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Projected population, by age, Queensland, 2006 to 2056

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Projected population, by age (medium series), Queensland, 2006 to 2056

Age groups Medium series (a)
2006 (b) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041 2046 2051 2056
— persons —
0 55,156 64,009 67,127 72,093 75,868 79,730 84,393 89,654 94,753 99,440 103,990
1 53,965 64,477 66,886 72,114 76,047 79,822 84,322 89,530 94,720 99,488 104,055
2 52,939 64,897 66,635 72,082 76,231 79,949 84,295 89,417 94,677 99,539 104,136
3 52,527 64,204 67,219 71,985 76,400 80,106 84,303 89,310 94,617 99,581 104,224
4 53,838 60,836 67,763 71,810 76,528 80,276 84,336 89,209 94,541 99,600 104,301
0–4 268,425 318,423 335,630 360,084 381,074 399,883 421,649 447,120 473,308 497,648 520,706
5 55,165 60,308 68,276 71,587 76,601 80,449 84,395 89,121 94,437 99,601 104,366
6 54,749 59,221 68,709 71,321 76,600 80,612 84,470 89,042 94,309 99,561 104,413
7 54,792 57,958 69,067 71,024 76,517 80,750 84,559 88,978 94,165 99,488 104,431
8 55,437 57,487 68,276 71,523 76,351 80,847 84,649 88,926 94,004 99,376 104,415
9 55,895 58,686 65,045 71,966 76,095 80,890 84,739 88,883 93,831 99,223 104,359
5–9 276,038 293,660 339,373 357,421 382,164 403,548 422,812 444,950 470,746 497,249 521,984
10 56,636 59,867 64,408 72,382 75,780 80,868 84,819 88,850 93,651 99,031 104,266
11 58,039 59,452 63,165 72,691 75,410 80,760 84,873 88,824 93,471 98,806 104,126
12 58,139 59,384 61,879 72,934 75,000 80,568 84,898 88,798 93,296 98,550 103,939
13 58,467 60,009 61,314 72,000 75,369 80,281 84,875 88,764 93,124 98,269 103,707
14 58,938 60,296 62,275 68,821 75,683 79,906 84,791 88,731 92,958 97,976 103,427
10–14 290,219 299,008 313,041 358,828 377,242 402,383 424,256 443,967 466,500 492,632 519,465
15 58,609 60,913 63,348 68,089 75,998 79,505 84,677 88,719 92,838 97,708 103,148
16 57,954 62,423 63,074 66,889 76,355 79,198 84,630 88,836 92,875 97,595 102,990
17 55,758 62,807 63,387 66,059 76,933 79,161 84,808 89,233 93,234 97,815 103,126
18 55,246 63,835 64,733 66,378 76,798 80,352 85,379 90,084 94,098 98,556 103,779
19 55,955 64,940 65,762 67,950 74,579 81,359 85,741 90,741 94,823 99,165 104,263
15–19 283,522 314,918 320,304 335,365 380,663 399,575 425,235 447,613 467,868 490,839 517,306
20 58,184 65,337 67,029 69,687 74,618 82,353 86,085 91,360 95,560 99,813 104,772
21 59,172 65,600 69,007 70,182 74,057 83,238 86,388 91,895 96,264 100,458 105,272
22 59,204 64,804 69,631 70,815 73,742 84,012 86,643 92,325 96,902 101,068 105,745
23 60,287 64,975 70,466 71,847 74,009 83,680 87,548 92,659 97,466 101,643 106,198
24 58,231 65,691 71,403 72,774 75,266 81,839 88,359 92,895 97,955 102,187 106,635
20–24 295,078 326,407 347,536 355,305 371,692 415,122 435,023 461,134 484,147 505,169 528,622
25 57,094 67,455 71,880 73,787 76,681 81,762 89,110 93,085 98,368 102,704 107,070
26 55,141 68,428 72,245 75,411 77,113 81,130 89,767 93,236 98,717 103,198 107,507
27 53,804 68,041 71,587 75,875 77,579 80,827 90,352 93,369 99,004 103,662 107,949
28 53,811 68,421 71,615 76,563 78,344 80,987 89,988 94,088 99,235 104,097 108,396
29 54,224 66,187 72,086 77,367 79,124 81,932 88,434 94,756 99,403 104,492 108,844
25–29 274,074 338,532 359,413 379,003 388,841 406,638 447,651 468,534 494,727 518,153 539,766
30 54,928 65,126 73,466 77,889 79,959 83,099 88,300 95,388 99,542 104,841 109,287
31 56,306 63,283 74,270 78,319 81,366 83,482 87,653 95,948 99,651 105,135 109,715
32 58,442 61,608 73,847 77,762 81,736 83,839 87,345 96,440 99,737 105,370 110,115
33 60,574 61,297 74,018 77,699 82,322 84,424 87,415 96,052 100,340 105,550 110,486
34 62,919 61,464 71,925 77,991 83,014 85,072 88,132 94,637 100,892 105,653 110,810
30–34 293,169 312,778 367,526 389,660 408,397 419,916 438,845 478,465 500,162 526,549 550,413
35 63,942 61,935 70,768 79,111 83,500 85,742 89,095 94,415 101,402 105,715 111,077
36 60,775 62,991 68,893 79,751 83,904 86,952 89,373 93,679 101,841 105,731 111,279
