Australia’s population to grow at slowest rate since federation, intergenerational report forecasts

Latest intergenerational report predicts Australia’s population growth to slow over the next 40 years. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Australia’s population is forecast to grow at its slowest rate since federation, the latest intergenerational report from Treasury has found.

The report, which forecasts what the next four decades will look like, has found population growth is projected to slow to an annual average of 1.1% over the next 40 years, compared with 1.4% over the past four decades.