National, State and Territory Population, March 2025

Australia's population reached 27.5 million in the March 2025 quarter. Population growth continues to slow after the strong rebound that followed the pandemic. Growth fell to 1.6 per cent in the year to March 2025, nearing the pre-pandemic decade average. This reflects slowing net overseas migration. Over the year to March 2025, the population increased by 423,000 people. Of this, natural increase (births minus deaths) added 107,000, while net overseas migration added 316,000. Although natural increase reached its highest level since 2022, there are still fewer births and more deaths than pre-pandemic. Net overseas migration has fallen but is still higher than before the pandemic.