Australia vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 6th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 14/197 ($1.76T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.69T). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,604), while The United Kingdom ranks 22/197 ($53,246).

Australia and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Australia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Australia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	United Kingdom
1960	$18,635,682,982	$73,233,967,692
1961	$19,713,123,154	$77,741,965,703
1962	$19,953,923,193	$81,247,564,157
1963	$21,573,443,452	$86,561,961,812
1964	$23,835,843,814	$94,407,558,351
1965	$26,014,244,162	$101,824,755,079
1966	$27,349,284,376	$108,572,752,102
1967	$30,487,524,878	$113,116,888,211
1968	$32,763,365,242	$107,759,910,068
1969	$36,738,245,878	$116,464,702,803
1970	$41,395,206,623	$130,671,946,244
1971	$45,283,847,245	$148,113,896,325
1972	$52,117,990,654	$169,965,034,965
1973	$63,923,126,201	$192,537,971,583
1974	$89,086,219,602	$206,131,369,799
1975	$97,440,939,506	$241,756,637,168
1976	$105,209,354,856	$232,614,555,256
1977	$110,504,702,914	$263,066,457,352
1978	$118,660,813,780	$335,883,029,722
1979	$135,093,718,051	$438,994,070,309
1980	$150,200,557,103	$564,947,710,899
1981	$177,151,979,566	$540,765,675,241
1982	$194,323,071,831	$515,048,916,841
1983	$177,523,719,680	$489,618,008,186
1984	$193,749,932,078	$461,487,097,632
1985	$180,861,108,959	$489,285,164,271
1986	$182,707,050,923	$601,452,653,181
1987	$189,726,707,253	$745,162,608,269
1988	$236,461,079,970	$910,122,732,124
1989	$300,264,309,002	$926,884,816,754
1990	$311,840,666,465	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$326,416,407,861	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$325,982,966,981	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$312,568,858,910	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$323,269,456,935	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$368,725,126,225	$1,349,094,208,616
1996	$401,962,517,479	$1,425,287,051,482
1997	$436,321,902,767	$1,569,317,288,802
1998	$400,361,527,505	$1,660,821,464,061
1999	$390,347,787,943	$1,693,458,987,219
2000	$416,901,962,163	$1,671,597,821,153
2001	$380,360,222,861	$1,656,171,009,069
2002	$396,436,967,263	$1,790,536,570,743
2003	$468,517,181,130	$2,061,227,755,102
2004	$615,643,050,221	$2,429,774,807,763
2005	$696,811,489,613	$2,551,361,818,182
2006	$749,708,370,333	$2,719,558,417,663
2007	$856,603,595,823	$3,104,699,879,952
2008	$1,058,448,244,064	$2,945,251,838,235
2009	$931,761,689,771	$2,429,358,155,476
2010	$1,152,566,632,022	$2,496,740,681,057
2011	$1,402,939,868,653	$2,675,590,034,129
2012	$1,552,728,401,402	$2,719,715,961,540
2013	$1,583,737,461,925	$2,796,908,333,283
2014	$1,474,677,007,566	$3,085,362,169,410
2015	$1,356,805,839,936	$2,945,579,890,258
2016	$1,211,588,128,418	$2,706,807,606,539
2017	$1,330,890,554,614	$2,699,118,387,873
2018	$1,433,144,978,762	$2,897,028,009,916
2019	$1,398,349,602,956	$2,875,710,080,015
2020	$1,333,336,461,648	$2,724,001,478,305
2021	$1,560,617,493,203	$3,194,559,188,926
2022	$1,695,627,535,476	$3,181,244,350,465
2023	$1,734,451,264,656	$3,420,796,653,789
2024	$1,757,022,451,653	$3,686,033,044,482

