population.com.auLast official estimated population of Cairns (as Statistical Area Level 4) was 249 745 people (on 2017-06-30)[2]. This was 1.01% of total Australian population and 5.004% of QLD population. Area of Cairns is 21 337.00 km², in this year population density was 11.70 p/km² . If population growth rate would be same as in period 2016-2017 (+1.24%/yr), Cairns population in 2024 would be 272 262. [0]
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Population [people], population density [p./km²] and population change [%/year] [2]
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[1991-1992] +2.72 %/Y
[1992-1993] +3.53 %/Y
[1993-1994] +3.19 %/Y
[1994-1995] +3.21 %/Y
[1995-1996] +2.93 %/Y
[1996-1997] +1.37 %/Y
[1997-1998] +1.04 %/Y
[1998-1999] +0.54 %/Y
[1999-2000] +0.58 %/Y
[2000-2001] +0.35 %/Y
[2001-2002] +1.27 %/Y
[2002-2003] +1.81 %/Y
[2003-2004] +1.63 %/Y
[2004-2005] +2.03 %/Y
[2005-2006] +2.28 %/Y
[2006-2007] +2.62 %/Y
[2007-2008] +2.93 %/Y
[2008-2009] +2.42 %/Y
[2009-2010] +1.52 %/Y
[2010-2011] +1.05 %/Y
[2011-2012] +1.68 %/Y
[2012-2013] +1.48 %/Y
[2013-2014] +1.00 %/Y
[2014-2015] +0.73 %/Y
[2015-2016] +0.93 %/Y
[2016-2017] +1.24 %/Y
[0] Calculated with linear interpolation from officially estimated population
[1] Read more about SA4 and Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) on abs.gov.au
[2] Population data from Australian Bureau of Statistics (Population and density: 2017; change: 2016-2017)
[3] Digital Boundaries: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016.
[4] Border coordinates are simplifyed using Ramer-Douglas-Peucker algorithm.