MigrantoMigration trends in Australia
Oceania
Australia takes in more people than it loses: 8.1M immigrants against 430.7K emigrants. Net balance +7.7M — 28% of the country's population
27.2M
Population
8.1M
Immigrants
430.7K
Emigrants
+7.7M
Inflow
1 in 3 residents of Australia was born abroad — and 1 in 64 people born in Australia lives abroad
#8 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Australia
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3.8M immigrants · 250.9K emigrants
1995
- Joined the world's 10 biggest immigrant destinations
2010
- Surge of immigrants from India — 177.7K new arrivals
- Migration accounted for 54% of the country's population growth
- The foreign-born population passed 5M residents
Today
- Since 1990: 4.3M more foreign-born residents and 179.8K more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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