The Next Twenty Years of Ageing: What the ABS Projects
Under the ABS medium projection, Australians aged 65 and over rise from 4.43 million in 2022 to 7.42 million by 2046, and those aged 85 and over from 0.55 million to 1.43 million.
The Population the Projections Expected: ABS Projections Against What Happened
By June 2025 Australia’s population was 369,000 below the 2017-based medium projection and 207,000 above the 2022-based one. How two editions of ABS projections compare with what happened.
