Australia vs Japan statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 6th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

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Australia and Japan economies compared

GDP

Australia

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Japan
1960	$18,607,682,977	$47,419,238,274
1961	$19,684,003,149	$57,266,758,180
1962	$19,923,683,188	$64,987,857,542
1963	$21,540,963,447	$74,379,284,603
1964	$23,801,123,808	$87,490,590,818
1965	$25,977,284,156	$97,338,107,606
1966	$27,308,964,369	$113,046,784,179
1967	$30,442,724,871	$132,475,614,227
1968	$32,714,085,234	$156,897,496,759
1969	$36,684,485,870	$184,298,841,305
1970	$41,334,726,614	$217,223,652,719
1971	$45,217,767,235	$245,364,056,622
1972	$52,042,056,075	$324,933,841,269
1973	$63,833,440,102	$441,460,582,536
1974	$88,965,364,775	$490,035,789,970
1975	$97,304,383,449	$532,861,438,885
1976	$105,060,616,985	$598,883,902,156
1977	$110,352,144,987	$737,069,290,928
1978	$118,492,761,338	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$134,900,602,067	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$149,987,743,733	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$176,895,390,688	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$194,041,708,044	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$177,267,290,706	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$193,525,337,526	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$180,643,265,927	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$182,481,113,598	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$189,495,764,955	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$236,161,314,544	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$299,875,906,679	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$311,426,665,220	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$325,975,319,456	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$325,525,379,567	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$312,133,923,553	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$322,806,641,301	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$368,166,023,166	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$401,341,880,621	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$435,642,611,297	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$399,674,421,759	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$389,652,212,057	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$416,167,815,093	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$379,629,301,675	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$395,788,696,012	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$467,739,079,790	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$614,659,980,083	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$695,692,898,677	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$748,417,562,770	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$855,007,458,585	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$928,762,122,698	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$4,026,210,821,147

Australia and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Japan
1960	$1,811	$509
1961	$1,878	$609
1962	$1,855	$685
1963	$1,967	$776
1964	$2,131	$903
1965	$2,281	$994
1966	$2,344	$1,144
1967	$2,580	$1,326
1968	$2,724	$1,553
1969	$2,991	$1,803
1970	$3,305	$2,101
1971	$3,495	$2,321
1972	$3,949	$3,031
1973	$4,771	$4,061
1974	$6,483	$4,448
1975	$7,004	$4,776
1976	$7,487	$5,310
1977	$7,776	$6,473
1978	$8,253	$9,012
1979	$9,295	$9,301
1980	$10,209	$9,669
1981	$11,854	$10,583
1982	$12,779	$9,780
1983	$11,516	$10,652
1984	$12,422	$11,207
1985	$11,442	$11,809
1986	$11,392	$17,452
1987	$11,651	$21,142
1988	$14,285	$25,500
1989	$17,834	$25,266
1990	$18,249	$25,801
1991	$18,860	$29,428
1992	$18,624	$31,993
1993	$17,700	$36,345
1994	$18,130	$39,934
1995	$20,448	$44,198
1996	$22,022	$39,150
1997	$23,647	$35,638
1998	$21,479	$32,424
1999	$20,713	$36,610
2000	$21,870	$39,169
2001	$19,696	$34,406
2002	$20,302	$32,821
2003	$23,718	$35,387
2004	$30,837	$38,299
2005	$34,480	$37,813
2006	$36,596	$35,992
2007	$41,052	$35,779
2008	$49,701	$39,876
2009	$42,817	$41,309
2010	$52,145	$44,968
2011	$62,606	$48,760
2012	$68,073	$49,145
2013	$68,191	$40,899
2014	$62,544	$38,475
2015	$56,739	$34,961
2016	$49,888	$39,375
2017	$53,902	$38,834
2018	$57,196	$39,751
2019	$54,973	$40,416
2020	$51,792	$40,029
2021	$60,608	$40,095
2022	$64,997	$34,066
2023	$64,836	$33,836
2024	$64,407	$32,476