37 59,655 64,790 67,209 79,224 83,328 87,190 89,589 93,288 102,211 105,712 111,411
38 57,869 66,835 66,674 79,190 83,131 87,635 89,983 93,219 101,722 106,169 111,469
39 57,684 68,918 66,614 77,080 83,232 88,171 90,472 93,711 100,286 106,563 111,451
35–39 299,925 325,469 340,158 394,356 417,095 435,690 448,512 468,312 507,462 529,890 556,687
40 57,727 69,839 66,854 75,773 84,109 88,554 90,950 94,472 99,920 106,917 111,373
41 58,954 66,392 67,662 73,778 84,563 88,849 91,957 94,599 99,034 107,183 111,237
42 61,093 64,983 69,183 71,992 83,878 88,165 92,012 94,626 98,493 107,372 111,050
43 61,924 62,762 70,967 71,224 83,612 87,778 92,269 94,805 98,236 106,714 111,302
44 62,378 62,428 72,885 70,919 81,385 87,660 92,603 95,083 98,484 105,149 111,491
40–44 302,076 326,404 347,551 363,686 417,547 441,006 459,791 473,585 494,167 533,335 556,453
45 61,503 62,151 73,574 70,906 79,868 88,269 92,799 95,325 98,991 104,568 111,613
46 59,798 63,022 69,956 71,446 77,675 88,474 92,902 96,078 98,897 103,452 111,634
47 58,409 64,880 68,361 72,659 75,701 87,549 92,011 95,874 98,666 102,668 111,561
48 57,183 65,317 65,916 74,135 74,644 86,993 91,362 95,861 98,549 102,134 110,625
49 56,109 65,324 65,290 75,801 74,049 84,547 90,944 95,905 98,538 102,068 108,816
45–49 293,002 320,694 343,097 364,947 381,937 435,832 460,018 479,043 493,641 514,890 554,249
50 55,530 64,149 64,801 76,199 73,744 82,759 91,226 95,837 98,480 102,260 107,936
51 54,338 62,166 65,383 72,375 73,988 80,328 91,147 95,693 98,927 101,887 106,537
52 53,067 60,522 66,989 70,589 74,913 78,165 89,975 94,580 98,468 101,399 105,508
53 53,179 58,935 67,228 67,978 76,137 76,877 89,177 93,711 98,224 101,040 104,750
54 51,935 57,778 67,022 67,141 77,621 76,091 86,607 93,097 98,077 100,835 104,471
50–54 268,049 303,550 331,423 354,282 376,403 394,220 448,132 472,918 492,176 507,421 529,202
55 51,254 56,967 65,732 66,543 77,854 75,613 84,670 93,190 97,872 100,608 104,491
56 51,152 55,492 63,639 66,953 73,949 75,695 82,134 92,962 97,610 100,904 103,989
57 49,872 54,146 61,869 68,399 72,068 76,440 79,877 91,666 96,392 100,305 103,364
58 49,930 54,058 60,158 68,492 69,335 77,461 78,432 90,697 95,379 99,915 102,847
59 51,883 52,606 58,837 68,076 68,312 78,772 77,469 88,008 94,591 99,600 102,476
55–59 254,091 273,269 310,235 338,463 361,518 383,981 402,582 456,523 481,844 501,332 517,167
60 43,800 51,845 57,843 66,630 67,572 78,806 76,796 85,896 94,471 99,232 102,069
61 42,961 51,384 56,150 64,371 67,756 74,764 76,665 83,197 94,037 98,795 102,158
62 40,166 49,922 54,605 62,417 68,967 72,720 77,165 80,785 92,546 97,404 101,363
63 36,132 49,728 54,280 60,526 68,843 69,837 77,940 79,138 91,359 96,194 100,773
64 35,785 51,462 52,605 59,004 68,187 68,593 79,025 77,966 88,512 95,191 100,257
60–64 198,844 254,341 275,483 312,948 341,325 364,720 387,591 406,982 460,925 486,816 506,620
65 33,103 43,327 51,639 57,808 66,559 67,677 78,824 77,089 86,218 94,844 99,704
66 32,033 42,206 50,944 55,910 64,128 67,618 74,653 76,730 83,360 94,198 99,088
67 30,420 39,306 49,274 54,169 61,998 68,567 72,443 76,981 80,793 92,516 97,523
68 28,359 35,298 48,866 53,593 59,920 68,205 69,398 77,489 78,945 91,108 96,113
69 27,412 34,656 50,240 51,697 58,178 67,284 67,923 78,302 77,555 88,097 94,897
65–69 151,327 194,793 250,963 273,177 310,783 339,351 363,241 386,591 406,871 460,763 487,325
70 25,875 31,956 42,199 50,481 56,748 65,432 66,782 77,824 76,435 85,598 94,298
71 24,032 30,653 40,800 49,503 54,605 62,777 66,415 73,483 75,798 82,544 93,393
72 22,643 28,863 37,810 47,556 52,609 60,402 66,995 71,034 75,719 79,770 91,458
73 22,122 26,704 33,759 46,827 51,684 58,062 66,288 67,764 75,863 77,652 89,764
74 21,533 25,618 32,826 47,693 49,482 56,011 64,985 65,964 76,275 75,963 86,506
70–74 116,205 143,794 187,394 242,060 265,128 302,684 331,465 356,069 380,090 401,527 455,419
75 21,715 23,893 30,012 39,811 47,926 54,230 62,798 64,483 75,390 74,496 83,717
