About 5.3–5.5 million people live in Sydney, depending on whether you mean the city proper or the wider Greater Sydney region.

Quick Scoop: Sydney’s Population

  • As of 2026, Sydney’s urban population is estimated at around 5.31 million people.
  • Recent Australian data for Greater Sydney (the full metropolitan area) shows about 5.56 million people as of mid‑2024 , and it has been growing by roughly 1–2% per year.
  • That means about one in five Australians lives in the Sydney region, making it the country’s largest and most densely populated city.

So if you’re just looking for a current, simple figure: around five and a half million people live in Sydney today.

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