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Australia vs Cape Verde statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 525K in Cape Verde (ranked 169/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 1,556 sq mi for Cape Verde (ranked 6th vs. 167th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Cape Verde ranks 170/197 ($2.77B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Cape Verde ranks 117/197 ($5,273).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Cape Verde
Population
27677455
529186
Population rank 55/197 169/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$2.77B
2024
GDP rank 13/197 170/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$5,273
2024
GDP per capita rank 14/197 117/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$11,262
2024
Government debt
$873B
2024
$3.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
109.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
$5,998
2024
Government debt per person rank 22/185 75/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$2,527
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
1,556 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
337 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.52
2023
Median age
39 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
76.4 years
2025

Australia and Cape Verde: Comparison Charts

Australia and Cape Verde economies compared

GDP
Australia

Cape Verde
Year GDP
Australia Cape Verde
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 $142,246,815
1981 $176,895,390,688 $139,468,209
1982 $194,041,708,044 $140,630,679
1983 $177,267,290,706 $138,476,176
1984 $193,525,337,526 $132,019,039
1985 $180,643,265,927 $137,728,205
1986 $182,481,113,598 $190,651,168
1987 $189,495,764,955 $235,253,065
1988 $236,161,314,544 $264,308,140
1989 $299,875,906,679 $267,448,571
1990 $311,426,665,220 $306,890,963
1991 $325,975,319,456 $319,827,059
1992 $325,525,379,567 $357,160,985
1993 $312,133,923,553 $490,417,390
1994 $322,806,641,301 $406,580,652
1995 $368,166,023,166 $487,148,994
1996 $401,341,880,621 $501,979,270
1997 $435,642,611,297 $490,608,658
1998 $399,674,421,759 $521,910,561
1999 $389,652,212,057 $592,416,703
2000 $416,167,815,093 $539,227,278
2001 $379,629,301,675 $563,090,490
2002 $395,788,696,012 $620,507,387
2003 $467,739,079,790 $813,260,469
2004 $614,659,980,083 $924,940,012
2005 $695,692,898,677 $972,241,677
2006 $748,417,562,770 $1,107,571,458
2007 $855,007,458,585 $1,649,621,739
2008 $1,056,112,427,190 $1,959,620,648
2009 $928,762,122,698 $1,852,334,575
2010 $1,148,838,233,481 $1,824,751,468
2011 $1,398,610,616,773 $2,046,817,987
2012 $1,547,532,281,116 $1,913,081,210
2013 $1,577,123,329,411 $2,028,910,915
2014 $1,468,265,356,428 $2,041,930,125
2015 $1,351,296,372,254 $1,749,857,620
2016 $1,206,836,962,282 $1,849,789,986
2017 $1,325,582,658,157 $1,996,741,540
2018 $1,427,809,041,019 $2,205,099,507
2019 $1,392,723,834,563 $2,252,177,124
2020 $1,328,414,058,378 $1,821,565,614
2021 $1,556,735,770,437 $2,051,842,619
2022 $1,690,858,246,994 $2,247,003,344
2023 $1,728,057,316,696 $2,539,203,429
2024 $1,752,193,307,380 $2,767,599,017

Australia and Cape Verde economies compared

GDP per capita
Australia

Cape Verde
Year GDP per capita
Australia Cape Verde
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 $440
1981 $11,854 $425
1982 $12,779 $423
1983 $11,516 $410
1984 $12,422 $385
1985 $11,442 $396
1986 $11,392 $541
1987 $11,651 $658
1988 $14,285 $729
1989 $17,834 $727
1990 $18,249 $817
1991 $18,860 $832
1992 $18,624 $908
1993 $17,700 $1,220
1994 $18,130 $991
1995 $20,448 $1,165
1996 $22,022 $1,180
1997 $23,647 $1,134
1998 $21,479 $1,187
1999 $20,713 $1,327
2000 $21,870 $1,190
2001 $19,696 $1,223
2002 $20,302 $1,329
2003 $23,718 $1,718
2004 $30,837 $1,929
2005 $34,480 $2,004
2006 $36,596 $2,257
2007 $41,052 $3,325
2008 $49,701 $3,909
2009 $42,817 $3,660
2010 $52,145 $3,579
2011 $62,606 $4,002
2012 $68,073 $3,737
2013 $68,191 $3,961
2014 $62,544 $3,986
2015 $56,739 $3,415
2016 $49,888 $3,609
2017 $53,902 $3,893
2018 $57,196 $4,295
2019 $54,973 $4,381
2020 $51,792 $3,539
2021 $60,608 $3,971
2022 $64,997 $4,323
2023 $64,836 $4,861
2024 $64,407 $5,273