76 20,746 21,935 28,475 38,059 46,551 51,749 59,824 63,671 70,797 73,459 80,369
77 19,710 20,410 26,511 34,939 44,249 49,396 57,086 63,710 67,996 72,907 77,281
78 18,898 19,629 24,228 30,869 43,069 48,002 54,380 62,502 64,395 72,508 74,770
79 17,506 18,796 22,900 29,581 43,262 45,423 51,906 60,671 62,131 72,317 72,622
75–79 98,575 104,663 132,126 173,259 225,057 248,800 285,994 315,037 340,709 365,687 388,759
80 16,846 18,661 21,024 26,679 35,694 43,428 49,658 58,001 60,143 70,820 70,630
81 15,700 17,491 19,005 24,900 33,573 41,561 46,761 54,588 58,698 65,846 68,975
82 13,898 16,261 17,346 22,784 30,336 38,849 43,964 51,371 57,936 62,501 67,673
83 12,841 15,093 16,311 20,412 26,321 37,106 41,952 48,158 55,978 58,382 66,409
84 11,872 13,674 15,211 18,855 24,656 36,446 38,907 45,104 53,374 55,403 65,224
80–84 71,157 81,180 88,897 113,630 150,580 197,390 221,242 257,222 286,129 312,952 338,911
85 10,667 12,774 14,680 16,876 21,716 29,430 36,361 42,232 50,013 52,634 62,740
86 9,239 11,533 13,356 14,854 19,722 26,937 33,912 38,823 46,016 50,263 57,192
87 7,215 9,839 12,009 13,138 17,513 23,661 30,801 35,527 42,216 48,393 53,070
88 6,130 8,686 10,752 11,923 15,187 19,909 28,493 32,874 38,470 45,503 48,327
89 5,276 7,660 9,365 10,687 13,518 17,969 26,989 29,476 34,887 42,065 44,554
85–89 38,527 50,492 60,162 67,478 87,656 117,906 156,556 178,932 211,602 238,858 265,883
90 4,324 6,582 8,366 9,875 11,621 15,233 21,023 26,541 31,515 38,104 40,980
91 3,691 5,472 7,210 8,582 9,808 13,250 18,428 23,750 27,855 33,760 37,733
92 2,988 4,019 5,857 7,342 8,269 11,234 15,476 20,604 24,402 29,704 34,885
93 2,173 3,173 4,903 6,229 7,118 9,258 12,403 18,129 21,505 25,861 31,376
94 1,665 2,597 4,071 5,123 6,024 7,796 10,586 16,249 18,298 22,290 27,621
90–94 14,841 21,843 30,407 37,151 42,840 56,771 77,916 105,273 123,575 149,719 172,595
95 1,207 2,006 3,290 4,297 5,225 6,323 8,478 11,980 15,574 19,061 23,732
96 873 1,577 2,570 3,474 4,262 5,024 6,931 9,865 13,112 15,891 19,874
97 589 1,172 1,797 2,652 3,410 3,972 5,508 7,772 10,660 13,071 16,449
98 403 858 1,345 2,076 2,699 3,191 4,246 5,827 8,743 10,762 13,412
99 266 623 1,041 1,608 2,073 2,513 3,328 4,629 7,266 8,524 10,780
95–99 3,338 6,236 10,043 14,107 17,669 21,023 28,491 40,073 55,355 67,309 84,247
100+ 426 1,021 2,089 3,401 4,912 6,442 8,079 11,214 16,364 23,592 30,813
Total 4,090,908 4,611,491 5,092,858 5,588,617 6,090,548 6,592,857 7,095,063 7,599,589 8,108,400 8,622,332 9,142,610
(a) As at 30 June
(b) Estimated resident population (ERP)
Source: (ERP) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories, Jun 2009, Cat. no. 3201.0; (projections) Queensland Government Population Projections to 2056: Queensland and Statistical Divisions, 2011 edition.

Projected population, by age (low series), Queensland, 2006 to 2056

Age groups Low series (a)
2006 (b) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041 2046 2051 2056
— persons —
0 55,156 60,970 57,864 60,476 62,290 64,243 66,401 68,428 70,043 71,611 73,476
1 53,965 62,833 57,898 60,723 62,627 64,535 66,680 68,783 70,487 72,042 73,864
2 52,939 64,574 57,928 60,935 62,979 64,850 66,973 69,130 70,934 72,497 74,274
3 52,527 63,896 60,038 61,104 63,331 65,181 67,272 69,464 71,373 72,966 74,698
4 53,838 60,541 62,067 61,212 63,665 65,521 67,576 69,783 71,794 73,436 75,131
0–4 268,425 312,814 295,795 304,450 314,892 324,330 334,902 345,588 354,631 362,552 371,443
5 55,165 60,029 64,046 61,282 63,965 65,866 67,880 70,085 72,187 73,899 75,568
6 54,749 58,950 65,874 61,318 64,214 66,208 68,180 70,373 72,547 74,346 76,006
7 54,792 57,702 67,563 61,325 64,403 66,539 68,478 70,646 72,873 74,770 76,438
8 55,437 57,242 66,835 63,338 64,528 66,848 68,769 70,907 73,164 75,163 76,858
9 55,895 58,444 63,687 65,265 64,579 67,123 69,054 71,153 73,424 75,519 77,263
5–9 276,038 292,367 328,005 312,528 321,689 332,584 342,361 353,164 364,195 373,697 382,133
10 56,636 59,637 63,105 67,134 64,579 67,349 69,329 71,387 73,654 75,834 77,644
