Tasmania population
Population, Tasmania · Australian Bureau of Statistics · March quarter 2026
Tasmania population 580,700 in the March quarter 2026, up 0.6% over the year.
Next release · Thu 17 Dec 2026, 11:30 AEDT · Population
What the numbers say
Tasmania's estimated resident population was 580,700 in the March quarter 2026, compared with 579,100 in the December quarter 2025. It was up 0.6% over the year from the March quarter 2025, up 2.8% over 5 years from the March quarter 2021 and up 12.3% 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 low of 427,200 was in the June quarter 1981. For comparison, Australia's population was 27,921,200 in the March quarter 2026.
What is the population of Tasmania?
Tasmania's estimated resident population was 580,700 in the March quarter 2026. The previous reading was 579,100 in the December quarter 2025.
Is the population of Tasmania growing?
Tasmania's population was up 0.6% over the year to the March quarter 2026. At 580,700, it was the highest since the series began in the June quarter 1981.
How fast is the population of Tasmania growing?
Tasmania's population was up 0.6% over the year to the March quarter 2026. Over longer spans to the same quarter, it was up 2.8% over 5 years and up 12.3% over 10 years.
How does the population of Tasmania compare with Australia's?
Tasmania's population was 580,700 in the March quarter 2026, while Australia's 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 | 580,700 | final |
| December quarter 2025 | 579,100 | final |
| September quarter 2025 | 578,400 | final |
| June quarter 2025 | 577,800 | final |
| March quarter 2025 | 577,300 | final |
| December quarter 2024 | 576,300 | final |
| September quarter 2024 | 575,400 | final |
| June quarter 2024 | 574,800 | final |
Full series · 180 quarters · CSV · JSON
This series measures the estimated resident population of Tasmania, in thousands of persons, as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It is issued quarterly and runs from June quarter 1981 to March quarter 2026, with the latest reading at 580,700. It counts people usually resident in the state, rather than visitors present on a given night.
The series sits alongside three related measures for Tasmania in the same family: net overseas migration, natural increase and net interstate migration. All are released under the CC BY 4.0 licence.
Also in this family
- Tasmania: net overseas migration · CSV · JSON
- Tasmania: natural increase · CSV · JSON
- Tasmania: net interstate migration · CSV · JSON
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Source
- α
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS earnings, building and population (market panel), retrieved 1 October 2026. CC BY 4.0.
- β
- Computed by Numbra from α.