 million10.3 billion
209141.1 million18.4 million–60.5 million415 million276 million–581 million10.3 billion
209241.3 million18.1 million–61.2 million416 million274 million–585 million10.3 billion
209341.6 million17.9 million–62 million417 million272 million–590 million10.3 billion
209441.8 million17.5 million–62.6 million417 million269 million–596 million10.2 billion
209542 million17.3 million–63.4 million418 million267 million–601 million10.2 billion
209642.2 million17 million–64.2 million419 million265 million–605 million10.2 billion
209742.5 million16.8 million–64.9 million420 million262 million–610 million10.2 billion
209842.7 million16.6 million–65.7 million420 million260 million–616 million10.2 billion
209942.9 million16.4 million–66.4 million421 million258 million–621 million10.2 billion
210043.1 million16.4 million–67 million421 million256 million–625 million10.2 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
  • 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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