11 58,039 59,226 61,919 68,848 64,537 67,516 69,589 71,607 73,856 76,105 77,998
12 58,139 59,168 60,684 70,419 64,455 67,613 69,827 71,814 74,036 76,334 78,319
13 58,467 59,798 60,166 69,586 66,326 67,640 70,035 72,006 74,194 76,518 78,598
14 58,938 60,090 61,157 66,528 68,106 67,587 70,202 72,183 74,331 76,662 78,833
10–14 290,219 297,919 307,031 342,515 328,003 337,705 348,982 358,997 370,071 381,453 391,392
15 58,609 60,697 62,234 65,862 69,846 67,508 70,343 72,372 74,477 76,800 79,050
16 57,954 62,178 61,936 64,684 71,524 67,497 70,534 72,657 74,723 77,025 79,338
17 55,758 62,481 62,127 63,780 73,245 67,669 70,880 73,142 75,177 77,450 79,808
18 55,246 63,422 63,280 63,939 72,994 70,110 71,566 74,015 76,045 78,293 80,688
19 55,955 64,444 64,049 65,259 70,630 72,263 72,012 74,667 76,713 78,919 81,315
15–19 283,522 313,222 313,626 323,524 358,239 345,047 355,335 366,853 377,135 388,487 400,199
20 58,184 64,770 65,011 66,668 70,387 74,270 72,398 75,247 77,338 79,495 81,871
21 59,172 64,976 66,639 66,817 69,523 76,015 72,716 75,726 77,897 80,008 82,346
22 59,204 64,140 66,957 67,088 68,878 77,509 72,971 76,104 78,387 80,459 82,748
23 60,287 64,295 67,535 67,749 68,801 76,852 74,806 76,395 78,817 80,866 83,102
24 58,231 65,011 68,280 68,322 69,687 74,796 76,470 76,619 79,199 81,251 83,434
20–24 295,078 323,192 334,422 336,644 347,276 379,442 369,361 380,091 391,638 402,079 413,501
25 57,094 66,780 68,636 69,014 70,744 74,431 78,012 76,814 79,546 81,632 83,765
26 55,141 67,775 68,948 70,330 70,893 73,579 79,388 77,002 79,865 82,018 84,111
27 53,804 67,415 68,317 70,583 71,107 73,070 80,632 77,191 80,162 82,415 84,479
28 53,811 67,822 68,412 71,128 71,632 73,036 80,114 78,751 80,442 82,818 84,871
29 54,224 65,626 68,971 71,850 72,205 73,757 78,555 80,225 80,700 83,222 85,288
25–29 274,074 335,418 343,284 352,905 356,581 367,873 396,701 389,983 400,715 412,105 422,514
30 54,928 64,596 70,452 72,366 72,861 74,719 78,317 81,644 80,952 83,618 85,724
31 56,306 62,788 71,377 72,857 74,096 74,975 77,631 82,951 81,199 83,997 86,173
32 58,442 61,147 71,099 72,443 74,391 75,228 77,288 84,161 81,442 84,353 86,627
33 60,574 60,865 71,414 72,546 74,954 75,710 77,312 83,799 82,884 84,680 87,075
34 62,919 61,057 69,490 73,025 75,669 76,276 77,942 82,540 84,261 84,970 87,508
30–34 293,169 310,453 353,832 363,237 371,971 376,908 388,490 415,095 410,738 421,618 433,107
35 63,942 61,553 68,487 74,326 76,249 76,882 78,823 82,362 85,593 85,235 87,916
36 60,775 62,632 66,764 75,171 76,799 78,024 79,094 81,727 86,823 85,476 88,289
37 59,655 64,447 65,222 74,885 76,454 78,283 79,310 81,424 87,961 85,692 88,621
38 57,869 66,510 64,810 75,076 76,499 78,786 79,699 81,416 87,619 87,003 88,907
39 57,684 68,609 64,856 73,233 76,860 79,422 80,191 81,922 86,456 88,251 89,140
35–39 299,925 323,751 330,139 372,691 382,861 391,397 397,117 408,851 434,452 431,657 442,873
40 57,727 69,544 65,196 72,163 77,978 79,963 80,688 82,680 86,231 89,452 89,331
41 58,954 66,122 66,092 70,405 78,695 80,466 81,695 82,879 85,539 90,553 89,479
42 61,093 64,728 67,687 68,838 78,314 80,074 81,840 82,984 85,169 91,555 89,586
43 61,924 62,522 69,538 68,253 78,333 79,989 82,213 83,222 85,045 91,120 90,718
44 62,378 62,206 71,510 68,114 76,437 80,173 82,695 83,564 85,367 89,903 91,776
40–44 302,076 325,122 340,023 347,773 389,757 400,665 409,131 415,329 427,351 452,583 450,890
45 61,503 61,939 72,265 68,250 75,211 81,059 83,099 83,880 85,931 89,524 92,772
46 59,798 62,818 68,743 68,915 73,312 81,568 83,449 84,672 85,956 88,660 93,649
47 58,409 64,683 67,214 70,240 71,606 80,985 82,890 84,605 85,848 88,099 94,407
48 57,183 65,127 64,841 71,811 70,775 80,740 82,570 84,740 85,832 87,743 93,740
49 56,109 65,143 64,264 73,551 70,377 78,667 82,480 84,962 85,915 87,779 92,318
45–49 293,002 319,710 337,327 352,767 361,281 403,019 414,488 422,859 429,482 441,805 466,886
50 55,530 63,974 63,819 74,042 70,246 77,200 83,059 85,124 85,954 88,053 91,674
51 54,338 62,005 64,433 70,360 70,640 75,097 83,295 85,243 86,466 87,827 90,558
