Insured export credit exposures, short term (BU) in Australia was reported at 30540000000 BU in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Australia - Insured export credit exposures, short term (BU) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Civilian Population: 15 Years and Over: Male data was reported at 11,168.540 Person th in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 11,144.123 Person th for Feb 2025. Civilian Population: 15 Years and Over: Male data is updated monthly, averaging 7,509.217 Person th from Feb 1978 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 566 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,168.540 Person th in Mar 2025 and a record low of 5,173.602 Person th in Feb 1978. Civilian Population: 15 Years and Over: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G001: Civilian Population: by Age, Sex and Status. Civilian Population refers to all usual residents of Australia aged 15 years and over except members of the permanent defence forces, certain diplomatic personnel of overseas governments customarily excluded from census and estimated population counts, overseas residents in Australia, and members of non-Australian defence forces (and their dependants) stationed in Australia.

In June 2022, it was estimated that around 7.3 percent of Australians were aged between 25 and 29, and the same applied to people aged between 30 and 34. All in all, about 55 percent of Australia’s population was aged 35 years or older as of June 2022. At the same time, the age distribution of the country also shows that the share of children under 14 years old was still higher than that of people over 65 years old. A breakdown of Australia’s population growth Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world, yet with a population of around 26 million inhabitants, it is only sparsely populated. Since the 1970s, the population growth of Australia has remained fairly constant. While there was a slight rise in the Australian death rate in 2022, the birth rate of the country decreased after a slight rise in the previous year. The fact that the birth rate is almost double the size of its death rate gives the country one of the highest natural population growth rates of any high-income country.
National distribution of the population Australia’s population is expected to surpass 28 million people by 2028. The majority of its inhabitants live in the major cities. The most populated states are New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Together, they account for over 75 percent of the population in Australia.

A survey conducted among Australian social shoppers revealed that Facebook was the most used social commerce platform in 2024, with around **** of respondents. YouTube took second place at approximately ** percent. While Facebook was more popular among Boomers, Snapchat was trendy among Gen Z.

This statistic gives information on distribution of purchases by online shoppers in Australia and New Zealand as of *********, by origin. It was found that ** percent of Australian shoppers had purchased goods from local and overseas shopping websites within the past 12 months.

In Australia in 2022, around 85 percent of respondents indicated having a transaction account, while a similar share indicated having a savings account. Cryptocurrency trading accounts were less common, as were general share trading accounts.

Data cube 10: Businesses by industry division by Local Government Area (LGA) by employment size ranges.Released at 11.30 am (Canberra time) 16 December 2022

"Smartphones" and "Furniture & household goods" are the top two answers among Australian consumers in our survey on the subject of "Purchase intention by category".The survey was conducted online among ***** respondents in Australia, in 2025.

New South Wales generated the highest clothing retail revenue across Australia's states and territories in 2024, with a revenue of over 9.6 billion Australian dollars. In comparison, the Northern Territory brought in a revenue from clothing of just over 124 million Australian dollars that same year.

Civilian Population: 15 Years & Over: Male: 55-64 Years data was reported at 1,503.062 Person th in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,502.154 Person th for Jan 2025. Civilian Population: 15 Years & Over: Male: 55-64 Years data is updated monthly, averaging 928.106 Person th from Feb 1978 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 565 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,503.062 Person th in Feb 2025 and a record low of 623.515 Person th in Feb 1978. Civilian Population: 15 Years & Over: Male: 55-64 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G001: Civilian Population: by Age, Sex and Status.

Australian Government general government sector expenses by function

Import: Value: French Polynesia data was reported at 0.000 AUD mn in Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 AUD mn for Feb 2025. Import: Value: French Polynesia data is updated monthly, averaging 0.000 AUD mn from Jan 1988 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 447 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.000 AUD mn in Dec 2008 and a record low of 0.000 AUD mn in Mar 2025. Import: Value: French Polynesia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.JA026: Imports: by Country.

In the 12 months ended on November 30, 2024, ** percent of China’s imported beef from Australia was kept frozen. The total value of beef exported from Australia to China that year amounted to around **** billion Australian dollars.

