Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Australia
Australia: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total was 17,323 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Australia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Australia is 17,323, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Australia peaked at 17,323 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7,183, in 1960.
That places Australia 44th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,644 | 7,183 | 8,105 | 2 |
| 1970s | 9,461 | 9,057 | 9,865 | 2 |
| 1980s | 11,455 | 10,937 | 11,973 | 2 |
| 1990s | 13,594 | 13,178 | 14,009 | 2 |
| 2000s | 15,614 | 15,028 | 16,199 | 2 |
| 2010s | 17,323 | 17,323 | 17,323 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More education data for Australia
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 105,469 (1999)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.64 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Australia?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Australia was 17,323 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,323 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,183 in 1960.
- How does Australia rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total?
- Australia ranks 44th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.