Australia
population: Official projection (31 Dec 2025) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 34 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography31 of 34 metros
Australia metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 34 tracked metros
Show all 34 rows
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
12 entries listed under Australia across 2 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- Auslan, Australian English
- Currency
- Australian dollar ($)
- Government
- Representative democracy
- Legislature
- Parliament of Australia
- Constitution
- 1901, 8 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Australian
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00
- Driving side
- Left
- Calling code
- +61
- Internet TLD
- .au
- ISO 3166
- AU
- Established
- 1901
- Highest point
- Mawson Peak (2,745 m (9,006 ft))
- National anthem
- Advance Australia Fair
Facts via Wikidata.
📰 In the news2 stories
The Athletic · 12 Sept 2026
NFL's Australia debut draws 100,021 fansThe NFL drew 100,021 to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for its first regular-season game in Australia.
UKTN · 23 Aug 2026
"Week in UK Tech: The Great Social Media Realignment"Oscar Hornstein ties the Meta trial to the UK and Australia restricting social media for children, and says the category must change.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
Alliances & Organisations8 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History36 leaders · click to expand
marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.
Anthony Albanese✦ Current
2022–PresentPrime Minister
Scott Morrison
2018–2022Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
2015–2018Prime Minister
Tony Abbott
2013–2015Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
2013–2013Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
2010–2013Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
2007–2010Prime Minister
John Howard
1996–2007Prime Minister
Paul Keating
1991–1996Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
1983–1991Prime Minister
Malcolm Fraser
1975–1983Prime Minister
Gough Whitlam
1972–1975Prime Minister
Show all 36 leaders
William McMahon
1971–1972Prime Minister
John Gorton
1968–1971Prime Minister
John McEwen
1967–1968Prime Minister
Harold Holt
1966–1967Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
1949–1966Prime Minister
Ben Chifley
1945–1949Prime Minister
Frank Forde
1945–1945Prime Minister
John Curtin
1941–1945Prime Minister
Arthur Fadden
1941–1941Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
1939–1941Prime Minister
Joseph Lyons
1932–1939Prime Minister
James Scullin
1929–1932Prime Minister
Stanley Bruce
1923–1929Prime Minister
Billy Hughes
1915–1923Prime Minister
Andrew Fisher
1914–1915Prime Minister
Joseph Cook
1913–1914Prime Minister
Andrew Fisher
1910–1913Prime Minister
Alfred Deakin
1909–1910Prime Minister
Andrew Fisher
1908–1909Prime Minister
Alfred Deakin
1905–1908Prime Minister
George Reid
1904–1905Prime Minister
Chris Watson
1904–1904Prime Minister
Alfred Deakin
1903–1904Prime Minister
Edmund Barton
1901–1903Prime Minister
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Albanese✦ Current | Prime Minister | 2022–Present |
| Scott Morrison | Prime Minister | 2018–2022 |
| Malcolm Turnbull | Prime Minister | 2015–2018 |
| Tony Abbott | Prime Minister | 2013–2015 |
| Kevin Rudd | Prime Minister | 2013–2013 |
| Julia Gillard | Prime Minister | 2010–2013 |
| Kevin Rudd | Prime Minister | 2007–2010 |
| John Howard | Prime Minister | 1996–2007 |
| Paul Keating | Prime Minister | 1991–1996 |
| Bob Hawke | Prime Minister | 1983–1991 |
| Malcolm Fraser | Prime Minister | 1975–1983 |
| Gough Whitlam | Prime Minister | 1972–1975 |
| William McMahon | Prime Minister | 1971–1972 |
| John Gorton | Prime Minister | 1968–1971 |
| John McEwen | Prime Minister | 1967–1968 |
| Harold Holt | Prime Minister | 1966–1967 |
| Robert Menzies | Prime Minister | 1949–1966 |
| Ben Chifley | Prime Minister | 1945–1949 |
| Frank Forde | Prime Minister | 1945–1945 |
| John Curtin | Prime Minister | 1941–1945 |
| Arthur Fadden | Prime Minister | 1941–1941 |
| Robert Menzies | Prime Minister | 1939–1941 |
| Joseph Lyons | Prime Minister | 1932–1939 |
| James Scullin | Prime Minister | 1929–1932 |
| Stanley Bruce | Prime Minister | 1923–1929 |
| Billy Hughes | Prime Minister | 1915–1923 |
| Andrew Fisher | Prime Minister | 1914–1915 |
| Joseph Cook | Prime Minister | 1913–1914 |
| Andrew Fisher | Prime Minister | 1910–1913 |
| Alfred Deakin | Prime Minister | 1909–1910 |
| Andrew Fisher | Prime Minister | 1908–1909 |
| Alfred Deakin | Prime Minister | 1905–1908 |
| George Reid | Prime Minister | 1904–1905 |
| Chris Watson | Prime Minister | 1904–1904 |
| Alfred Deakin | Prime Minister | 1903–1904 |
| Edmund Barton | Prime Minister | 1901–1903 |
