- We issued over 2.3 million passports – that’s around 9,000 each business day.
- Over 6.4 million visits to our website.
- Over 300,000 people paid to have their passport issued in 2 or 5 days plus delivery.
- Over 15 million Australians have a current passport - that’s over 56% of the population.
- The weight of all the passports we printed would weigh about the same as 17.5 African elephants!
- Over 30,000 Australian passports were lost or stolen.
- Over 9,000 emergency travel documents were issued.
Top 5 countries for lost and stolen Australian passports
| Lost passports | Stolen passports | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | Italy |
| 2 | Japan | Spain |
| 3 | United Kingdom | France |
| 4 | China | United Kingdom |
| 5 | India | Greece |
You can download an infographic poster version of this page here: Passport facts 2024-25 poster.
You can find last year's passport facts information here: Passport facts 2023-24.