Organ Waiting List

Patients Awaiting Transplant in Australia 

Data presented below refers to people enrolled on the organ waiting list who would be transplanted immediately if an organ were available on the date reported. It does not reflect the transitions on and off the waiting list over the period since data was last reported to the Registry, nor does it include the outcomes of those not transplanted.

Data is supplied by OrganMatch. OrganMatch is the Australian national waitlisting, organ matching and allocation system. This state-of-the-art system went live in April 2019 replacing the ageing National Organ Matching Service (NOMS) that had been in place since 1999.

More detailed analyses of waiting list dynamics are contained in the ANZOD annual report and the reports of the various outcome registries.

Organ Waiting List 2023

Data Source for the below published data – OrganMatch

Please note OrganMatch may have been updated by contributors since data was published here.

Numbers are for those with an enrolment in OrganMatch for that organ and an ‘Active’ status on the waiting list for the same organ.

2023at 1st Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney140814121436145914501427142214451432000
Liver 159155155155144133130135114000
Heart756466736970696761000
Lung108106109123117107108119112000
Pancreas646865666663596060000
Pancreas Islets111112131515151413000
Intestine332222101
000
Small Bowel000000000000
Stomach000000000000
Total182818181845189118631817180418401793

Data Source for the below published data – OrganMatch

Organ Waiting List 2022


2022at 1st Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney145813761381137413321344137913781421144414581412
Liver 151144151152137144148
152155147163155
Heart77768181
8584808685767373
Lung10711011110811210510110010297102105
Pancreas746963655866677174777868
Pancreas Islets161514141312141310111111
Intestine555554333333
Small Bowel000000000000
Stomach000000000000
Total188817951806179917421759179218031850185518881827

Organ Waiting List 2021


2021at 1st Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney124512531296130713571350137914251422145114471478
Liver 164171176172183185189181148151144150
Heart736967677273757469696568
Lung10310510510010010098879310791100
Pancreas484754545559768885848085
Pancreas Islets141717191918171717171616
Intestine555688788766
Small Bowel000000000000
Stomach000000000000
Total165216671720172517941793184118801842188618491903

Organ Waiting List 2020


2020at 1st Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney124812321237124011581180125012431235123312501229
Liver 198177178186195180186189182178154148
Heart888790898980727672757269
Lung11412011911411810710410596898493
Pancreas889689889290896052575350
Pancreas Islets171715151514131111121214
Intestine332233333333
Small Bowel000000000000
Stomach000000000000
Total175617321730173416701654171716871651164716281606

Data Source for the below published data – National Organ Matching Service (NOMS) that had been in place since 1999 and decommissioned in April 2019.

Organ Waiting List 2019


2019at 1st Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney
104710521080111411251149113511461156119211941215
Heart
9510296918993989495808484
 Liver
111124135148158164163176177177171184
Lung
129125125116110127125134142104100106
Pancreas
413934596674727580828590
Pancreas Islets
232120181920201918181918
Intestine
222222211123
Small Bowel
000000000000
Stomach
000000000000
Total
144814651492154815691629161516451669165416551700

Organ Waiting List 2018


2018at 2nd Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 2nd Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 2nd Julat 1st Augat 3rd Sepat 2nd Octat 1st Novat 3rd Dec
Kidney
100610161003100510079959879771003996994995
Heart
1009296918588888384798292
 Liver
139136128131125127125110113119116111
Lung
126127135137135131132137133131131125
Pancreas
595657575959596260596058
Pancreas Islets
181821222224232527232425
Intestine
555666653333
Small Bowel
000000000000
Stomach
000000000000
Total
145314501445144914391430142013991423141014101409

Organ Waiting List 2017


2017at 5th Jan
at 1st Feb
at 1st Mar

at 1st Apr
at 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney995962989976989974992984952943978999
Heart6057697471706770748796103
 Liver132134135135141132133131127134138139
Lung108105113121126121124126128139127124
Pancreas656158505155545355525361
Pancreas Islets12119891110916181820
Intestine778874444445
Small Bowel000000000000
Total137913371381137213941367138413771356137714141451

Organ Waiting List 2016


2016at 5th Janat 1st Febat 1st Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney
110510831052103710341038105910449929891025999
Heart676257625960676062645762
 Liver
187166171157141140137139140137143132
Lung
12812511911211611810310096999795
Pancreas
686661575553535458606868
Pancreas Islets
9991085468101112
Intestine
5255554655677
Small Bowel
000000000000
Total
156615161474144014181418142914081361136514081375

Organ Waiting List 2015


2015at 8th Janat 5th Febat 3rd Marat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney117211651157114211621137115811471141112511291120
Heart971029810096991078885806974
 Liver184186182191190191183187175175168176
Lung192173179161164157158139136132132132
Pancreas595957596571747268676765
Pancreas Islets121313161615151512121111
Intestine333333333555
Small Bowel000000000000
Total171917011689167216961673169816511620159615811583

Organ Waiting List 2014


2014at 6th Janat 3rd Febat 3rd Marchat 1st Aprat 1st Mayat 1st Junat 1st Julat 1st Augat 1st Sepat 1st Octat 1st Novat 1st Dec
Kidney111410871092110611411120114411681154116811681160
Heart999892919195969996889290
 Liver169167174177183177186201204194196191
Lung135131140137146143155170174177186187
Pancreas484043453847525453585857
Pancreas Islets8667447119121412
Intestine433333333333
Small Bowel000000000000
Total157715321550156616111589164317061693170017171700

Organ Waiting List 2013

2013at 2nd Jan
at 1st Feb
at 1st Mar
at 2nd Apr
at 1st May
at 3rd Jun
at 1st Jul
at 1st Aug
at 2nd Sep
at 1st Oct
at 1st Nov
at 2nd Dec
Kidney111610801084103210361032104110481056106910631076
Heart9692959694878389104114111105
 Liver180171188173171156160145160166162166
Lung160141147145143144152156155159156155
Pancreas352928302931353845454544
Pancreas Islets666777767777
Intestine111122222333
Small Bowel111000000000
Total159515211550148414821459148014841529156315471556