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The proportion of people born overseas in Australia is approaching the highest on record. Credit: olaser/Getty Images
England has been overtaken as Australia's top overseas country of origin for the first time since records began.
People born in India made up the largest proportion of those born overseas for the first time on record, narrowly edging out English-born residents in 2025.
New Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that the country's estimated resident population on 30 June last year was 27.6 million, comprising 8.83 million people born overseas.
India pips England to become Australia’s top overseas country of birth
India has overtaken England to become Australia’s top overseas country of birth as the overseas-born share of the national population climbed to 32 per cent, the highest since 1891.
Australia had 8.8 million overseas-born residents in 2025 compared to 18.8 million people born within the country, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday show.
The Indian-born population rose to 971,020 making it the largest group born overseas for the first time. The number of residents born in India has risen by 522,000 since 2015.
Those born in England made up the second-largest group (970,950) with China third (732,000), New Zealand fourth (638,000) and the Philippines fifth (412,530).
The ABS said the proportion of overseas-born people in Australia is approaching the all-time high of 32.4 per cent reached in 1891, when the national population was about 2.7 million.
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New group becomes Australia’s largest foreign-born population for first time
An Asian country has surpassed England as the number one source of foreign-born residents in Australia for the first time.
India has narrowly overtaken England as Australia’s largest estimated foreign-born resident group for the first time.
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday revealed Indian-born people numbered an estimated 971,020 as at June 30, 2025.
The year prior, English-born residents led those born in India 963,560 to 916,330 respectively.
The Indian-born population has seen the largest increase in the population since 2015, while those born in England have slowly declined.
Historical population data records show England had consistently formed the largest single cohort of foreign-born residents at any one time, at least since 1901.
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