Australia's population grew by 1.6 per cent in cent in the 12 months to March 2025, according to the latest figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

Beidar Cho, ABS head of demography, said: 'Our population at 31 March 2025 was 27.5 million people, that's 423,400 more than the same time in 2024. 

‘Natural increase, that is the number of people born minus those who died, added 107,400 people from March 2024 to March 2025. Both births and deaths registered in Australia went up by 2.1 per cent.

‘We saw 315,900 people added to our population from overseas migration from March 2024 to March 2025. This compares with 493,800 people in the previous 12 months.

'Western Australia had the fastest rise in population of 2.3 per cent with Victoria and Queensland equal second highest, as both grew by 1.8 per cent,' Ms Cho said.

Tasmania saw the slowest growth over the 12-month period, with a 0.2 per cent rise in population.