52 53,067 60,366 66,061 68,673 71,687 73,230 82,488 84,484 86,160 87,479 89,773
53 53,179 58,789 66,328 66,164 73,008 72,194 82,017 83,960 86,084 87,240 89,213
54 51,935 57,633 66,150 65,405 74,576 71,620 79,841 83,684 86,128 87,148 89,053
50–54 268,049 302,767 326,791 344,644 360,157 369,341 410,700 422,495 430,792 437,747 450,271
55 51,254 56,826 64,891 64,871 74,912 71,332 78,249 84,077 86,161 87,035 89,166
56 51,152 55,362 62,838 65,324 71,186 71,569 76,061 84,167 86,172 87,397 88,820
57 49,872 54,021 61,103 66,796 69,427 72,433 74,121 83,239 85,314 86,961 88,345
58 49,930 53,939 59,419 66,926 66,834 73,559 72,937 82,603 84,648 86,738 87,952
59 51,883 52,490 58,124 66,558 65,903 74,950 72,194 80,322 84,192 86,609 87,692
55–59 254,091 272,638 306,375 330,475 348,262 363,843 373,562 414,408 426,487 434,740 441,975
60 43,800 51,737 57,158 65,166 65,238 75,086 71,715 78,566 84,358 86,466 87,386
61 42,961 51,279 55,502 62,970 65,470 71,256 71,733 76,227 84,227 86,288 87,527
62 40,166 49,823 53,987 61,076 66,704 69,352 72,343 74,141 83,097 85,243 86,879
63 36,132 49,637 53,681 59,235 66,627 66,620 73,204 72,752 82,225 84,360 86,433
64 35,785 51,372 52,039 57,761 66,024 65,477 74,345 71,795 79,789 83,670 86,074
60–64 198,844 253,848 272,367 306,208 330,063 347,791 363,340 373,481 413,696 426,027 434,299
65 33,103 43,247 51,096 56,610 64,466 64,638 74,236 71,093 77,839 83,570 85,707
66 32,033 42,133 50,422 54,764 62,117 64,624 70,297 70,865 75,335 83,188 85,304
67 30,420 39,233 48,776 53,072 60,058 65,577 68,229 71,192 73,087 81,831 84,048
68 28,359 35,232 48,384 52,522 58,047 65,253 65,345 71,743 71,474 80,696 82,916
69 27,412 34,596 49,761 50,671 56,364 64,372 63,955 72,561 70,263 78,063 81,942
65–69 151,327 194,441 248,439 267,639 301,052 324,464 342,062 357,454 367,998 407,348 419,917
70 25,875 31,895 41,783 49,492 54,975 62,584 62,871 72,127 69,271 75,863 81,501
71 24,032 30,598 40,404 48,537 52,888 60,012 62,512 68,015 68,701 73,119 80,761
72 22,643 28,811 37,437 46,627 50,941 57,699 63,038 65,680 68,613 70,607 79,057
73 22,122 26,657 33,415 45,910 50,033 55,415 62,321 62,543 68,695 68,648 77,515
74 21,533 25,571 32,493 46,764 47,875 53,400 61,010 60,772 68,993 67,038 74,545
70–74 116,205 143,532 185,532 237,330 256,712 289,110 311,752 329,137 344,273 355,275 393,379
75 21,715 23,849 29,699 38,992 46,340 51,637 58,841 59,278 68,038 65,591 71,940
76 20,746 21,897 28,175 37,265 44,972 49,198 55,915 58,389 63,638 64,486 68,801
77 19,710 20,370 26,225 34,183 42,703 46,876 53,213 58,257 60,876 63,768 65,864
78 18,898 19,593 23,960 30,168 41,519 45,463 50,537 56,952 57,367 63,150 63,389
79 17,506 18,760 22,642 28,897 41,666 42,920 48,070 55,043 55,061 62,673 61,197
75–79 98,575 104,469 130,701 169,505 217,200 236,094 266,576 287,919 304,980 319,668 331,191
80 16,846 18,628 20,781 26,034 34,293 40,934 45,818 52,362 52,996 60,984 59,106
81 15,700 17,457 18,776 24,281 32,201 39,069 42,966 49,005 51,399 56,228 57,265
82 13,898 16,232 17,130 22,193 29,034 36,408 40,211 45,836 50,387 52,911 55,687
83 12,841 15,064 16,102 19,860 25,131 34,663 38,190 42,689 48,309 48,938 54,106
84 11,872 13,648 15,018 18,324 23,490 33,943 35,228 39,694 45,653 45,957 52,561
80–84 71,157 81,029 87,807 110,692 144,149 185,017 202,413 229,586 248,744 265,018 278,725
85 10,667 12,749 14,489 16,379 20,637 27,273 32,742 36,882 42,367 43,170 49,917
86 9,239 11,512 13,176 14,397 18,697 24,858 30,356 33,625 38,571 40,725 44,815
87 7,215 9,817 11,845 12,716 16,562 21,737 27,389 30,498 34,982 38,701 40,934
88 6,130 8,666 10,597 11,524 14,313 18,192 25,163 27,954 31,494 35,871 36,631
89 5,276 7,642 9,224 10,317 12,705 16,340 23,672 24,809 28,186 32,639 33,144
85–89 38,527 50,386 59,331 65,333 82,914 108,400 139,322 153,768 175,600 191,106 205,441
90 4,324 6,564 8,234 9,520 10,885 13,774 18,269 22,103 25,112 29,064 29,893
91 3,691 5,457 7,089 8,260 9,153 11,914 15,883 19,556 21,870 25,289 26,950
92 2,988 4,004 5,755 7,053 7,688 10,042 13,219 16,763 18,862 21,823 24,360