In January 2024, there were approximately 165 thousand international students enrolled at universities in Victoria, in Australia. Universities in New South Wales had the highest number of international student enrollments in this period, with around 222 thousand students.

As of June 2020, there were almost 19 million residents of Australia who were born in the Oceania and Antarctica region. Oceania and Antarctica, which includes residents born in Australia, ranked first on the list of top ten populations in Australia by major region. North-West Europe was the second most common birthplace of Australian residents. This is unsurprising given that people born in England make up Australia's largest migrant group.

Outbound tourists from Australia spent just over **** billion Australian dollars on trips to the United States in the financial year 2024. Australian visitor trip expenditure in the United Kingdom followed closely, bringing in around *** million Australian dollars less than the United States. Despite being the leading tourist destination for Australians in terms of tourist numbers, the expenditure of Australians in Indonesia ranked in fourth place at around *********** Australian dollars. Australians’ wanderlust has been reignited Throughout the pandemic, overseas travel was ruled out for the majority of Australians, with several opting to explore the diverse landscapes closer to home. Nonetheless, since the borders reopened in 2022, the Australian population’s ability and desire to travel abroad has soared. The number of overseas departures of Australian residents leaped from around *** million in 2022 to over *** million in 2024, with the highest number of outbound residents traveling from New South Wales. Indonesia, New Zealand, and the United States attracted the highest numbers of Australia’s outbound tourists, with over *** million Australian residents traveling to Indonesia in the 2024 financial year. Australians traveling closer to home Traveling domestically is also a popular choice among Australians, with Sydney topping the ranking as the leading destination visited by domestic overnight visitors in Australia in 2023. While Sydney was the overall top destination for domestic overnight visitors, Melbourne snatched Sydney’s crown as the most popular holiday or leisure destination in Australia that year. The most prevalent reason for traveling domestically in Australia was for holiday purposes, with over ** million domestic overnight trips taken for a holiday in 2023, followed by around ** million trips to visit friends and relatives.

In 2024, food retailing generated the highest revenue across all retail trade segments in Australia, amassing over 173 billion Australian dollars. This figure does not include cafés, restaurants, and takeaway food services, which alone contributed around 65 billion Australian dollars.

Australia's online shopping landscape witnessed significant growth in the online marketplaces segment in 2024, with a notable increase of over ** percent compared to the previous year. Additionally, the books, stationery, and multimedia segment showed an increase of almost **** percent. Across all other categories, online sales increased. Maintaining momentum in Australia’s e-commerce market Since 2021, Australia’s online retail market has been gradually expanding, accelerated by restrictions to in-store shopping throughout the pandemic. Now, the industry is tasked with maintaining online spending momentum through harnessing technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), to foster consumer engagement through marketing techniques such as social media advertising. In 2024, total online spending on goods in Australia reached almost ** billion Australian dollars. The online marketplaces category emerged as the leading segment for online spending in Australia, accounting for around ** percent of online expenditure that year. Is Australia’s online marketplace landscape becoming more competitive? From global marketplaces such as Amazon to local Australian retailers including Kmart and supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths, Australia’s online retail market offers diverse shopping options. In particular, online marketplaces have been a key contributor to the country’s e-commerce market expansion owing to their extensive product ranges, largely lower prices, and convenient shopping experiences. With a climbing number of site visits, Amazon emerged as the most popular online retailer or marketplace in Australia in 2024, followed closely by eBay, Kmart, and Woolworths. Nonetheless, new market entrant Temu, which entered the Australian market in early 2023, has been causing a stir due to its heavily discounted goods. The Chinese e-commerce platform has been attracting an average of **** million Australian shoppers per month, according to a survey conducted in June 2024.

In the financial year 2023, ** percent of Australian Official Development Assistance (ODA) was allocated to the Governance sector, followed by ** percent to the Health sector. In contrast, the Agriculture, trade and other production services sector received * percent of ODA.

Amazon had the largest audience size across leading online retail brands in Australia in May 2024, with over **** million users of the globally renowned marketplace. New entrant to the Australian e-commerce market in March 2023, Chinese e-commerce site Temu has surged in popularity among the country's online shoppers, with the platform ranking fifth among the leading online retail brands in Australia in terms of audience size.