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Australia

At a glance

  • Australia has a population of about 27.6M; its total GDP of $1.8T ranks #15 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 7,702,031 km² is about 41× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Surface area stands out most against the median: 7,702,031 km² — rank #7 of 176 countries with data.

Australia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 27.6M (2025) #55 / 169 median 11.5M · 2.4×
Population growth 1.5% (2025) #64 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.4×
Urban population share 87.7% (2025) #22 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.4×
Population aged 65+ 18.1% (2025) #38 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.5×
Fertility rate 1.5 (2024) #123 / 169 median 2.1 · 71%
Birth rate 10.7‰ (2024) #115 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 67%
Death rate 6.9‰ (2024) #94 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 97%
Net migration 137.1K (2025) #11 / 169 N/A
Surface area 7,702,031 km² #7 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 41×
Population density derived 3.6/km² (2025) #167 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 5%
Economy
GDP (total) $1.8T (2025) #15 / 168 median $80.7B · 22×
GDP per capita $65,130 (2025) #10 / 168 median $6,834 · 9.5×
GNI per capita $64,120 (2025) #10 / 168 median $6,350 · 10×
GDP growth (annual) 1.4% (2025) #127 / 168 median 3.1% · 44%
Inflation rate 2.9% (2025) #92 / 162 median 3.3% · 87%
Unemployment rate 4.1% (2025) #107 / 168 median 5.1% · 80%
Gini index 33.8 (2020) #89 / 153 median 35.3 · 96%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.9% (2020) #97 / 153 median 2.5% · 36%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 23.2% (2025) #115 / 163 median 35.0% · 66%
Imports share of GDP 22.7% (2025) #138 / 163 median 40.2% · 56%
Agriculture share of GDP 2.3% (2025) #131 / 168 median 7.2% · 32%
Manufacturing share of GDP 5.3% (2025) #142 / 165 median 11.2% · 48%
International tourist arrivals 1.8M (2020) #65 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.6×
Tourism receipts $26.2B (2020) #7 / 165 median $705M · 37×
Health & education
Life expectancy 83.1 years (2024) #12 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 3.1‰ (2024) #143 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 24%
Under-five mortality 3.6‰ (2024) #146 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 23%
DPT immunization 93.0% (2024) #64 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) #39 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.9×
Health spending share of GDP 10.4% (2023) #19 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.6×
Secondary school enrollment 131.9% (2024) #6 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.5×
Education spending share of GDP 5.1% (2022) #51 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.2×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.958 (2023) #7 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.3×
Internet users 96.1% (2024) #15 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 112.6 per 100 (2024) #94 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 97%
Fixed broadband 36.5 per 100 (2024) #27 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.0×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #4 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 14.1 t (2024) #9 / 165 median 2.6 t · 5.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 383 Mt (2024) #17 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 18×
Renewable electricity share 26.7% (2021) #93 / 169 median 34.1% · 78%
Renewable energy consumption 12.3% (2021) #123 / 169 median 26.9% · 46%
Forest area 17.4% (2023) #111 / 169 median 32.4% · 54%
Agricultural land 47.2% (2023) #64 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.1×
Arable land 4.0% (2023) #127 / 168 median 11.0% · 37%
PM2.5 exposure 6.4 µg/m³ (2023) #161 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 32%
Military spending 1.9% (2024) #73 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.0×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Australia's true-shape outline

Australia's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 7,702,031 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).