Australia and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	United Kingdom
1960	$1,813	$1,398
1961	$1,880	$1,472
1962	$1,858	$1,526
1963	$1,970	$1,613
1964	$2,134	$1,748
1965	$2,284	$1,874
1966	$2,347	$1,987
1967	$2,584	$2,059
1968	$2,728	$1,952
1969	$2,996	$2,101
1970	$3,310	$2,348
1971	$3,500	$2,650
1972	$3,955	$3,030
1973	$4,778	$3,426
1974	$6,492	$3,666
1975	$7,014	$4,300
1976	$7,497	$4,138
1977	$7,786	$4,681
1978	$8,264	$5,977
1979	$9,308	$7,805
1980	$10,223	$10,032
1981	$11,871	$9,599
1982	$12,798	$9,146
1983	$11,532	$8,692
1984	$12,436	$8,179
1985	$11,455	$8,652
1986	$11,406	$10,611
1987	$11,666	$13,119
1988	$14,303	$15,987
1989	$17,858	$16,239
1990	$18,274	$19,095
1991	$18,885	$19,901
1992	$18,650	$20,487
1993	$17,725	$18,389
1994	$18,156	$19,709
1995	$20,479	$23,253
1996	$22,056	$24,503
1997	$23,683	$26,910
1998	$21,516	$28,396
1999	$20,750	$28,858
2000	$21,909	$28,384
2001	$19,734	$28,014
2002	$20,335	$30,159
2003	$23,758	$34,557
2004	$30,886	$40,504
2005	$34,535	$42,240
2006	$36,659	$44,695
2007	$41,128	$50,629
2008	$49,811	$47,652
2009	$42,955	$39,009
2010	$52,314	$39,778
2011	$62,799	$42,296
2012	$68,301	$42,688
2013	$68,477	$43,607
2014	$62,817	$47,746
2015	$56,970	$45,255
2016	$50,084	$41,258
2017	$54,118	$40,917
2018	$57,410	$43,703
2019	$55,195	$43,159
2020	$51,983	$40,813
2021	$60,759	$47,691
2022	$65,170	$47,057
2023	$65,058	$49,944
2024	$64,604	$53,246

Australia vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	United Kingdom
1950	69	68.6
1951	68.7	68.2
1952	69.1	69.5
1953	69.7	69.8
1954	69.9	70.2
1955	70.2	70.1
1956	70	70.4
1957	70.3	70.5
1958	70.9	70.7
1959	70.4	70.8
1960	70.9	71
1961	71.1	70.8
1962	70.9	70.9
1963	71	70.8
1964	70.6	71.5
1965	70.8	71.5
1966	70.7	71.4
1967	71	72.1
1968	70.7	71.7
1969	71.1	71.7
1970	70.7	71.9
1971	71.5	72.2
1972	71.8	72
1973	72.1	72.2
1974	71.8	72.4
1975	72.8	72.7
1976	72.8	72.6
1977	73.5	73.1
1978	73.7	73
1979	74.3	73.2
1980	74.6	73.6
1981	74.8	73.9
1982	74.7	74
1983	75.4	74.3
1984	75.5	74.7
1985	75.4	74.5
1986	76.1	74.8
1987	76.1	75.1
1988	76.3	75.3
1989	76.2	75.4
1990	77	75.7
1991	77.5	75.9
1992	77.5	76.3
1993	78	76.2
1994	77.9	76.7
1995	78.3	76.6
1996	78.3	76.9
1997	78.6	77.1
1998	79	77.3
1999	79.3	77.4
2000	79.6	77.8
2001	80	78.1
2002	80.1	78.2
2003	80.4	78.3
2004	80.7	78.9
2005	81.1	79.1
2006	81.3	79.3
2007	81.2	79.5
2008	81.4	79.7
2009	81.7	80.2
2010	82	80.4
2011	82.1	80.8
2012	82.3	80.9
2013	82.6	80.9
2014	82.5	81.2
2015	82.6	80.9
2016	82.8	81.1
2017	82.7	81.2
2018	83.3	81.1
2019	83.2	81.4
2020	83.7	80.4
2021	83.6	80.7
2022	82.8	81.1
2023	83.9	81.3
2024	84.1	81.4
2025	84.2	81.6
2026	84.3	81.7

