New ABS data shows Albanese government continues to fail promises to rein in population growth

Sustainable Population Australia

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that Australia’s population expanded by 412,500 in the 12 months to December 2025. 73% was due to Net Overseas Migration (NOM).

  • Over the 245 days to 2 June ’26, Australia’s resident population expanded by 275,256 or 1,124 per day to hit 28 million, an annualised growth pace of 410,076.
  • At 28 million Australia’s population has increase by nine million in just over 25 years since the turn of the millennium.
  • Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says that the Albanese government has failed to deliver on its promise to restore Australia’s immigration to pre-COVID levels.

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