Australia - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Australia was 15,905,340 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,905,340 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,569,845 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5,569,845
1961 5,725,319
1962 5,871,817
1963 6,022,383
1964 6,177,353
1965 6,336,209
1966 6,500,099
1967 6,809,408
1968 7,134,749
1969 7,475,589
1970 7,834,200
1971 8,209,690
1972 8,315,098
1973 8,421,802
1974 8,530,269
1975 8,640,382
1976 8,752,217
1977 8,842,147
1978 8,933,343
1979 9,025,700
1980 9,119,366
1981 9,214,103
1982 9,336,410
1983 9,460,606
1984 9,586,900
1985 9,714,806
1986 9,844,941
1987 9,990,920
1988 10,139,550
1989 10,290,270
1990 10,443,730
1991 10,599,560
1992 10,713,060
1993 10,827,750
1994 10,944,140
1995 11,062,080
1996 11,181,510
1997 11,205,540
1998 11,230,050
1999 11,255,000
2000 11,280,430
2001 11,306,560
2002 11,451,230
2003 11,598,110
2004 11,747,450
2005 11,898,670
2006 12,052,650
2007 12,294,350
2008 12,541,520
2009 12,793,250
2010 13,050,690
2011 13,313,580
2012 13,568,980
2013 13,828,830
2014 14,094,310
2015 14,365,160
2016 14,641,900
2017 14,924,260
2018 15,212,360
2019 15,446,690
2020 15,678,260
2021 15,905,340

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Australia was 61.24 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 63.46 in 1971, while its lowest value was 54.20 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 54.20
1961 54.62
1962 54.66
1963 55.00
1964 55.32
1965 55.64
1966 55.79
1967 57.71
1968 59.41
1969 60.96
1970 62.64
1971 63.46
1972 63.10
1973 62.94
1974 62.16
1975 62.19
1976 62.37
1977 62.30
1978 62.22
1979 62.19
1980 62.07
1981 61.73
1982 61.51
1983 61.56
1984 61.68
1985 61.65
1986 61.46
1987 61.43
1988 61.33
1989 61.20
1990 61.20
1991 61.33
1992 61.23
1993 61.29
1994 61.29
1995 61.21
1996 61.06
1997 60.51
1998 60.02
1999 59.47
2000 58.90
2001 58.24
2002 58.27
2003 58.30
2004 58.37
2005 58.34
2006 58.23
2007 59.03
2008 59.02
2009 58.98
2010 59.24
2011 59.60
2012 59.69
2013 59.79
2014 60.04
2015 60.32
2016 60.53
2017 60.66
2018 60.89
2019 60.90
2020 61.02
2021 61.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization