Region and Country

1933

1947

1954

Australia

Australia

5 726 566

6 835 171

7 700 064

British Isles

England

487 907

382 102

478 759

Wales

14 519

11 880

14 498

Scotland

132 780

103 136

123 729

Ireland

79 185

45 066

47 844

Northern Europe

Denmark

4 491

2 762

2 956

Norway

2 681

2 025

2 835

Sweden

3 897

2 210

2 192

Germany

16 875

14 583

65 434

France

2 590

2 217

4 701

Netherlands

1 275

2 174

52 035

Switzerland

1 942

1 663

2 918

Austria

1 097

4 219

10 868

Eastern Europe

Hungary

272

1 227

14 602

Czechoslovakia

610

1 484

12 680

Yugoslavia

3 971

5 867

22 857

Rumania

302

493

3 314

Poland

3 241

6 574

56 594

Russia

4 893}

4 978}

13 093

Ukraine

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14 757

Estonia

997

1 102

6 732

Latvia

427

447

17 740

Lithuania

222

273

8 659

Southern Europe

Italy

26 760

33 635

119 899

Malta

2 784

3 239

19 989

Greece

8 338

12 292

25 862

Cyprus

502

681

5 773

Western Asia

Lebanon

2 024

1 888

3 862

Palestine-Israel

N/A

N/A

2 669

Southern India

India

6 870

11 957

Eastern/South-eastern Asia

Malaya

1 266

2 279

China

8 579

6 404

10 277

Dutch East Indies

440

1 041

3 631

Africa

South Africa

6 183

5 869

5 974

Egypt

561

803

8 150

America

Canada/Newfoundland

3 994

4 603

4 489

USA

6 086

6 241

8 292

Pacific

New Zealand

45 983

43 619

43 357

Total Foreign Born

903 273

744 187

1 286 466

TOTAL AUSTRALIAN POPULATION

6 629 839

7 579 358

8 986 530

Region and Country

1961

1971

1981

Australia

Australia

8 729 406

10 176 320

11 394 060

British Isles

England

556 706

839 828

889 124

Wales

15 905

23 103

24 110

Scotland

132 874

159 354

151 629

Northern Ireland

50 327}

63 902}

21 958

Republic of Ireland

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45 780

Northern Europe

Denmark

5 656

7 568

7 911

Norway

3 219

3 306

2 935

Sweden

2 674

3 725

4 404

Germany

109 325

110 820

110 758

France

5 410

11 846

13 335

Netherlands

102 083

99 295

96 044

Switzerland

4 281

6 854

7 726

Austria

23 807

23 941

22 805

Eastern Europe

Hungary

3 055

29 160

27 987

Czechoslovakia

12 132

16 602

16 152

Yugoslavia

49 777

129 816

149 335

Romania

4 391

4662

5 861

Poland

60 049

59 700

59 441

Russia

15 675

15 212

16 954

Ukraine

13 873

12 450

10 941

Estonia

6 750

5 729

5 040

Latvia

18 029

15 777

12 061

Lithuania

8 700

7 716

5 844

Finland

6 489

10 360

9 822

Southern Europe

Spain

3 831

14 663

15 676

Portugal

1 008

6 967

12 145

Italy

228 297

289 477

275 883

Malta

39 337

53 681

57 001

Greece

77 333

160 200

146 625

Cyprus

8 576

13 267

23 332

Western Asia

Lebanon

7 253

24 218

49 623

Israel

3 471

4 681

6 147

Iraq

226

1 189

3 260

Syria

228

1 364

3 194

Turkey

1 544

11 589

24 314

Southern India

India

14 167

29 212

41 657

Iran

269

3 166

3 669

Pakistan

1 191

1 658

2 527

Sri Lanka

3 433

9 091

16 966

Eastern/South-eastern Asia

Malaysia

5 793

14 945

31 598

Singapore

2 759

5 532

11 990

Hong Kong

3 544

5 583

15 717

China

14 488

17 601

25 883

Japan

2 306

4 929

8 356

Indonesia

6 018

7 981

12 463

Philippines

430

2 550

15 431

Thailand

371

1 004

3 346

Cambodia

200}

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3 589

Vietnam

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41 097

Laos

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5 352

Korea

201

468

4 514

Africa

South Africa

7 897

12 656

26 965

Mauritius

1 575

7 630

10 476

British East Africa

1 269

6 025

11 157

Egypt

16 287

28 226

30 645

America

Canada

5 991

12 839

17 690

USA

10 812

30 036

32 620

Argentina

350

1 806

8 118

Chile

487

3 760

13 977

Uruguay

210

1 904

9 287

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

3 361

8 903

18 695

Fiji

2 674

4 015

9 360

New Zealand

47 016

80 471

176 713

Tonga

448

2 616

Total Foreign Born

1 778 780

2 579 318

3 182 270

TOTAL AUSTRALIAN POPULATION

10 508 186

12 755 638

14 576 330