Australia's Latest Population Figures

These are the latest population figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The percentage increase since the last census is shown in brackets.

• Australia: 19,727,476 (1.3)

• NSW: 6,657,351 (1.0)

• Victoria: 4,888,234 (1.4)

• Queensland: 3,729,028 (2.3)

• Western Australia: 1,934,494 (1.4)

• South Australia: 1,522,456 (0.6)

• Tasmania: 473,365 (0.4)

• ACT: 322,234 (0.8)

• Northern Territory: 197,724 (-0.1)

• Other Territories: 2,590 (0.2)