Tanah jajahan mahkota (Pra-Persekutuan)
|
Tahun |
Populasi
|
Tahun |
Populasi
|
1788
|
859
|
1848
|
332,328
|
1798
|
4,588
|
1858
|
1,050,828
|
1808
|
10,263
|
1868
|
1,539,552
|
1818
|
25,859
|
1878
|
2,092,164
|
1828
|
58,197
|
1888
|
2,981,677
|
1838
|
151,868
|
1898
|
3,664,715
|
|
Tahun |
Populasi |
% Perubahan
|
1901
|
3,788,123
|
–
|
1906
|
4,059,083
|
7.2
|
1911
|
4,489,545
|
10.6
|
1916
|
4,943,173
|
10.1
|
1921
|
5,455,136
|
10.4
|
1926
|
6,056,360
|
11.0
|
1931
|
6,526,485
|
7.8
|
1936
|
6,778,372
|
3.4
|
|
Tahun |
Populasi |
% Perubahan
|
1941
|
7,109,898
|
4.9
|
1946
|
7,465,157
|
5.0
|
1951
|
8,421,775
|
12.8
|
1956
|
9,425,563
|
11.9
|
1961
|
10,548,267
|
11.9
|
1966
|
11,599,498
|
10.0
|
1971
|
13,067,265
|
12.7
|
1976
|
14,033,083
|
7.4
|
|
Tahun |
Populasi |
% Perubahan
|
1981
|
14,923,260
|
6.3
|
1986
|
16,018,350
|
7.3
|
1991
|
17,284,036
|
12.8
|
1996
|
18,310,714
|
5.9
|
2001
|
19,413,240
|
6.0
|
2006
|
20,848,760
|
7.4
|
2011
|
21,507,717
|
3.2
|
2014 (perkiraan)
|
23,500,000
|
9.3
|
|