Australia vs. Cape Verde life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Cape Verde
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Cape Verde
1950 69 44.9
1951 68.7 45.6
1952 69.1 46.2
1953 69.7 46.4
1954 69.9 46.6
1955 70.2 46.9
1956 70 47.1
1957 70.3 47.4
1958 70.9 47.7
1959 70.4 48.2
1960 70.9 48.7
1961 71.1 49.4
1962 70.9 50.2
1963 71 51.1
1964 70.6 52.1
1965 70.8 53
1966 70.7 53.9
1967 71 54.7
1968 70.7 55.4
1969 71.1 56
1970 70.7 56.6
1971 71.5 57
1972 71.8 57.5
1973 72.1 58
1974 71.8 58.4
1975 72.8 59
1976 72.8 59.4
1977 73.5 60
1978 73.7 60.4
1979 74.3 60.7
1980 74.6 61
1981 74.8 61.3
1982 74.7 61.5
1983 75.4 61.8
1984 75.5 61.8
1985 75.4 62.3
1986 76.1 62.6
1987 76.1 62.9
1988 76.3 63.2
1989 76.2 63.6
1990 77 63.9
1991 77.5 64.1
1992 77.5 64.3
1993 78 64.5
1994 77.9 64.6
1995 78.3 63.7
1996 78.3 65.5
1997 78.6 66.1
1998 79 66.7
1999 79.3 67.4
2000 79.6 68.1
2001 80 68.7
2002 80.1 69.4
2003 80.4 70
2004 80.7 70.5
2005 81.1 70.9
2006 81.3 71.3
2007 81.2 71.5
2008 81.4 71.9
2009 81.7 72.1
2010 82 72.5
2011 82.1 72.9
2012 82.3 73.3
2013 82.6 73.5
2014 82.5 73.8
2015 82.6 74.1
2016 82.8 74.4
2017 82.7 74.7
2018 83.3 74.8
2019 83.2 75.4
2020 83.7 73.8
2021 83.6 74.4
2022 82.8 75.9
2023 83.9 76.1
2024 84.1 76.2
2025 84.2 76.4

Australia and Cape Verde population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Cape Verde
Year Population
Australia Cape Verde
1960 10,276,477 210,024
1961 10,483,000 215,087
1962 10,742,000 221,919
1963 10,950,000 229,373
1964 11,167,000 237,006
1965 11,388,000 244,856
1966 11,651,000 252,976
1967 11,799,000 261,404
1968 12,009,000 270,164
1969 12,263,000 279,248
1970 12,507,000 287,885
1971 12,937,000 294,046
1972 13,177,000 297,386
1973 13,380,000 299,881
1974 13,723,000 302,570
1975 13,893,000 305,847
1976 14,033,000 309,455
1977 14,192,000 312,834
1978 14,358,000 316,147
1979 14,514,000 319,480
1980 14,692,000 323,301
1981 14,923,260 327,846
1982 15,184,247 332,724
1983 15,393,472 337,654
1984 15,579,391 342,505
1985 15,788,312 347,365
1986 16,018,350 352,312
1987 16,263,874 357,302
1988 16,532,164 362,329
1989 16,814,416 367,803
1990 17,065,128 375,428
1991 17,284,036 384,586
1992 17,478,635 393,415
1993 17,634,808 401,965
1994 17,805,468 410,228
1995 18,004,882 418,104
1996 18,224,767 425,581
1997 18,423,037 432,798
1998 18,607,584 439,784
1999 18,812,264 446,519
2000 19,028,802 453,317
2001 19,274,701 460,293
2002 19,495,210 467,046
2003 19,720,737 473,383
2004 19,932,722 479,370
2005 20,176,844 485,115
2006 20,450,966 490,728
2007 20,827,622 496,190
2008 21,249,199 501,355
2009 21,691,653 506,141
2010 22,031,750 509,784
2011 22,340,024 511,447
2012 22,733,465 511,955
2013 23,128,129 512,225
2014 23,475,686 512,326
2015 23,815,995 512,394
2016 24,190,907 512,554
2017 24,592,588 512,893
2018 24,963,258 513,415
2019 25,334,826 514,104
2020 25,649,248 514,679
2021 25,685,412 516,649
2022 26,014,399 519,741
2023 26,652,777 522,331
2024 27,204,809 524,877

