Australia vs North Korea statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 6th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

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Australia and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Australia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	North Korea
1960	$18,607,682,977	-
1961	$19,684,003,149	-
1962	$19,923,683,188	-
1963	$21,540,963,447	-
1964	$23,801,123,808	-
1965	$25,977,284,156	-
1966	$27,308,964,369	-
1967	$30,442,724,871	-
1968	$32,714,085,234	-
1969	$36,684,485,870	-
1970	$41,334,726,614	-
1971	$45,217,767,235	-
1972	$52,042,056,075	-
1973	$63,833,440,102	-
1974	$88,965,364,775	-
1975	$97,304,383,449	-
1976	$105,060,616,985	-
1977	$110,352,144,987	-
1978	$118,492,761,338	-
1979	$134,900,602,067	-
1980	$149,987,743,733	-
1981	$176,895,390,688	-
1982	$194,041,708,044	-
1983	$177,267,290,706	-
1984	$193,525,337,526	-
1985	$180,643,265,927	-
1986	$182,481,113,598	-
1987	$189,495,764,955	-
1988	$236,161,314,544	-
1989	$299,875,906,679	-
1990	$311,426,665,220	-
1991	$325,975,319,456	-
1992	$325,525,379,567	-
1993	$312,133,923,553	-
1994	$322,806,641,301	-
1995	$368,166,023,166	-
1996	$401,341,880,621	-
1997	$435,642,611,297	-
1998	$399,674,421,759	-
1999	$389,652,212,057	-
2000	$416,167,815,093	-
2001	$379,629,301,675	-
2002	$395,788,696,012	-
2003	$467,739,079,790	-
2004	$614,659,980,083	-
2005	$695,692,898,677	-
2006	$748,417,562,770	-
2007	$855,007,458,585	-
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	-
2009	$928,762,122,698	$23,356,470,000
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$25,995,513,000
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$29,005,020,000
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$29,890,710,000
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$30,588,922,000
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$30,554,460,000
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$30,723,030,000
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$28,882,640,000
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$29,105,440,000
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$28,536,400,000
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$28,222,880,000
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$27,728,240,000
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$32,301,720,000
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$28,971,360,000
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$32,155,360,000
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$34,943,120,000

Australia and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	North Korea
1960	$1,811	-
1961	$1,878	-
1962	$1,855	-
1963	$1,967	-
1964	$2,131	-
1965	$2,281	-
1966	$2,344	-
1967	$2,580	-
1968	$2,724	-
1969	$2,991	-
1970	$3,305	-
1971	$3,495	-
1972	$3,949	-
1973	$4,771	-
1974	$6,483	-
1975	$7,004	-
1976	$7,487	-
1977	$7,776	-
1978	$8,253	-
1979	$9,295	-
1980	$10,209	-
1981	$11,854	-
1982	$12,779	-
1983	$11,516	-
1984	$12,422	-
1985	$11,442	-
1986	$11,392	-
1987	$11,651	-
1988	$14,285	-
1989	$17,834	-
1990	$18,249	-
1991	$18,860	-
1992	$18,624	-
1993	$17,700	-
1994	$18,130	-
1995	$20,448	-
1996	$22,022	-
1997	$23,647	-
1998	$21,479	-
1999	$20,713	-
2000	$21,870	-
2001	$19,696	-
2002	$20,302	-
2003	$23,718	-
2004	$30,837	-
2005	$34,480	-
2006	$36,596	-
2007	$41,052	-
2008	$49,701	-
2009	$42,817	$939
2010	$52,145	$1,040
2011	$62,606	$1,156
2012	$68,073	$1,186
2013	$68,191	$1,208
2014	$62,544	$1,201
2015	$56,739	$1,201
2016	$49,888	$1,124
2017	$53,902	$1,127
2018	$57,196	$1,100
2019	$54,973	$1,084
2020	$51,792	$1,061
2021	$60,608	$1,231
2022	$64,997	$1,100
2023	$64,836	$1,217
2024	$64,407	$1,319

