Biggest Cities in Australia
This chart displays the growth and decline of Australia's five biggest cities by population from 1950 to 2025.
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| Year X | Brisbane | Perth | Melbourne | Sydney | Adelaide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 2568170 | 2169190 | 5391890 | 5248790 | 1392940 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2536450 | 2143490 | 5315600 | 5184900 | 1379280 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2504500 | 2118000 | 5235410 | 5120890 | 1366780 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2472220 | 2092650 | 5150770 | 5056570 | 1355520 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2439470 | 2067330 | 5061440 | 4991650 | 1345440 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2406180 | 2041960 | 4967730 | 4925990 | 1336400 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2372340 | 2016420 | 4870390 | 4859430 | 1328120 |
| 2018-01-01 | 2338120 | 1990740 | 4770890 | 4792280 | 1320320 |
| 2017-01-01 | 2295610 | 1958040 | 4654420 | 4708150 | 1308040 |
| 2016-01-01 | 2253870 | 1925880 | 4540790 | 4625500 | 1295860 |
| 2015-01-01 | 2212890 | 1894250 | 4429930 | 4544290 | 1283800 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2172710 | 1863170 | 4321930 | 4464620 | 1271870 |
| 2013-01-01 | 2133260 | 1832610 | 4216560 | 4386350 | 1260060 |
| 2012-01-01 | 2094580 | 1802590 | 4113890 | 4309560 | 1248360 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2056490 | 1772980 | 4013460 | 4233900 | 1236740 |
| 2010-01-01 | 2008740 | 1722320 | 3932260 | 4165740 | 1221640 |
| 2009-01-01 | 1962060 | 1673050 | 3852740 | 4098690 | 1206710 |
| 2008-01-01 | 1916530 | 1625250 | 3774950 | 4032810 | 1191980 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1871940 | 1578700 | 3698510 | 3967810 | 1177390 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1828440 | 1533540 | 3623720 | 3903940 | 1163000 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1785700 | 1510770 | 3572500 | 3874820 | 1154860 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1744010 | 1488440 | 3522140 | 3846060 | 1146810 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1703190 | 1466370 | 3472340 | 3817430 | 1138780 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1663380 | 1444660 | 3423320 | 3789050 | 1130830 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1624490 | 1423270 | 3374990 | 3760880 | 1122930 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1611410 | 1406940 | 3360800 | 3779700 | 1121570 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1598470 | 1390750 | 3346730 | 3798810 | 1120240 |
| 1998-01-01 | 1585650 | 1374780 | 3332740 | 3817980 | 1118900 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1572930 | 1358990 | 3318810 | 3837250 | 1117570 |
| 1996-01-01 | 1560330 | 1343400 | 3304950 | 3856590 | 1116240 |
| 1995-01-01 | 1529440 | 1319100 | 3282620 | 3819260 | 1111660 |
| 1994-01-01 | 1499160 | 1295240 | 3260450 | 3782190 | 1107100 |
| 1993-01-01 | 1469470 | 1271820 | 3238420 | 3745470 | 1102560 |
| 1992-01-01 | 1440410 | 1248850 | 3216580 | 3709160 | 1098050 |
| 1991-01-01 | 1411850 | 1226240 | 3194830 | 3673110 | 1093540 |
| 1990-01-01 | 1381220 | 1194660 | 3154310 | 3631940 | 1081580 |
| 1989-01-01 | 1351250 | 1163860 | 3114210 | 3591200 | 1069740 |
| 1988-01-01 | 1321970 | 1133880 | 3074680 | 3550970 | 1058050 |
| 1987-01-01 | 1293250 | 1104600 | 3035530 | 3511090 | 1046450 |
| 1986-01-01 | 1265190 | 1076110 | 2996940 | 3471700 | 1034990 |
| 1985-01-01 | 1242280 | 1047760 | 2968590 | 3432440 | 1023740 |
| 1984-01-01 | 1219830 | 1020190 | 2940600 | 3393660 | 1012620 |
| 1983-01-01 | 1197720 | 993272 | 2912800 | 3355220 | 1001590 |
| 1982-01-01 | 1176050 | 967100 | 2885300 | 3317270 | 990698 |
| 1981-01-01 | 1154760 | 941617 | 2858060 | 3279740 | 979924 |
| 1980-01-01 | 1134780 | 921623 | 2839020 | 3252110 | 971834 |
| 1979-01-01 | 1115090 | 902025 | 2820100 | 3224690 | 963796 |
| 1978-01-01 | 1095770 | 882871 | 2801330 | 3197530 | 955835 |
| 1977-01-01 | 1076780 | 864124 | 2782690 | 3170610 | 947940 |
| 1976-01-01 | 1058150 | 845799 | 2764200 | 3143940 | 940121 |
| 1975-01-01 | 1037290 | 824529 | 2732060 | 3117910 | 928600 |
| 1974-01-01 | 1016860 | 803804 | 2700260 | 3092120 | 917225 |
| 1973-01-01 | 996831 | 783601 | 2668830 | 3066550 | 905990 |
| 1972-01-01 | 977225 | 763932 | 2637810 | 3041220 | 894907 |
| 1971-01-01 | 957952 | 744704 | 2607070 | 3016040 | 883930 |
| 1970-01-01 | 904663 | 687856 | 2499110 | 2892480 | 850095 |
| 1969-01-01 | 854251 | 635159 | 2395220 | 2773470 | 817496 |
| 1968-01-01 | 806712 | 586564 | 2295780 | 2659510 | 786189 |
| 1967-01-01 | 761698 | 541568 | 2200210 | 2549930 | 755999 |
| 1966-01-01 | 719253 | 500078 | 2108740 | 2445020 | 727008 |
| 1965-01-01 | 698523 | 482918 | 2067740 | 2390220 | 696809 |
| 1964-01-01 | 678470 | 466426 | 2027700 | 2336860 | 667890 |
| 1963-01-01 | 658940 | 450454 | 1988340 | 2284540 | 640110 |
| 1962-01-01 | 639997 | 435050 | 1949800 | 2233460 | 613515 |
| 1961-01-01 | 621600 | 420173 | 1912000 | 2183520 | 588025 |
| 1960-01-01 | 602999 | 409131 | 1851220 | 2134670 | 571822 |
| 1959-01-01 | 584904 | 398360 | 1792150 | 2086780 | 556045 |
| 1958-01-01 | 567376 | 387886 | 1735040 | 2040040 | 540723 |
| 1957-01-01 | 550374 | 377687 | 1679760 | 1994330 | 525824 |
| 1956-01-01 | 533903 | 367770 | 1626310 | 1949720 | 511355 |
| 1955-01-01 | 517881 | 358088 | 1574410 | 1905980 | 497246 |
| 1954-01-01 | 502362 | 348672 | 1524250 | 1863280 | 483545 |
| 1953-01-01 | 486447 | 338999 | 1473330 | 1819820 | 469543 |
| 1952-01-01 | 471054 | 329605 | 1424180 | 1777420 | 455963 |
| 1951-01-01 | 456108 | 320447 | 1376530 | 1735900 | 442740 |
| 1950-01-01 | 441718 | 310759 | 1331970 | 1689940 | 429277 |
1 Comments
Noivern
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Level 65
Feb 8, 2025
never knew perth had this low of a population in the 50s, but is interesting