Australia vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	Japan
1950	69	59.3
1951	68.7	61
1952	69.1	63
1953	69.7	63.3
1954	69.9	64.5
1955	70.2	65.7
1956	70	65.6
1957	70.3	65.4
1958	70.9	67
1959	70.4	67.5
1960	70.9	67.7
1961	71.1	68.4
1962	70.9	68.7
1963	71	69.7
1964	70.6	70.2
1965	70.8	70.3
1966	70.7	71.1
1967	71	71.4
1968	70.7	71.7
1969	71.1	71.9
1970	70.7	72
1971	71.5	72.8
1972	71.8	73.3
1973	72.1	73.4
1974	71.8	73.8
1975	72.8	74.4
1976	72.8	74.8
1977	73.5	75.3
1978	73.7	75.7
1979	74.3	76.2
1980	74.6	76.1
1981	74.8	76.6
1982	74.7	77.1
1983	75.4	77.1
1984	75.5	77.5
1985	75.4	77.8
1986	76.1	78.2
1987	76.1	78.6
1988	76.3	78.5
1989	76.2	79
1990	77	79
1991	77.5	79.3
1992	77.5	79.3
1993	78	79.4
1994	77.9	79.8
1995	78.3	79.7
1996	78.3	80.4
1997	78.6	80.6
1998	79	80.6
1999	79.3	80.6
2000	79.6	81.2
2001	80	81.5
2002	80.1	81.8
2003	80.4	81.9
2004	80.7	82.1
2005	81.1	82
2006	81.3	82.4
2007	81.2	82.5
2008	81.4	82.6
2009	81.7	83
2010	82	82.9
2011	82.1	82.7
2012	82.3	83.2
2013	82.6	83.4
2014	82.5	83.6
2015	82.6	83.9
2016	82.8	84.1
2017	82.7	84.2
2018	83.3	84.3
2019	83.2	84.4
2020	83.7	84.7
2021	83.6	84.6
2022	82.8	84.1
2023	83.9	84.7
2024	84.1	84.9
2025	84.2	85

Australia and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	Japan
1960	10,276,477	93,216,000
1961	10,483,000	94,055,000
1962	10,742,000	94,933,000
1963	10,950,000	95,900,000
1964	11,167,000	96,903,000
1965	11,388,000	97,952,000
1966	11,651,000	98,851,000
1967	11,799,000	99,879,000
1968	12,009,000	101,011,000
1969	12,263,000	102,219,000
1970	12,507,000	103,403,000
1971	12,937,000	105,697,000
1972	13,177,000	107,188,000
1973	13,380,000	108,707,000
1974	13,723,000	110,162,000
1975	13,893,000	111,573,000
1976	14,033,000	112,775,000
1977	14,192,000	113,872,000
1978	14,358,000	114,913,000
1979	14,514,000	115,890,000
1980	14,692,000	116,807,000
1981	14,923,260	117,661,000
1982	15,184,247	118,480,000
1983	15,393,472	119,307,000
1984	15,579,391	120,083,000
1985	15,788,312	120,837,000
1986	16,018,350	121,482,000
1987	16,263,874	122,069,000
1988	16,532,164	122,578,000
1989	16,814,416	123,069,000
1990	17,065,128	123,478,000
1991	17,284,036	123,964,000
1992	17,478,635	124,425,000
1993	17,634,808	124,829,000
1994	17,805,468	125,178,000
1995	18,004,882	125,472,000
1996	18,224,767	125,757,000
1997	18,423,037	126,057,000
1998	18,607,584	126,400,000
1999	18,812,264	126,631,000
2000	19,028,802	126,843,000
2001	19,274,701	127,149,000
2002	19,495,210	127,445,000
2003	19,720,737	127,718,000
2004	19,932,722	127,761,000
2005	20,176,844	127,773,000
2006	20,450,966	127,854,000
2007	20,827,622	128,001,000
2008	21,249,199	128,063,000
2009	21,691,653	128,047,000
2010	22,031,750	128,070,000
2011	22,340,024	127,833,000
2012	22,733,465	127,629,000
2013	23,128,129	127,445,000
2014	23,475,686	127,276,000
2015	23,815,995	127,141,000
2016	24,190,907	127,076,000
2017	24,592,588	126,972,000
2018	24,963,258	126,811,000
2019	25,334,826	126,633,000
2020	25,649,248	126,261,000
2021	25,685,412	125,681,593
2022	26,014,399	125,124,989
2023	26,652,777	124,516,650
2024	27,204,809	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Australia and Japan

