Migration trends in Australia
Oceania
8.1M people from around the world have made Australia their home. That's 29.8% of the country population, arriving from 197 different countries
27.2M
Population
8.1M
Immigrants
430.7K
Emigrants
+7.7M
Inflow
Every 3rd person in Australia was born abroad
The #8 largest immigrant destination worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes 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 citizens living abroad