Queensland population
Population, Queensland · Australian Bureau of Statistics · March quarter 2026
Queensland population 5,739,500 in the March quarter 2026, up 1.6% over the year.
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What the numbers say
Queensland's estimated resident population was 5,739,500 in the March quarter 2026, compared with 5,713,300 in the December quarter 2025. It was up 1.6% over the year from the March quarter 2025, up 10.4% over 5 years from the March quarter 2021 and up 18.9% over 10 years from the March quarter 2016. The latest figure is at the peak, the highest since the series began in the June quarter 1981. The series shows the low of 2,345,200 in the June quarter 1981. For comparison, Australia's population was 27,921,200 in the March quarter 2026.
What is the population of Queensland?
Queensland's estimated resident population was 5,739,500 in the March quarter 2026. That is the highest since the series began in the June quarter 1981.
Is the population of Queensland growing?
Queensland's population was up 1.6% over the year to the March quarter 2026, reaching 5,739,500. It was also up 10.4% over 5 years and up 18.9% over 10 years to that quarter.
How fast is the population of Queensland growing?
Queensland's population was up 1.6% over the year from the March quarter 2025 to the March quarter 2026. Over longer periods to the March quarter 2026, it was up 10.4% over 5 years from the March quarter 2021 and up 18.9% over 10 years from the March quarter 2016.
How does the population of Queensland compare with Australia's?
Queensland's population was 5,739,500 in the March quarter 2026, while Australia's population was 27,921,200 in the same quarter.
Written from the figures on this page · updated 11 October 2026
Recent quarters
| Quarter | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| March quarter 2026 | 5,739,500 | final |
| December quarter 2025 | 5,713,300 | final |
| September quarter 2025 | 5,693,200 | final |
| June quarter 2025 | 5,670,200 | final |
| March quarter 2025 | 5,649,400 | final |
| December quarter 2024 | 5,620,400 | final |
| September quarter 2024 | 5,595,600 | final |
| June quarter 2024 | 5,571,900 | final |
Full series · 180 quarters · CSV · JSON
Queensland: estimated resident population measures the number of people usually resident in Queensland, in thousands of persons. It is published quarterly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and runs from June quarter 1981 to March quarter 2026, with the latest reading at 5,739,500. The series counts usual residents rather than people present in the state on a given day, so short-term visitors are outside its scope.
It is the headline member of Numbra's Queensland population family, which also includes Queensland net overseas migration, natural increase and net interstate migration. The data is used here under CC BY 4.0.
Also in this family
- Queensland: net overseas migration · CSV · JSON
- Queensland: natural increase · CSV · JSON
- Queensland: net interstate migration · CSV · JSON
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Source
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- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS earnings, building and population (market panel), retrieved 1 October 2026. CC BY 4.0.
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- Computed by Numbra from α.