In addition to six states, Australia has ten territories. ![]() Home to approximately 516,600 people, its largest city is Hobart, which has a population of over 220,000. Tasmania is Australias smallest state, although still more populous than any of its territories. Its largest city is its capital, Adelaide, which is home to all but 400,000 of South Australia's residents. South Australia, which is located in the center of Australia's south coast, is home to approximately 1,698,600 people. Its capital city, Perth, is home to 2 million of WA's 2.5 million residents. Western Australia is home to an estimated 2,591,600 people. Its estimated population in 2016 was 4,779,400. Queensland is Australia's third largest state. Its largest city is Melbourne, Australia’s second city, where three quarters of all Victorians live. Its estimated population 2016 was 5,938,100. Victoria, named after the English Queen, is Australia’s second largest state. New South Wales is Australia’s largest state, home to an estimated 7,618,200 people in 2016. There are six Australian states, ranging in population from 0.5 million to 7.6 million in population. Hobart, the only state or national capital not listed, has an estimated 220,593 residents, making it Australia's eleventh most populous city. Its growth rate of 5.9% from 2006-2011 makes it the slowest growing city among Australia's 5 largest cities.Īs well as the five cities listed above, Canberra, the capital of Australia, is the country's eighth largest city, home to an estimated 424,666 people. Growth has continued through 2016, with a population estimated to be 2,039,193.Īdelaide, capital of South Australia, is home to 1,316,779 people. It's population went up from 1,512,105 in 2006 to 1,728,867 in 2011, a growth rate of 14.3% in just five years. Perth, capital of Western Australia, is the fastest growing state capital in Australia. Estimates in 2016 put the population around 2,308,720, or 9.71% of the nation's overall population. In the five years since the 2006 census, its population grew by an impressive 11.5%. According to 2016 estimates, the population is 4,529,496, which is 19.05% of Australia's population.īrisbane, capital of Queensland, had a population of 2,065,996 on the day of the 2011 census. ![]() It is growing even more quickly than Sydney and is forecast to become Australia's largest city within 25 years. Situated on the south coast, it was home to 3,999,982 people at the time of the 2011 census. Melbourne, Australia's second city and a great rival of Sydney, is the capital of Victoria. 2016 estimates placed the population at 4,920,970, which accounts for 20% of the nation's total population. The 2011 census revealed its population to be 4,391,674, an increase of 6.6% over the 2006 numbers. It is also the capital and largest city of New South Wales. Sydney is Australia's largest and most cosmopolitan city. Sydney is the home of the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics. Read on for more details on the major metropolitan areas of this country. There are five Australian cities with a population of more than a million people. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also provides the Australian Population Clock, which uses population indicators to estimate the current population count. The most recent Australian census was held in 2016 and confirmed that the population of Australia was 23,401,892. Most of Australia's population is concentrated on or around the more hospitable coastal areas, as you can see in the density map further down the page. In the Northern Territory, every square kilometer holds just 0.2 people. Some parts of Australia are even less densely populated. ![]() Mongolia, Western Sahara and Suriname have fewer people per square kilometer than Australia. This makes it one of the least densely populated countries in the world. As the 6th largest nation in the world, Australia has a very low population density of just 3 people per square kilometer, or 7 per square mile. It is also the most populous country in Oceania, three times more populous than its neighbor Papua New Guinea (8.2 million) and 5 times more populous than New Zealand (4.5 million).
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