MigrantoMigration 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 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
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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