Fertility rates in Australia and Cape Verde

Fertility rate
Australia

Cape Verde
Year Fertility rate
Australia Cape Verde
1960 3.45 6.89
1961 3.54 6.92
1962 3.44 6.95
1963 3.33 6.98
1964 3.15 6.99
1965 2.98 6.99
1966 2.88 6.99
1967 2.85 6.98
1968 2.89 6.97
1969 2.89 6.95
1970 2.86 6.94
1971 2.96 6.91
1972 2.74 6.89
1973 2.49 6.86
1974 2.4 6.82
1975 2.15 6.77
1976 2.06 6.71
1977 2.01 6.65
1978 1.95 6.56
1979 1.91 6.47
1980 1.89 6.38
1981 1.94 6.27
1982 1.93 6.17
1983 1.92 6.07
1984 1.84 5.97
1985 1.92 5.92
1986 1.87 5.81
1987 1.85 5.68
1988 1.83 5.55
1989 1.84 5.45
1990 1.9 5.36
1991 1.85 5.26
1992 1.89 5.12
1993 1.86 4.95
1994 1.84 4.72
1995 1.82 4.49
1996 1.8 4.26
1997 1.78 4.05
1998 1.76 3.9
1999 1.76 3.73
2000 1.76 3.55
2001 1.74 3.37
2002 1.76 3.19
2003 1.75 3.03
2004 1.77 2.9
2005 1.81 2.73
2006 1.91 2.56
2007 1.96 2.41
2008 1.98 2.3
2009 1.97 2.25
2010 1.93 2.33
2011 1.93 2.33
2012 1.92 2.15
2013 1.86 2.07
2014 1.83 2.03
2015 1.81 1.97
2016 1.75 1.97
2017 1.74 1.93
2018 1.74 1.8
2019 1.66 1.7
2020 1.58 1.59
2021 1.7 1.55
2022 1.63 1.53
2023 1.5 1.52

Australia and Cape Verde demographics compared

Median age
Australia

Cape Verde
Year Median age, years
Australia Cape Verde
1960 29.5 19
1961 29.3 18.6
1962 29.1 18.1
1963 28.8 17.7
1964 28.6 17.4
1965 28.3 17.2
1966 28.1 17.1
1967 28 17
1968 27.9 17
1969 27.8 17.1
1970 27.7 17.2
1971 27.7 17.2
1972 27.7 17.2
1973 27.8 17.2
1974 28 17.2
1975 28.1 17
1976 28.4 16.8
1977 28.6 16.6
1978 28.9 16.4
1979 29.1 16.2
1980 29.4 16.1
1981 29.6 16.1
1982 29.9 16.3
1983 30.2 16.4
1984 30.5 16.5
1985 30.8 16.6
1986 31.1 16.7
1987 31.3 16.8
1988 31.6 16.8
1989 31.8 16.9
1990 32.1 17
1991 32.4 17
1992 32.7 17.1
1993 33 17.2
1994 33.3 17.4
1995 33.6 17.5
1996 34 17.7
1997 34.3 17.9
1998 34.7 18.1
1999 35.1 18.3
2000 35.4 18.6
2001 35.6 18.9
2002 35.8 19.2
2003 36.1 19.6
2004 36.3 19.9
2005 36.5 20.4
2006 36.7 20.8
2007 36.8 21.3
2008 36.8 21.7
2009 36.9 22.1
2010 37 22.6
2011 37.1 23.1
2012 37.2 23.6
2013 37.2 24.2
2014 37.3 24.7
2015 37.3 25.2
2016 37.3 25.7
2017 37.4 26.2
2018 37.4 26.6
2019 37.6 27
2020 38 27.3
2021 38.3 27.8
2022 38.5 28.3
2023 38.8 28.8
2024 39 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Cape Verde
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
$2.63B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
29.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
4.35%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
0.53%
2023
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
1,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
-1.77%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
11.3%
2019
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
69.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
10.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
68.7
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
32.3%
2015
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
2.2%
2015
Number of millionaires
1,936,114
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
9.35%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
47
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,853
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.74T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$60.4B
2024
$783M
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
$334M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
180,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
39.9%
2020
Banked people share
98%
2024
n/a

Energy

Australia Cape Verde
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
207.6 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
$26.8
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
1.01 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
1.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
21.8%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.26%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-214.5%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
9,823 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
26.7%
2021
18.3%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
98.6%
2023

Society

Australia Cape Verde
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.006%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
-1,209
2024
Urban population
86.8%
2024
68.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.78 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
46.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
62
2024
Higher education index
98
2025
27
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
6.18
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
26.8
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
75
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
88.5%
2024
English speaking
92.8%
2023
8%
2025
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
73.5%
2023

Health

Australia Cape Verde
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
$286
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
$73.5
2022
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
76.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
8.28%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
0.79
2018
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
40
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
11.6
2023
Obesity rate
31%
2022
16.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
6.8%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
29
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
11%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
6.01 liters
2020

Territory

Australia Cape Verde
% of world land
5.16%
2025
0.003%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
2,964 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
305 sq mi
2025
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
180 sq mi
2025
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
839 mi
2013

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