The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is projected to reach almost 1.2 million by 2031, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
According to that estimation, that means the Indigenous population has reached over a million already.
First Nations people currently make up 3.8 per cent of the total Australian population.
That's an estimated 19.1 to 21.3 per cent increase of the population by 2031.
By 2031, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is projected to increase between 1,171,700 (low series) and 1,193,600 people (high series). Credit: The Australian Bureau of Statistics
The average annual growth rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is between 1.8 per cent and 2.0 per cent per year.
The states with the fastest average annual growth rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.
By 2031, inner and outer regional Australia is projected to continue to have the largest population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at 44 per cent.
While the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in major cities in Australia are projected to increase by just under two per cent by 2031, the population in remote areas is projected to decrease by two per cent in 2031.