93 2,173 3,160 4,809 5,971 6,592 8,222 10,492 14,563 16,352 18,613 21,392
94 1,665 2,585 3,989 4,900 5,556 6,881 8,871 12,881 13,671 15,698 18,348
90–94 14,841 21,770 29,876 35,704 39,874 50,833 66,734 85,866 95,867 110,487 120,943
95 1,207 1,996 3,218 4,100 4,803 5,539 7,029 9,356 11,424 13,120 15,338
96 873 1,563 2,505 3,303 3,899 4,370 5,685 7,593 9,435 10,679 12,476
97 589 1,161 1,745 2,511 3,105 3,426 4,469 5,891 7,517 8,567 10,018
98 403 848 1,301 1,957 2,444 2,729 3,405 4,352 6,042 6,871 7,919
99 266 615 999 1,509 1,865 2,133 2,641 3,399 4,916 5,301 6,161
95–99 3,338 6,183 9,768 13,380 16,116 18,197 23,229 30,591 39,334 44,538 51,912
100+ 426 1,025 2,016 3,172 4,363 5,348 6,165 7,810 10,317 13,344 15,608
Total 4,090,908 4,586,054 4,942,485 5,293,118 5,633,411 5,957,410 6,262,724 6,549,326 6,818,495 7,073,336 7,318,602
(a) As at 30 June
(b) Estimated resident population (ERP)
Source: (ERP) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories, Jun 2009, Cat. no. 3201.0; (projections) Queensland Government Population Projections to 2056: Queensland and Statistical Divisions, 2011 edition.

Projected population, by age (high series), Queensland, 2006 to 2056

Age groups High series (a)
2006 (b) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2041 2046 2051 2056
— persons —
0 55,156 67,371 77,204 84,955 91,036 97,165 104,907 114,355 124,158 133,139 141,352
1 53,965 66,389 76,622 84,698 91,028 97,000 104,372 113,564 123,424 132,613 140,939
2 52,939 65,439 76,025 84,358 91,003 96,894 103,921 112,808 122,668 132,058 140,527
3 52,527 64,718 74,945 83,929 90,938 96,829 103,545 112,092 121,889 131,461 140,100
4 53,838 61,312 73,881 83,401 90,806 96,786 103,233 111,421 121,092 130,815 139,646
0–4 268,425 325,229 378,677 421,341 454,811 484,674 519,978 564,240 613,231 660,086 702,564
5 55,165 60,765 72,853 82,810 90,591 96,742 102,977 110,798 120,282 130,113 139,151
6 54,749 59,648 71,810 82,168 90,276 96,677 102,763 110,229 119,468 129,360 138,604
7 54,792 58,367 70,773 81,487 89,853 96,572 102,582 109,713 118,659 128,554 137,998
8 55,437 57,880 69,898 80,310 89,323 96,405 102,420 109,248 117,867 127,703 137,327
9 55,895 59,060 66,577 79,136 88,682 96,159 102,262 108,830 117,099 126,815 136,588
5–9 276,038 295,720 351,911 405,911 448,725 482,555 513,004 548,818 593,375 642,545 689,668
10 56,636 60,235 65,873 77,984 87,966 95,816 102,092 108,453 116,364 125,898 135,779
11 58,039 59,804 64,559 76,811 87,193 95,367 101,891 108,107 115,670 124,965 134,905
12 58,139 59,724 63,212 75,636 86,374 94,803 101,641 107,784 115,019 124,028 133,970
13 58,467 60,338 62,600 74,587 85,059 94,129 101,325 107,473 114,411 123,097 132,982
14 58,938 60,621 63,529 71,274 83,751 93,345 100,930 107,167 113,850 122,193 131,956
10–14 290,219 300,722 319,773 376,292 430,343 473,460 507,879 538,984 575,314 620,181 669,592
15 58,609 61,245 64,588 70,471 82,518 92,538 100,491 106,902 113,383 121,375 130,957
16 57,954 62,798 64,336 69,226 81,447 91,855 100,130 106,793 113,141 120,795 130,141
17 55,758 63,299 64,765 68,468 80,781 91,533 100,066 107,052 113,343 120,683 129,749
18 55,246 64,484 66,303 68,939 80,750 91,281 100,456 107,821 114,151 121,227 129,994
19 55,955 65,692 67,584 70,761 78,670 90,977 100,659 108,427 114,881 121,737 130,177
15–19 283,522 317,518 327,576 347,865 404,166 458,184 501,802 536,995 568,899 605,817 651,018
20 58,184 66,195 69,173 72,823 78,974 90,816 100,890 109,030 115,689 122,384 130,496
21 59,172 66,561 71,505 73,667 78,715 90,709 101,116 109,567 116,499 123,100 130,902
22 59,204 65,819 72,469 74,673 78,730 90,634 101,313 109,998 117,250 123,831 131,350
23 60,287 66,017 73,621 76,086 79,347 90,624 101,074 110,312 117,912 124,542 131,820
24 58,231 66,742 74,783 77,376 80,985 89,011 100,845 110,509 118,466 125,217 132,302
20–24 295,078 331,334 361,551 374,625 396,751 451,794 505,238 549,416 585,816 619,074 656,870
25 57,094 68,495 75,403 78,733 82,764 89,227 100,641 110,628 118,908 125,844 132,788