Australia vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	North Korea
1950	69	14.2
1951	68.7	17.7
1952	69.1	32.8
1953	69.7	40.3
1954	69.9	50.6
1955	70.2	51.8
1956	70	52.8
1957	70.3	53.7
1958	70.9	54.5
1959	70.4	55.2
1960	70.9	55.8
1961	71.1	56.4
1962	70.9	57
1963	71	57.6
1964	70.6	58.2
1965	70.8	58.8
1966	70.7	59.4
1967	71	60.1
1968	70.7	60.8
1969	71.1	61.4
1970	70.7	62
1971	71.5	62.7
1972	71.8	63.3
1973	72.1	63.8
1974	71.8	64.3
1975	72.8	64.8
1976	72.8	65.3
1977	73.5	65.8
1978	73.7	66.3
1979	74.3	66.7
1980	74.6	67.2
1981	74.8	67.7
1982	74.7	68.1
1983	75.4	68.5
1984	75.5	68.9
1985	75.4	69.2
1986	76.1	69.5
1987	76.1	69.8
1988	76.3	70.1
1989	76.2	70.3
1990	77	70.5
1991	77.5	70.7
1992	77.5	71
1993	78	70.8
1994	77.9	70.5
1995	78.3	60.8
1996	78.3	60.8
1997	78.6	60.9
1998	79	60.9
1999	79.3	60.9
2000	79.6	60.9
2001	80	60.9
2002	80.1	60.9
2003	80.4	69.4
2004	80.7	69.3
2005	81.1	69.2
2006	81.3	69.1
2007	81.2	69
2008	81.4	69.3
2009	81.7	69.7
2010	82	70.2
2011	82.1	70.8
2012	82.3	71.3
2013	82.6	71.9
2014	82.5	72.5
2015	82.6	72.8
2016	82.8	73
2017	82.7	73
2018	83.3	73
2019	83.2	72.9
2020	83.7	72.8
2021	83.6	73.4
2022	82.8	73.6
2023	83.9	73.6
2024	84.1	73.7
2025	84.2	73.9

Australia and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	North Korea
1960	10,276,477	11,722,953
1961	10,483,000	11,990,713
1962	10,742,000	12,262,882
1963	10,950,000	12,567,057
1964	11,167,000	12,889,770
1965	11,388,000	13,219,369
1966	11,651,000	13,569,094
1967	11,799,000	13,958,350
1968	12,009,000	14,365,596
1969	12,263,000	14,767,615
1970	12,507,000	15,172,775
1971	12,937,000	15,572,457
1972	13,177,000	15,975,069
1973	13,380,000	16,350,367
1974	13,723,000	16,673,121
1975	13,893,000	16,971,055
1976	14,033,000	17,243,450
1977	14,192,000	17,492,798
1978	14,358,000	17,735,995
1979	14,514,000	17,983,470
1980	14,692,000	18,236,786
1981	14,923,260	18,501,295
1982	15,184,247	18,776,357
1983	15,393,472	19,054,034
1984	15,579,391	19,335,043
1985	15,788,312	19,620,388
1986	16,018,350	19,910,855
1987	16,263,874	20,205,483
1988	16,532,164	20,503,161
1989	16,814,416	20,804,367
1990	17,065,128	21,112,137
1991	17,284,036	21,428,638
1992	17,478,635	21,750,911
1993	17,634,808	22,073,352
1994	17,805,468	22,393,975
1995	18,004,882	22,669,304
1996	18,224,767	22,895,746
1997	18,423,037	23,110,830
1998	18,607,584	23,311,564
1999	18,812,264	23,497,599
2000	19,028,802	23,665,910
2001	19,274,701	23,815,358
2002	19,495,210	23,943,973
2003	19,720,737	24,090,380
2004	19,932,722	24,254,943
2005	20,176,844	24,396,433
2006	20,450,966	24,524,507
2007	20,827,622	24,646,383
2008	21,249,199	24,764,618
2009	21,691,653	24,878,332
2010	22,031,750	24,987,258
2011	22,340,024	25,097,874
2012	22,733,465	25,211,728
2013	23,128,129	25,329,451
2014	23,475,686	25,451,262
2015	23,815,995	25,575,350
2016	24,190,907	25,698,326
2017	24,592,588	25,817,709
2018	24,963,258	25,931,147
2019	25,334,826	26,037,632
2020	25,649,248	26,136,312
2021	25,685,412	26,232,534
2022	26,014,399	26,328,845
2023	26,652,777	26,418,204
2024	27,204,809	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Australia and North Korea

