- We issued over 2.5 million passports – that’s around 10,400 each business day.
- Over 7.8 million visits to our website.
- Over 230,000 people paid to have their passport issued in 2 days plus delivery.
- Over 15 million Australians have a current passport - that’s over 55% of the population.
- End to end, the number of passports we printed would stretch 320 km - that’s more than the distance between Ballina and Noosa!
- Over 30,000 Australian passports were lost or stolen.
- Over 8,000 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 | France |
| 3 | Japan | Greece |
| 4 | China | Spain |
| 5 | Italy | United Kingdom |
You can download an infographic poster version of this page here: Passport facts 2023-24 poster.
You can find last year's passport facts information here: Passport facts 2022-23.