- We issued over 3.1 million passports – that’s around 12,000 each business day.
- Over 10.4 million visits to our website.
- Over 400,000 people paid to have their passport issued in 2 days plus delivery.
- Over 14.2 million Australians have a current passport - that’s over 53% of the population.
- End to end, the number of passports we printed would stretch 548 km - that’s more than the distance between Nambour and Coffs Harbour!
- Over 35,000 Australian passports were lost or stolen.
- Over 10,000 emergency travel documents were issued.
Top 5 countries for lost and stolen Australian passports
| Lost passports | Stolen passports | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | Italy |
| 2 | United Kingdom | United States |
| 3 | Italy | Spain |
| 4 | Germany | France |
| 5 | China | Greece |
You can download an infographic poster version of this page here: Passport facts 2022-23 poster.