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Christmas Island

Territory in Australia

Contents: Population

The population development of Christmas Island as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

Christmas IslandTerritory1,4421,4032,1671,9031,716
AustraliaCommonwealth19,274,70120,450,96622,340,02424,190,90725,688,079

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (web).

Explanation: The 2021 estimates are revised. Census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males1,006
Females685
Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years320
18-64 years1,161
65+ years226
Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years4
80-89 years22
70-79 years98
60-69 years197
50-59 years264
40-49 years230
30-39 years342
20-29 years213
10-19 years154
0-9 years183
Country of Birth (C 2021)
Australia690
New Zealand32
British Isles38
Chinese Asia8
South Asia50
South-East Asia436
Other country160
Language (C 2021)
English495
Other language757
Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Indigenous10
Non-Indigenous1,442
Religion (C 2021)
Christian245
Muslim374
Buddhist258
Hindu10
Other religion / belief11
Secular / no religion336