26 55,141 69,448 75,849 80,681 83,496 88,835 100,421 110,691 119,238 126,413 133,275
27 53,804 69,018 75,182 81,386 84,235 88,745 100,203 110,711 119,460 126,917 133,756
28 53,811 69,352 75,157 82,274 85,257 89,121 100,001 110,344 119,583 127,344 134,226
29 54,224 67,060 75,539 83,183 86,262 90,302 98,485 109,981 119,607 127,687 134,673
25–29 274,074 343,373 377,130 406,257 422,014 446,230 499,751 552,355 596,796 634,205 668,718
30 54,928 65,943 76,823 83,727 87,292 91,689 98,470 109,634 119,564 127,937 135,087
31 56,306 64,044 77,500 84,121 88,887 92,215 97,878 109,264 119,468 128,089 135,454
32 58,442 62,320 76,914 83,430 89,357 92,695 97,616 108,881 119,325 128,140 135,763
33 60,574 61,965 76,928 83,201 90,012 93,397 97,745 108,485 118,815 128,092 136,000
34 62,919 62,092 74,647 83,304 90,694 94,143 98,561 106,927 118,293 127,945 136,155
30–34 293,169 316,364 382,812 417,783 446,242 464,139 490,270 543,191 595,465 640,203 678,459
35 63,942 62,530 73,320 84,236 91,101 94,889 99,621 106,677 117,772 127,725 136,216
36 60,775 63,556 71,272 84,661 91,370 96,187 99,925 105,860 117,215 127,444 136,178
37 59,655 65,329 69,432 83,881 90,565 96,418 100,149 105,393 116,632 127,108 136,036
38 57,869 67,351 68,760 83,604 90,117 96,837 100,562 105,271 116,013 126,412 135,789
39 57,684 69,417 68,577 81,211 89,959 97,285 101,052 105,769 114,320 125,689 135,436
35–39 299,925 328,183 351,361 417,593 453,112 481,616 501,309 528,970 581,952 634,378 679,655
40 57,727 70,312 68,708 79,649 90,584 97,511 101,528 106,533 113,823 124,954 135,000
41 58,954 66,831 69,421 77,396 90,757 97,604 102,545 106,598 112,759 124,171 134,493
42 61,093 65,393 70,862 75,378 89,751 96,625 102,524 106,561 112,055 123,350 133,921
43 61,924 63,145 72,575 74,404 89,187 95,932 102,687 106,683 111,667 122,474 132,984
44 62,378 62,795 74,428 73,922 86,608 95,498 102,874 106,901 111,850 120,572 132,007
40–44 302,076 328,476 355,994 380,749 446,887 483,170 512,158 533,276 562,154 615,521 668,405
45 61,503 62,500 75,047 73,749 84,777 95,810 102,867 107,084 112,307 119,790 131,001
46 59,798 63,357 71,324 74,147 82,270 95,698 102,721 107,796 112,091 118,430 129,931
47 58,409 65,206 69,649 75,249 80,012 94,409 101,490 107,470 111,744 117,433 128,805
48 57,183 65,633 67,126 76,625 78,711 93,514 100,494 107,320 111,529 116,723 127,604
49 56,109 65,629 66,438 78,203 77,903 90,675 99,731 107,185 111,420 116,548 125,407
45–49 293,002 322,325 349,584 377,973 403,673 470,106 507,303 536,855 559,091 588,924 642,748
50 55,530 64,439 65,904 78,506 77,408 88,538 99,696 106,885 111,266 116,657 124,288
51 54,338 62,450 66,448 74,528 77,494 85,760 99,275 106,463 111,650 116,133 122,609
52 53,067 60,792 68,035 72,630 78,290 83,279 97,720 104,986 111,037 115,494 121,330
53 53,179 59,199 68,247 69,901 79,399 81,729 96,567 103,751 110,639 115,016 120,368
54 51,935 58,029 68,008 68,987 80,790 80,709 93,573 102,775 110,296 114,693 119,959
50–54 268,049 304,909 336,642 364,552 393,381 420,015 486,831 524,860 554,888 577,993 608,554
55 51,254 57,210 66,681 68,324 80,914 80,029 91,269 102,543 109,842 114,355 119,878
56 51,152 55,729 64,551 68,684 76,818 79,940 88,360 101,963 109,295 114,573 119,206
57 49,872 54,371 62,746 70,102 74,800 80,547 85,763 100,267 107,696 113,809 118,417
58 49,930 54,277 60,996 70,151 71,930 81,459 84,040 98,937 106,307 113,251 117,771
59 51,883 52,811 59,640 69,690 70,812 82,681 82,835 95,806 105,150 112,737 117,278
55–59 254,091 274,398 314,614 346,951 375,274 404,656 432,267 499,516 538,290 568,725 592,550
60 43,800 52,043 58,620 68,187 69,988 82,598 81,955 93,318 104,709 112,117 116,753
61 42,961 51,571 56,895 65,860 70,114 78,338 81,651 90,232 103,929 111,400 116,772
62 40,166 50,100 55,316 63,849 71,297 76,144 82,023 87,471 102,040 109,629 115,817
63 36,132 49,902 54,966 61,898 71,126 73,095 82,700 85,544 100,501 108,051 115,072
64 35,785 51,635 53,257 60,324 70,414 71,752 83,709 84,138 97,212 106,701 114,376
