Australia vs Niger: Population

Australia

26.45 million people

in 2023

Niger

26.16 million people

in 2023

Australia rank

54th

Niger rank

56th

Population over time

Australia currently reports 26.45 million people against 26.16 million people in Niger, a difference of 291,200 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Niger ahead.

Australia ranks 54th and Niger ranks 56th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.