Fertility rate

Australia

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Japan
1960	3.45	2
1961	3.54	1.96
1962	3.44	1.98
1963	3.33	2
1964	3.15	2.05
1965	2.98	2.14
1966	2.88	1.58
1967	2.85	2.23
1968	2.89	2.13
1969	2.89	2.13
1970	2.86	2.13
1971	2.96	2.16
1972	2.74	2.14
1973	2.49	2.14
1974	2.4	2.05
1975	2.15	1.91
1976	2.06	1.85
1977	2.01	1.8
1978	1.95	1.79
1979	1.91	1.77
1980	1.89	1.75
1981	1.94	1.74
1982	1.93	1.77
1983	1.92	1.8
1984	1.84	1.81
1985	1.92	1.76
1986	1.87	1.72
1987	1.85	1.69
1988	1.83	1.66
1989	1.84	1.57
1990	1.9	1.54
1991	1.85	1.53
1992	1.89	1.5
1993	1.86	1.46
1994	1.84	1.5
1995	1.82	1.42
1996	1.8	1.43
1997	1.78	1.39
1998	1.76	1.38
1999	1.76	1.34
2000	1.76	1.36
2001	1.74	1.33
2002	1.76	1.32
2003	1.75	1.29
2004	1.77	1.29
2005	1.81	1.26
2006	1.91	1.32
2007	1.96	1.34
2008	1.98	1.37
2009	1.97	1.37
2010	1.93	1.39
2011	1.93	1.39
2012	1.92	1.41
2013	1.86	1.43
2014	1.83	1.42
2015	1.81	1.45
2016	1.75	1.44
2017	1.74	1.43
2018	1.74	1.42
2019	1.66	1.36
2020	1.58	1.33
2021	1.7	1.3
2022	1.63	1.26
2023	1.5	1.2

Australia and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Australia

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	Japan
1960	29.5	25.8
1961	29.3	26.2
1962	29.1	26.5
1963	28.8	26.9
1964	28.6	27.2
1965	28.3	27.6
1966	28.1	28
1967	28	28.4
1968	27.9	28.6
1969	27.8	28.9
1970	27.7	29.2
1971	27.7	29.6
1972	27.7	29.9
1973	27.8	30.2
1974	28	30.4
1975	28.1	30.6
1976	28.4	30.9
1977	28.6	31.5
1978	28.9	32
1979	29.1	32.4
1980	29.4	32.8
1981	29.6	33.1
1982	29.9	33.7
1983	30.2	34.3
1984	30.5	34.9
1985	30.8	35.4
1986	31.1	35.9
1987	31.3	36.3
1988	31.6	36.8
1989	31.8	37.2
1990	32.1	37.7
1991	32.4	38.2
1992	32.7	38.7
1993	33	39.2
1994	33.3	39.6
1995	33.6	40
1996	34	40.3
1997	34.3	40.7
1998	34.7	41
1999	35.1	41.4
2000	35.4	41.8
2001	35.6	42.1
2002	35.8	42.5
2003	36.1	42.8
2004	36.3	43.2
2005	36.5	43.6
2006	36.7	43.9
2007	36.8	44.2
2008	36.8	44.6
2009	36.9	44.9
2010	37	45.2
2011	37.1	45.5
2012	37.2	45.8
2013	37.2	46.2
2014	37.3	46.6
2015	37.3	47
2016	37.3	47.3
2017	37.4	47.6
2018	37.4	48
2019	37.6	48.3
2020	38	48.7
2021	38.3	49.1
2022	38.5	49.5
2023	38.8	50
2024	39	50.4

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