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Conflicts since 19457 interstate wars · click to expand
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq War● | 2003–2011 | Ba'athist Iraq,Insurgent groups | — |
| United States invasion of Afghanistan | 2001 | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | 9,550–14,388 |
| Persian Gulf War | 1990–1991 | — | |
| Vietnam War● | 1965–1973 | North Vietnam,FNL,Khmer Rouge,Khmer Issarak,Pathet Lao,China,North Korea,Soviet Union | 1,326,494–3,447,494 |
| Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation | 1963–1966 | Indonesia | 874+ |
| First Sudanese Civil War● | 1955–1972 | SDF mutineers, bandits, and unaffiliated separatist militias,ALF (1965–1970),Anyanya (from 1963),Israel (from 1969),Ethiopia,Uganda (from about 1970),Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Léopoldville,Kenya,France,United KingdomEgypt Anglo-Egyptian Sudan,(1955–1956),Sudan Republic of the Sudan | — |
| Korean War [ 9 ]● | 1950–1953 | North Korea,China,Soviet Union | 2,568,927–4,096,927 |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Australia: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
Show all 16 decades
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires57 · $258.5B combined · click to expand
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| # | Name | Net worth | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Gina Rinehart(inherited) | $25.7B | Metals & Mining |
| 111 | Harry Triguboff | $23.6B | Real Estate |
| 154 | Andrew Forrest & family | $17.8B | Metals & Mining |
| 246 | Mike Cannon-Brookes | $13.0B | Technology |
| 256 | Scott Farquhar | $12.6B | Technology |
| 278 | Anthony Pratt(inherited) | $11.9B | Manufacturing |
| 423 | Vivek Chaand Sehgal | $8.9B | Automotive |
| 432 | Frank Lowy | $8.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 529 | Cliff Obrecht | $7.6B | Technology |
| 529 | Melanie Perkins | $7.6B | Technology |
| 558 | Kerry Stokes | $7.2B | Diversified |
| 770 | Mario Verrocchi | $5.5B | Fashion & Retail |
| 922 | John Gandel(inherited) | $4.6B | Real Estate |
| 973 | Angela Bennett(inherited) | $4.4B | Metals & Mining |
| 1024 | Richard White | $4.2B | Technology |
| 1064 | Clive Palmer | $4.1B | Metals & Mining |
| 1142 | Dennis Bastas | $3.8B | Healthcare |
| 1145 | Cameron Adams | $3.8B | Technology |
| 1157 | James Packer(inherited) | $3.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 1216 | Anthony Hall | $3.6B | Technology |
| 1239 | Sam Hupert | $3.5B | Technology |
| 1263 | Jack Gance | $3.5B | Healthcare |
| 1340 | Gerry Harvey | $3.2B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1358 | Sam Gance | $3.2B | Healthcare |
| 1442 | Lindsay Fox | $2.9B | Logistics |
| 1473 | Brett Blundy | $2.9B | Fashion & Retail |
| 1573 | Michael Hintze | $2.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 1574 | Jack Cowin | $2.7B | Food & Beverage |
| 1617 | Sam Chong | $2.6B | Metals & Mining |
| 1797 | Bob Ell | $2.3B | Real Estate |
| 1868 | Fiona Geminder(inherited) | $2.3B | Manufacturing |
| 1878 | Ed Craven | $2.2B | Gambling & Casinos |
| 1912 | Alexandra Burt(inherited) | $2.2B | Metals & Mining |
| 1983 | Leonie Baldock(inherited) | $2.1B | Metals & Mining |
| 1999 | Robin Khuda(inherited) | $2.1B | Technology |
| 2014 | Solomon Lew | $2.1B | Fashion & Retail |
| 2080 | Michael Heine | $2.0B | Finance & Investments |
| 2119 | John Van Lieshout | $2.0B | Real Estate |
| 2143 | John Hancock(inherited) | $2.0B | Metals & Mining |
| 2154 | Ginia Rinehart(inherited) | $2.0B | Metals & Mining |
| 2172 | Bianca Rinehart(inherited) | $2.0B | Metals & Mining |
| 2172 | Hope Welker(inherited) | $2.0B | Metals & Mining |
| 2203 | Alan Wilson(inherited) | $1.9B | Fashion & Retail |
| 2203 | Bruce Wilson(inherited) | $1.9B | Fashion & Retail |
| 2203 | John Wilson(inherited) | $1.9B | Fashion & Retail |
| 2243 | David Teoh | $1.9B | Telecom |
| 2412 | Gretel Packer(inherited) | $1.7B | Finance & Investments |
| 2709 | Chris Wallin | $1.5B | Metals & Mining |
| 2755 | Heloise Pratt(inherited) | $1.4B | Manufacturing |
| 2936 | Jack Zhang(inherited) | $1.3B | Finance & Investments |
| 2965 | Chris Ellison | $1.3B | Metals & Mining |
| 3005 | Nigel Austin | $1.2B | Fashion & Retail |
| 3111 | Manny Stul | $1.2B | Manufacturing |
| 3136 | Sam Tarascio | $1.2B | Real Estate |
| 3172 | Laurence Escalante | $1.2B | Gambling & Casinos |
| 3173 | Alan Rydge | $1.2B | Media & Entertainment |
| 3290 | Bruce Mathieson | $1.1B | Real Estate |
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Australia on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.
National Teams Champions
Every major championship won by Australia's national teams, newest first. 27 in total.
Show all 27 titles
🏟️ League Hubs
Domestic league portals that operate in Australia: 4 leagues.