Get the current Australian population by state

ABS quarterly Estimated Resident Population by state and territory.

Steps

1Call /v1/abs/population.
2Iterate states.

Code

cURL

curl https://api.ausdata.io/v1/abs/population \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Python

import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.ausdata.io/v1/abs/population",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"},
)
print(r.json())

JavaScript

const r = await fetch("https://api.ausdata.io/v1/abs/population", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_KEY" },
});
console.log(await r.json());

Watch out for

ABS revises ERP after each Census. Old quarterly values may shift.

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