Australia and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	United Kingdom
1960	10,276,477	52,400,000
1961	10,483,000	52,800,000
1962	10,742,000	53,250,000
1963	10,950,000	53,650,000
1964	11,167,000	54,000,000
1965	11,388,000	54,348,050
1966	11,651,000	54,648,500
1967	11,799,000	54,943,600
1968	12,009,000	55,211,700
1969	12,263,000	55,441,750
1970	12,507,000	55,663,250
1971	12,937,000	55,896,223
1972	13,177,000	56,086,065
1973	13,380,000	56,194,527
1974	13,723,000	56,229,974
1975	13,893,000	56,225,800
1976	14,033,000	56,211,968
1977	14,192,000	56,193,492
1978	14,358,000	56,196,504
1979	14,514,000	56,246,951
1980	14,692,000	56,314,216
1981	14,923,260	56,333,829
1982	15,184,247	56,313,641
1983	15,393,472	56,332,848
1984	15,579,391	56,422,072
1985	15,788,312	56,550,268
1986	16,018,350	56,681,396
1987	16,263,874	56,802,050
1988	16,532,164	56,928,327
1989	16,814,416	57,076,711
1990	17,065,128	57,247,586
1991	17,284,036	57,424,897
1992	17,478,635	57,580,402
1993	17,634,808	57,718,614
1994	17,805,468	57,865,745
1995	18,004,882	58,019,030
1996	18,224,767	58,166,950
1997	18,423,037	58,316,954
1998	18,607,584	58,487,141
1999	18,812,264	58,682,466
2000	19,028,802	58,892,514
2001	19,274,701	59,119,673
2002	19,495,210	59,370,479
2003	19,720,737	59,647,577
2004	19,932,722	59,987,905
2005	20,176,844	60,401,206
2006	20,450,966	60,846,820
2007	20,827,622	61,322,463
2008	21,249,199	61,806,995
2009	21,691,653	62,276,270
2010	22,031,750	62,766,365
2011	22,340,024	63,258,810
2012	22,733,465	63,711,000
2013	23,128,129	64,139,000
2014	23,475,686	64,620,000
2015	23,815,995	65,088,000
2016	24,190,907	65,607,000
2017	24,592,588	65,966,000
2018	24,963,258	66,289,000
2019	25,334,826	66,631,000
2020	25,649,248	66,744,000
2021	25,685,412	66,984,000
2022	26,018,721	67,604,000
2023	26,659,922	68,492,000
2024	27,196,812	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Australia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Australia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	United Kingdom
1960	3.45	2.69
1961	3.54	2.78
1962	3.44	2.86
1963	3.33	2.88
1964	3.15	2.93
1965	2.98	2.86
1966	2.88	2.78
1967	2.85	2.68
1968	2.89	2.6
1969	2.89	2.51
1970	2.86	2.44
1971	2.96	2.41
1972	2.74	2.2
1973	2.49	2.04
1974	2.4	1.92
1975	2.15	1.81
1976	2.06	1.74
1977	2.01	1.69
1978	1.95	1.75
1979	1.91	1.86
1980	1.89	1.9
1981	1.94	1.82
1982	1.93	1.78
1983	1.92	1.77
1984	1.84	1.77
1985	1.92	1.79
1986	1.87	1.78
1987	1.85	1.81
1988	1.83	1.82
1989	1.84	1.79
1990	1.9	1.83
1991	1.85	1.82
1992	1.89	1.79
1993	1.86	1.76
1994	1.84	1.74
1995	1.82	1.71
1996	1.8	1.73
1997	1.78	1.72
1998	1.76	1.71
1999	1.76	1.68
2000	1.76	1.64
2001	1.74	1.63
2002	1.76	1.63
2003	1.75	1.7
2004	1.77	1.75
2005	1.81	1.76
2006	1.91	1.82
2007	1.96	1.86
2008	1.98	1.91
2009	1.97	1.89
2010	1.93	1.92
2011	1.93	1.91
2012	1.92	1.92
2013	1.86	1.83
2014	1.83	1.81
2015	1.81	1.8
2016	1.75	1.79
2017	1.74	1.74
2018	1.74	1.68
2019	1.66	1.63
2020	1.58	1.57
2021	1.7	1.58
2022	1.63	1.56
2023	1.5	1.56

Australia and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Australia

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	United Kingdom
1960	29.5	35.5
1961	29.3	35.4
1962	29.1	35.3
1963	28.8	35.3
1964	28.6	35.2
1965	28.3	35.1
1966	28.1	34.9
1967	28	34.8
1968	27.9	34.6
1969	27.8	34.4
1970	27.7	34.2
1971	27.7	34.1
1972	27.7	34
1973	27.8	34
1974	28	34
1975	28.1	34
1976	28.4	34
1977	28.6	34.1
1978	28.9	34.2
1979	29.1	34.3
1980	29.4	34.4
1981	29.6	34.5
1982	29.9	34.8
1983	30.2	35
1984	30.5	35.2
1985	30.8	35.3
1986	31.1	35.4
1987	31.3	35.4
1988	31.6	35.7
1989	31.8	35.9
1990	32.1	36
1991	32.4	36.1
1992	32.7	36.2
1993	33	36.3
1994	33.3	36.5
1995	33.6	36.6
1996	34	36.8
1997	34.3	37
1998	34.7	37.2
1999	35.1	37.4
2000	35.4	37.7
2001	35.6	37.9
2002	35.8	38.1
2003	36.1	38.2
2004	36.3	38.4
2005	36.5	38.5
2006	36.7	38.6
2007	36.8	38.8
2008	36.8	38.9
2009	36.9	39
2010	37	39.2
2011	37.1	39.3
2012	37.2	39.5
2013	37.2	39.6
2014	37.3	39.7
2015	37.3	39.8
2016	37.3	39.8
2017	37.4	39.9
2018	37.4	40
2019	37.6	40.1
2020	38	40.2
2021	38.3	40.3
2022	38.5	40.5
2023	38.8	40.8
2024	39	41

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