Estimated Population during the Next 100 Years.
  
    
      | Year. | Tasmania. | Commonwealth. | Tasmania's Per cent. Proportion. | 
  
  
    
      | 1902 | 177,077 | 3,883,822 | 4.56 | 
    
      | 1903 | 179,981 |  |  | 
    
      | 1904 | 182,933 |  |  | 
    
      | 1905 | 185,933 |  |  | 
    
      | 1906 | 188,982 |  |  | 
    
      | 1907 | 192,082 |  |  | 
    
      | 1908 | 195,232 |  |  | 
    
      | 1909 | 198,434 |  |  | 
    
      | 1910 | 201,688 | 4,455,037 | 4.53 | 
    
      | 1920 | 237,316 | 5,288,607 |  | 
    
      | 1930 | 279,238 | 6,278,144 |  | 
    
      | 1940 | 328,565 | 7,452,832 |  | 
    
      | 1950 | 386,605 | 8,847,310 | 4.37 | 
    
      | 1960 | 454,899 | 10,502,700 |  | 
    
      | 1970 | 535,256 | 12,467,804 |  | 
    
      | 1980 | 629,809 | 14,800,610 |  | 
    
      | 1990 | 741,069 | 17,570,000 |  | 
    
      | 2000 | 871,971 | 20,857,405 |  | 
    
      | 2001 | 886,273 | 21,218,208 |  | 
    
      | 2002 | 900,810 | 21,585,350 | 4.17 |