Record low birthrate, slowing migration to stall Australia’s population growth as country nears 28 million

Australia’s population will surpass a historic milestone over the next six months, even as the growth rate slumps to a ...

Population growth, fertility rates and migration. What could Australia look like in 2035?

The Centre for Population, which collates the report, had previously predicted Australia would reach 31.65 million people by ...

Australia’s population one million larger than official figures, group warns

Australia could have one million more people than the official figures show, putting pressure on the nation’s infrastructure ...

New population projections highlight Australia’s growing housing gap

Population growth is forecast to ease to 1.3% in 2025–26 and 1.2% from 2026–27 onwards, below the 1.4% average recorded ...
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Australia has failed to hit its replacement rate for 50 years – what does this mean?

According to the latest statistics, Australia is set to hit its lowest rate of population growth in decades, with birth rates ...
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Why Australia’s population is growing more slowly than expected

Australia’s population is set to hit a significant milestone in 2026, reaching 28 million people. But here’s the twist: the ...

Australia's population forecast to reach 28 million in 2026 despite fall in overseas migrants

Australia's population is forecast to reach 28 million people in 2026 despite an easing of overseas arrivals following the post-COVID-19 migration peak.

Record low birthrate and falling migration to slow Australia’s population growth

Australia’s fertility rate is set to tumble further this year, reaching a record low 1.42 children per woman in 2025-26, a ...

South Australia faces demographic crisis with ageing population and youth brain drain

South Australia is on track to have more deaths than births, as it grapples with an increasingly ageing population.