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Australia vs Venezuela: Population

Australia
26.45 million people
in 2023
Venezuela
28.30 million people
in 2023
Australia rank
54th
Venezuela rank
53rd

Population over time

  • Australia
  • Venezuela
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How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 28.30 million people against 26.45 million people in Australia, a difference of 1.85 million people.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 54th and Venezuela ranks 53rd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 12 and Venezuela in 28.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Venezuela Difference Ahead
1000s 314,851 people 300,000 people 14,851 people Australia
1100s 315,026 people 320,000 people 4,974 people Venezuela
1200s 315,290 people 340,000 people 24,710 people Venezuela
1300s 315,685 people 360,000 people 44,315 people Venezuela
1400s 316,277 people 380,000 people 63,723 people Venezuela
1500s 317,166 people 400,000 people 82,834 people Venezuela
1600s 318,500 people 400,000 people 81,500 people Venezuela
1700s 314,500 people 500,313 people 185,813 people Venezuela
1710s 314,500 people 506,646 people 192,146 people Venezuela
1720s 314,500 people 513,059 people 198,559 people Venezuela
1730s 314,500 people 519,554 people 205,054 people Venezuela
1740s 314,500 people 526,130 people 211,630 people Venezuela
1750s 314,500 people 532,790 people 218,290 people Venezuela
1760s 314,500 people 539,535 people 225,035 people Venezuela
1770s 314,667 people 546,364 people 231,697 people Venezuela
1780s 315,087 people 553,280 people 238,193 people Venezuela
1790s 316,556 people 560,284 people 243,728 people Venezuela
1800s 225,070 people 907,299 people 682,228 people Venezuela
1810s 290,865 people 764,715 people 473,850 people Venezuela
1820s 331,661 people 793,489 people 461,827 people Venezuela
1830s 369,690 people 1.03 million people 659,196 people Venezuela
1840s 499,291 people 1.26 million people 764,178 people Venezuela
1850s 888,154 people 1.40 million people 513,010 people Venezuela
1860s 1.51 million people 1.59 million people 77,014 people Venezuela
1870s 1.95 million people 1.84 million people 106,113 people Australia
1880s 2.56 million people 2.16 million people 401,361 people Australia
1890s 3.35 million people 2.50 million people 846,524 people Australia
1900s 3.97 million people 2.84 million people 1.13 million people Australia
1910s 4.73 million people 3.13 million people 1.61 million people Australia
1920s 5.75 million people 3.40 million people 2.35 million people Australia
1930s 6.62 million people 3.82 million people 2.80 million people Australia
1940s 7.47 million people 4.69 million people 2.78 million people Australia
1950s 9.12 million people 6.65 million people 2.48 million people Australia
1960s 11.26 million people 9.56 million people 1.70 million people Australia
1970s 13.72 million people 13.06 million people 657,770 people Australia
1980s 15.76 million people 17.26 million people 1.50 million people Venezuela
1990s 18.02 million people 21.95 million people 3.94 million people Venezuela
2000s 20.30 million people 26.53 million people 6.24 million people Venezuela
2010s 23.79 million people 29.84 million people 6.05 million people Venezuela
2020s 26.09 million people 28.30 million people 2.21 million people Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Australia or Venezuela?
Venezuela, at 28.30 million people against 26.45 million people in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Australia and Venezuela?
1.85 million people, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Venezuela?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Australia and Venezuela rank globally for population?
Australia ranks 54th and Venezuela ranks 53rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

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

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