Fertility rate

Australia

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	North Korea
1960	3.45	3.57
1961	3.54	3.26
1962	3.44	3.41
1963	3.33	3.63
1964	3.15	3.55
1965	2.98	3.56
1966	2.88	3.71
1967	2.85	4.05
1968	2.89	3.87
1969	2.89	3.86
1970	2.86	3.85
1971	2.96	3.74
1972	2.74	3.89
1973	2.49	3.35
1974	2.4	3.14
1975	2.15	3.05
1976	2.06	2.84
1977	2.01	2.77
1978	1.95	2.79
1979	1.91	2.85
1980	1.89	2.84
1981	1.94	2.92
1982	1.93	2.85
1983	1.92	2.78
1984	1.84	2.71
1985	1.92	2.65
1986	1.87	2.59
1987	1.85	2.53
1988	1.83	2.47
1989	1.84	2.41
1990	1.9	2.39
1991	1.85	2.35
1992	1.89	2.29
1993	1.86	2.22
1994	1.84	2.18
1995	1.82	2.15
1996	1.8	2.09
1997	1.78	2.03
1998	1.76	1.99
1999	1.76	1.97
2000	1.76	1.94
2001	1.74	1.94
2002	1.76	1.92
2003	1.75	1.91
2004	1.77	1.9
2005	1.81	1.87
2006	1.91	1.94
2007	1.96	1.94
2008	1.98	1.97
2009	1.97	1.91
2010	1.93	1.89
2011	1.93	1.88
2012	1.92	1.88
2013	1.86	1.88
2014	1.83	1.87
2015	1.81	1.86
2016	1.75	1.86
2017	1.74	1.85
2018	1.74	1.83
2019	1.66	1.83
2020	1.58	1.82
2021	1.7	1.81
2022	1.63	1.8
2023	1.5	1.78

Australia and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Australia

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	North Korea
1960	29.5	19.9
1961	29.3	20.2
1962	29.1	20.6
1963	28.8	20.8
1964	28.6	21
1965	28.3	21.2
1966	28.1	21.3
1967	28	21.4
1968	27.9	21.4
1969	27.8	21.4
1970	27.7	21.4
1971	27.7	21.2
1972	27.7	20.9
1973	27.8	20.7
1974	28	20.7
1975	28.1	20.9
1976	28.4	21.1
1977	28.6	21.4
1978	28.9	21.8
1979	29.1	22.2
1980	29.4	22.5
1981	29.6	22.8
1982	29.9	23.1
1983	30.2	23.5
1984	30.5	23.9
1985	30.8	24.2
1986	31.1	24.5
1987	31.3	24.8
1988	31.6	25.1
1989	31.8	25.6
1990	32.1	26
1991	32.4	26.4
1992	32.7	26.8
1993	33	27.2
1994	33.3	27.6
1995	33.6	28
1996	34	28.3
1997	34.3	28.8
1998	34.7	29.2
1999	35.1	29.6
2000	35.4	30.1
2001	35.6	30.5
2002	35.8	31
2003	36.1	31.4
2004	36.3	31.8
2005	36.5	32.1
2006	36.7	32.5
2007	36.8	32.9
2008	36.8	33.3
2009	36.9	33.7
2010	37	34
2011	37.1	34.3
2012	37.2	34.5
2013	37.2	34.7
2014	37.3	35
2015	37.3	35.2
2016	37.3	35.4
2017	37.4	35.7
2018	37.4	35.9
2019	37.6	36.2
2020	38	36.4
2021	38.3	36.6
2022	38.5	36.8
2023	38.8	37.1
2024	39	37.3

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