Queensland Population Change from 1982 to 2020.
In just under 40 years the population of Queensland has increased from 2.4 million to 5.16 million.
The annual rate of change has varied between 1.26% in 2016 and 3.04% in 1989. The average during these years has worked out at almost 2.03% per year.
| Population | Year | Change No | Change % |
| 2,406,355 | Mar 1982 | – | – |
| 2,469,709 | Mar 1983 | 63,354 | 2.63% |
| 2,513,443 | Mar 1984 | 43,734 | 1.77% |
| 2,559,452 | Mar 1985 | 46,009 | 1.83% |
| 2,610,205 | Mar 1986 | 50,753 | 1.98% |
| 2,662,654 | Mar 1987 | 52,449 | 2.01% |
| 2,723,992 | Mar 1988 | 61,338 | 2.30% |
| 2,806,845 | Mar 1989 | 82,853 | 3.04% |
| 2,884,170 | Mar 1990 | 77,325 | 2.75% |
| 2,947,512 | Mar 1991 | 63,342 | 2.20% |
| 3,010,322 | Mar 1992 | 62,810 | 2.13% |
| 3,081,331 | Mar 1993 | 71,009 | 2.36% |
| 3,151,365 | Mar 1994 | 70,034 | 2.27% |
| 3,218,314 | Mar 1995 | 66,949 | 2.12% |
| 3,289,507 | Mar 1996 | 71,193 | 2.21% |
| 3,343,777 | Mar 1997 | 54,270 | 1.65% |
| 3,393,483 | Mar 1998 | 49,706 | 1.49% |
| 3,442,196 | Mar 1999 | 48,713 | 1.44% |
| 3,497,147 | Mar 2000 | 54,951 | 1.60% |
| 3,556,466 | Mar 2001 | 59,319 | 1.70% |
| 3,631,451 | Mar 2002 | 74,985 | 2.11% |
| 3,723,239 | Mar 2003 | 91,788 | 2.53% |
| 3,810,921 | Mar 2004 | 87,682 | 2.35% |
| 3,896,951 | Mar 2005 | 86,030 | 2.26% |
| 3,987,653 | Mar 2006 | 90,702 | 2.33% |
| 4,084,531 | Mar 2007 | 96,878 | 2.43% |
| 4,191,479 | Mar 2008 | 106,948 | 2.62% |
| 4,305,605 | Mar 2009 | 114,126 | 2.72% |
| 4,387,801 | Mar 2010 | 82,196 | 1.91% |
| 4,457,971 | Mar 2011 | 70,170 | 1.60% |
| 4,545,613 | Mar 2012 | 87,642 | 1.97% |
| 4,634,430 | Mar 2013 | 88,817 | 1.95% |
| 4,705,187 | Mar 2014 | 70,757 | 1.53% |
| 4,764,439 | Mar 2015 | 59,252 | 1.26% |
| 4,826,538 | Mar 2016 | 62,099 | 1.30% |
| 4,907,348 | Mar 2017 | 80,810 | 1.67% |
| 4,988,373 | Mar 2018 | 81,025 | 1.65% |
| 5,075,028 | Mar 2019 | 86,655 | 1.74% |
| 5,160,023 | Mar 2020 | 84,995 | 1.67% |