Historical Population Estimates
Note that population estimates in the table below do not include the Aboriginal population before 1961. Estimates of Aboriginal population prior to European settlement range from 300,000 to one million, with archaeological finds indicating a sustainable population of around 750,000.
| Historic population (Estimated) | |
|---|---|
| Year | Indigenous population |
| pre 1788 | 750,000 to 1,000,000 |
| Year | Non Indigenous population |
| 1788 | 8590 |
| 1798 | 4,5880 |
| 1808 | 10,2630 |
| 1818 | 25,8590 |
| 1828 | 58,1970 |
| 1838 | 151,8680 |
| 1848 | 332,3280 |
| 1858 | 1,050,8280 |
| 1868 | 1,539,5520 |
| 1878 | 2,092,1640 |
| 1888 | 2,981,6770 |
| 1898 | 3,664,7150 |
| Year | Total population |
| 1901 | 3,788,1230 |
| 1906 | 4,059,0830 |
| 1911 | 4,489,5450 |
| 1916 | 4,943,1730 |
| 1921 | 5,455,1360 |
| 1926 | 6,056,3600 |
| 1931 | 6,526,4850 |
| 1936 | 6,778,3720 |
| 1941 | 7,109,8980 |
| 1946 | 7,465,1570 |
| 1951 | 8,421,7750 |
| 1956 | 9,425,5630 |
| 1961 | 10,548,2670 |
| 1966 | 11,599,4980 |
| 1971 | 13,067,2650 |
| 1976 | 14,033,0830 |
| 1981 | 14,923,2600 |
| 1986 | 16,018,3500 |
| 1991 | 17,284,0360 |
| 1996 | 18,310,7140 |
| 2001 | 19,413,2400 |
| 2006 | 20,848,7600 |
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