# Australia Population (ABS ERP_Q)

Australia Population (ABS ERP_Q) was up 1.4% year on year in Q1 2026, compared with 1.5% in Q4 2025.
The level stood at 27,921,150 persons.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.10% (Q1 2021) to 2.5% (Q3 2023), averaging 1.5%.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.POP.Q.NSA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: persons
- Coverage: 1981-07-01 to 2026-01-01 (179 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/population-abs-erp-q

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q1 2026 | 27,921,150 persons | 1.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 27,790,263 persons | 1.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 27,712,106 persons | 1.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 27,601,739 persons | 1.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 27,528,422 persons | 1.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 27,391,125 persons | 1.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 27,299,005 persons | 1.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 27,194,286 persons | 2.0 |
| Q1 2024 | 27,113,517 persons | 2.3 |
| Q4 2023 | 26,956,660 persons | 2.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 26,831,131 persons | 2.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 26,659,922 persons | 2.5 |
| Q1 2023 | 26,514,302 persons | 2.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 26,320,285 persons | 2.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 26,169,314 persons | 1.8 |
| Q2 2022 | 26,018,721 persons | 1.3 |
| Q1 2022 | 25,912,977 persons | 1.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 25,773,795 persons | 0.6 |
| Q3 2021 | 25,704,774 persons | 0.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 25,685,412 persons | 0.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 25,653,005 persons | 0.10 |
| Q4 2020 | 25,630,698 persons | 0.4 |
| Q3 2020 | 25,633,341 persons | 0.8 |
| Q2 2020 | 25,649,248 persons | 1.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.POP.Q.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.POP.Q.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```