60–64 198,844 255,251 279,054 320,118 352,939 381,927 412,038 440,703 508,391 547,898 578,790
65 33,103 43,474 52,264 59,086 68,717 70,749 83,406 83,059 94,547 106,060 113,597
66 32,033 42,346 51,545 57,133 66,202 70,640 78,997 82,550 91,306 105,099 112,731
67 30,420 39,432 49,841 55,343 63,998 71,578 76,637 82,700 88,400 103,048 110,820
68 28,359 35,412 49,417 54,733 61,850 71,179 73,423 83,146 86,294 101,328 109,087
69 27,412 34,767 50,786 52,787 60,054 70,210 71,862 83,931 84,703 97,902 107,575
65–69 151,327 195,431 253,853 279,082 320,821 354,356 384,325 415,386 445,250 513,437 553,810
70 25,875 32,054 42,676 51,541 58,575 68,294 70,655 83,396 83,425 95,073 106,753
71 24,032 30,749 41,254 50,530 56,373 65,561 70,276 78,826 82,697 91,677 105,618
72 22,643 28,953 38,235 48,546 54,326 63,118 70,900 76,264 82,596 88,616 103,398
73 22,122 26,790 34,147 47,800 53,381 60,722 70,206 72,853 82,768 86,315 101,488
74 21,533 25,696 33,200 48,676 51,137 58,634 68,907 71,021 83,265 84,508 97,906
70–74 116,205 144,242 189,512 247,093 273,792 316,329 350,944 382,360 414,751 446,189 515,163
75 21,715 23,966 30,361 40,673 49,556 56,833 66,696 69,540 82,428 82,992 94,887
76 20,746 22,006 28,809 38,899 48,164 54,314 63,673 68,804 77,652 81,987 91,302
77 19,710 20,473 26,827 35,734 45,831 51,935 60,911 68,999 74,815 81,559 88,036
78 18,898 19,691 24,526 31,601 44,653 50,553 58,183 67,893 71,132 81,358 85,471
79 17,506 18,853 23,184 30,300 44,894 47,943 55,707 66,145 68,926 81,432 83,355
75–79 98,575 104,989 133,707 177,207 233,098 261,578 305,170 341,381 374,953 409,328 443,051
80 16,846 18,718 21,292 27,354 37,133 45,940 53,475 63,510 67,033 80,141 81,476
81 15,700 17,542 19,253 25,553 34,979 44,074 50,548 60,075 65,771 75,029 80,032
82 13,898 16,312 17,579 23,401 31,670 41,324 47,724 56,848 65,301 71,728 79,058
83 12,841 15,138 16,531 20,992 27,550 39,588 45,747 53,616 63,530 67,568 78,203
84 11,872 13,718 15,426 19,406 25,851 39,003 42,643 50,558 61,061 64,719 77,503
80–84 71,157 81,428 90,081 116,706 157,183 209,929 240,137 284,607 322,696 359,185 396,272
85 10,667 12,815 14,885 17,390 22,830 31,648 40,069 47,684 57,734 62,104 75,385
86 9,239 11,573 13,547 15,328 20,783 29,080 37,586 44,186 53,658 59,969 69,649
87 7,215 9,872 12,191 13,578 18,509 25,663 34,361 40,784 49,761 58,448 65,561
88 6,130 8,716 10,918 12,336 16,097 21,704 31,999 38,089 45,879 55,705 60,672
89 5,276 7,689 9,518 11,076 14,369 19,686 30,523 34,500 42,145 52,290 56,918
85–89 38,527 50,665 61,059 69,708 92,588 127,781 174,538 205,243 249,177 288,516 328,185
90 4,324 6,606 8,506 10,243 12,393 16,781 23,986 31,396 38,599 48,155 53,347
91 3,691 5,496 7,335 8,919 10,498 14,677 21,203 28,413 34,619 43,447 50,137
92 2,988 4,039 5,971 7,646 8,884 12,519 17,966 24,960 30,809 38,970 47,383
93 2,173 3,190 5,001 6,501 7,673 10,386 14,543 22,242 27,613 34,627 43,651
94 1,665 2,614 4,161 5,361 6,519 8,805 12,537 20,201 23,921 30,520 39,447
90–94 14,841 21,945 30,974 38,670 45,967 63,168 90,235 127,212 155,561 195,719 233,965
95 1,207 2,023 3,369 4,508 5,678 7,189 10,146 15,124 20,741 26,718 34,857
96 873 1,588 2,635 3,653 4,652 5,758 8,383 12,646 17,810 22,830 30,071
97 589 1,183 1,852 2,801 3,743 4,585 6,737 10,120 14,786 19,276 25,688
98 403 869 1,392 2,200 2,978 3,709 5,252 7,718 12,395 16,309 21,656
99 266 634 1,079 1,712 2,301 2,945 4,168 6,225 10,537 13,295 18,024
95–99 3,338 6,297 10,327 14,874 19,352 24,186 34,686 51,833 76,269 98,428 130,296
100+ 426 1,049 2,197 3,673 5,552 7,778 10,562 16,032 25,734 41,007 59,211
Total 4,090,908 4,649,853 5,258,395 5,905,027 6,576,674 7,267,636 7,980,426 8,722,233 9,498,052 10,307,362 11,147,548
(a) As at 30 June
(b) Estimated resident population (ERP)
Source: (ERP) Australian Bureau of Statistics, Population by Age and Sex, Australian States and Territories, Jun 2009, Cat. no. 3201.0; (projections) Queensland Government Population Projections to 2056: Queensland and Statistical Divisions, 2011 edition.
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