India has overtaken England to become Australia’s top overseas country of birth as the overseas-born share of the national population climbed to 32 per cent, the highest since 1891.
Australia had 8.8 million overseas-born residents in 2025 compared to 18.8 million people born within the country, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday show.
The Indian-born population rose to 971,020 making it the largest group born overseas for the first time. The number of residents born in India has risen by 522,000 since 2015.
Those born in England made up the second-largest group (970,950) with China third (732,000), New Zealand fourth (638,000) and the Philippines fifth (412,530).
The ABS said the proportion of overseas-born people in Australia is approaching the all-time high of 32.4 per cent reached in 1891, when the national population was about 2.7 million.
Australia’s overseas-born population increased by 258,000 people in 2024-25, helping to lift the national population to 27.6 million.
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People born in Italy and England had the largest decreases in their populations since 2015.
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