🇦🇺 Population Density of Australia

The current population density of Australia is 3.4416 people per square kilometer. A 1.0% increase from 2022, when the population density only was 3.4075 people/km². In the future, Australia's population density is projected to increase to 4.9581 people/km², by the year 2100. A total increase of the population density of Australia by 44.06% from today's standard.

Historic Population Density of Australia (1950-2023)

Australia has seen an increase of population density since the 1950's. From 1.0644 people/km² to 3.4416 people/km², an increase of 223.34% in total.

Year	Population Density (people/km²)	Population
1950	1.0644	8,177,167
1951	1.096	8,419,830
1952	1.1237	8,632,792
1953	1.148	8,819,164
1954	1.172	9,003,370
1955	1.1988	9,209,844
1956	1.2275	9,429,810
1957	1.2554	9,644,190
1958	1.2826	9,853,146
1959	1.3102	10,065,683
1960	1.339	10,286,646
1961	1.3676	10,505,938
1962	1.3944	10,711,940
1963	1.4211	10,917,375
1964	1.449	11,131,609
1965	1.4787	11,359,442
1966	1.509	11,592,676
1967	1.5372	11,809,110
1968	1.5656	12,027,262
1969	1.597	12,268,348
1970	1.6395	12,595,034
1971	1.6914	12,993,834
1972	1.7313	13,300,308
1973	1.759	13,513,318
1974	1.7851	13,713,388
1975	1.8076	13,886,854
1976	1.8273	14,038,072
1977	1.8475	14,193,365
1978	1.8687	14,355,814
1979	1.8901	14,520,527
1980	1.9143	14,706,322
1981	1.9434	14,930,052
1982	1.9745	15,168,445
1983	2.0024	15,383,076
1984	2.028	15,579,476
1985	2.0548	15,785,682
1986	2.0843	16,012,299
1987	2.1165	16,259,249
1988	2.1512	16,525,902
1989	2.1864	16,796,588
1990	2.2191	17,048,003
1991	2.2482	17,271,086
1992	2.2731	17,462,504
1993	2.2951	17,631,511
1994	2.3177	17,805,504
1995	2.3434	18,002,999
1996	2.3706	18,211,845
1997	2.3965	18,410,250
1998	2.4214	18,601,667
1999	2.4473	18,800,892
2000	2.4756	19,017,963
2001	2.5055	19,248,143
2002	2.5352	19,475,844
2003	2.5642	19,698,999
2004	2.5936	19,925,056
2005	2.6257	20,171,731
2006	2.6642	20,467,030
2007	2.7115	20,830,828
2008	2.7658	21,247,873
2009	2.8196	21,660,892
2010	2.8662	22,019,168
2011	2.9102	22,357,034
2012	2.9587	22,729,269
2013	3.0084	23,111,782
2014	3.055	23,469,579
2015	3.1007	23,820,236
2016	3.1495	24,195,701
2017	3.2009	24,590,334
2018	3.2515	24,979,230
2019	3.3007	25,357,170
2020	3.3415	25,670,051
2021	3.3741	25,921,089
2022	3.4075	26,177,413
2023	3.4416	26,439,111

Future Population Density of Australia (2023-2100)

Australia's positive trend in population density is set to increase even further in the future. Where the population density will grow from 3.4416 people/km² to 4.9581 people/km². An additional increase increase of 44.06% from 2023 to 2100.

Year	Population Density (people/km²)	Population
2023	3.4416	26,439,111
2024	3.4755	26,699,482
2025	3.5091	26,958,054
2026	3.5424	27,214,034
2027	3.5754	27,467,171
2028	3.6079	27,717,005
2029	3.6398	27,962,250
2030	3.6711	28,202,414
2031	3.7017	28,437,615
2032	3.7316	28,667,426
2033	3.7609	28,892,146
2034	3.7896	29,112,898
2035	3.8178	29,329,425
2036	3.8454	29,541,523
2037	3.8726	29,750,263
2038	3.8993	29,955,530
2039	3.9255	30,157,199
2040	3.9514	30,355,784
2041	3.9768	30,551,298
2042	4.002	30,744,528
2043	4.0269	30,935,796
2044	4.0515	31,124,643
2045	4.0757	31,310,778
2046	4.0995	31,493,926
2047	4.123	31,673,994
2048	4.146	31,850,587
2049	4.1685	32,023,534
2050	4.1905	32,192,919
2051	4.2121	32,358,848
2052	4.2334	32,522,010
2053	4.2544	32,683,280
2054	4.2751	32,842,392
2055	4.2954	32,998,544
2056	4.3154	33,151,923
2057	4.3352	33,303,996
2058	4.3547	33,454,262
2059	4.3739	33,601,953
2060	4.3929	33,747,588
2061	4.4117	33,891,728
2062	4.4302	34,034,206
2063	4.4485	34,174,680
2064	4.4666	34,313,450
2065	4.4844	34,450,720
2066	4.5021	34,586,466
2067	4.5195	34,719,971
2068	4.5367	34,852,217
2069	4.5538	34,983,729
2070	4.5706	35,113,058
2071	4.5871	35,239,192
2072	4.6031	35,362,318
2073	4.6188	35,483,223
2074	4.6343	35,602,050
2075	4.6494	35,718,440
2076	4.6642	35,831,823
2077	4.6785	35,941,629
2078	4.6924	36,048,134
2079	4.7058	36,151,694
2080	4.719	36,252,872
2081	4.7318	36,351,404
2082	4.7442	36,446,618
2083	4.7562	36,538,880
2084	4.768	36,629,440
2085	4.7798	36,719,831
2086	4.7914	36,808,950
2087	4.8028	36,896,433
2088	4.8141	36,983,114
2089	4.8253	37,069,212
2090	4.8366	37,156,043
2091	4.848	37,244,134
2092	4.8597	37,333,372
2093	4.8715	37,424,355
2094	4.8835	37,516,818
2095	4.8957	37,609,981
2096	4.908	37,704,900
2097	4.9205	37,800,882
2098	4.9329	37,896,276
2099	4.9454	37,992,429
2100	4.9581	38,089,401

Common Questions in Regards to Population Density

What is Population Density?

Population density is a measurement of population per unit of land area. The metric is mostly used in regards to human populations, while sometimes utilized for animal life forms and other organisms. On this page we make use of the population per square kilometer (people/km²) to illustrate the population density of Australia.

What useful information can be derived from Population Density?

The population density is a useful metric for understanding and visualize how populated a country, region or territory is, in general. It's also important to understand that most countries are highly populated in specific regions. While the population density only take people per square kilometers, spaced out evenly throughout the total area, into account.

How is Population Density calculated?

Population density indicates the number of people per unit of land area. In this case, the population density is calculated in square kilometers (km²) of Australia's area.

Population Density Formula

Population Density = population / land area in km²

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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