Australia vs New Zealand statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 6th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

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Australia and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Australia

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	New Zealand
1960	$18,607,682,977	$5,536,098,360
1961	$19,684,003,149	$5,721,994,864
1962	$19,923,683,188	$6,133,158,532
1963	$21,540,963,447	$6,699,741,645
1964	$23,801,123,808	$7,340,766,415
1965	$25,977,284,156	$5,706,251,400
1966	$27,308,964,369	$5,917,437,693
1967	$30,442,724,871	$6,016,017,227
1968	$32,714,085,234	$5,228,045,415
1969	$36,684,485,870	$5,814,357,709
1970	$41,334,726,614	$6,495,605,331
1971	$45,217,767,235	$7,911,136,757
1972	$52,042,056,075	$9,567,331,065
1973	$63,833,440,102	$12,802,281,898
1974	$88,965,364,775	$13,940,981,798
1975	$97,304,383,449	$12,861,983,284
1976	$105,060,616,985	$13,604,832,424
1977	$110,352,144,987	$15,446,825,318
1978	$118,492,761,338	$18,530,518,395
1979	$134,900,602,067	$20,731,243,113
1980	$149,987,743,733	$23,244,547,385
1981	$176,895,390,688	$24,417,617,184
1982	$194,041,708,044	$24,164,603,059
1983	$177,267,290,706	$24,309,279,706
1984	$193,525,337,526	$21,665,975,319
1985	$180,643,265,927	$24,679,795,396
1986	$182,481,113,598	$30,604,668,357
1987	$189,495,764,955	$40,376,354,070
1988	$236,161,314,544	$45,176,811,594
1989	$299,875,906,679	$43,920,222,525
1990	$311,426,665,220	$45,495,129,385
1991	$325,975,319,456	$42,745,329,732
1992	$325,525,379,567	$41,649,829,860
1993	$312,133,923,553	$46,775,620,817
1994	$322,806,641,301	$55,314,732,279
1995	$368,166,023,166	$63,918,703,507
1996	$401,341,880,621	$70,140,835,299
1997	$435,642,611,297	$66,075,143,415
1998	$399,674,421,759	$56,227,169,851
1999	$389,652,212,057	$58,762,260,626
2000	$416,167,815,093	$52,623,281,957
2001	$379,629,301,675	$53,872,425,917
2002	$395,788,696,012	$66,627,729,311
2003	$467,739,079,790	$88,250,885,550
2004	$614,659,980,083	$103,905,210,084
2005	$695,692,898,677	$114,720,129,550
2006	$748,417,562,770	$111,538,810,713
2007	$855,007,458,585	$137,188,946,866
2008	$1,056,112,427,190	$133,437,126,590
2009	$928,762,122,698	$121,663,439,315
2010	$1,148,838,233,481	$146,887,902,524
2011	$1,398,610,616,773	$168,484,908,960
2012	$1,547,532,281,116	$176,560,711,239
2013	$1,577,123,329,411	$191,012,364,177
2014	$1,468,265,356,428	$201,518,402,787
2015	$1,351,296,372,254	$178,224,167,088
2016	$1,206,836,962,282	$189,100,085,275
2017	$1,325,582,658,157	$206,745,969,246
2018	$1,427,809,041,019	$211,985,631,173
2019	$1,392,723,834,563	$213,006,341,102
2020	$1,328,414,058,378	$213,029,554,654
2021	$1,556,735,770,437	$253,977,931,815
2022	$1,690,858,246,994	$249,509,991,440
2023	$1,728,057,316,696	$255,194,972,673
2024	$1,752,193,307,380	$260,235,932,559

Australia and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	New Zealand
1960	$1,811	$2,334
1961	$1,878	$2,365
1962	$1,855	$2,471
1963	$1,967	$2,646
1964	$2,131	$2,839
1965	$2,281	$2,171
1966	$2,344	$2,211
1967	$2,580	$2,208
1968	$2,724	$1,902
1969	$2,991	$2,097
1970	$3,305	$2,311
1971	$3,495	$2,773
1972	$3,949	$3,295
1973	$4,771	$4,323
1974	$6,483	$4,611
1975	$7,004	$4,172
1976	$7,487	$4,374
1977	$7,776	$4,951
1978	$8,253	$5,937
1979	$9,295	$6,668
1980	$10,209	$7,467
1981	$11,854	$7,814
1982	$12,779	$7,656
1983	$11,516	$7,598
1984	$12,422	$6,714
1985	$11,442	$7,601
1986	$11,392	$9,428
1987	$11,651	$12,331
1988	$14,285	$13,759
1989	$17,834	$13,312
1990	$18,249	$13,663
1991	$18,860	$12,230
1992	$18,624	$11,793
1993	$17,700	$13,094
1994	$18,130	$15,280
1995	$20,448	$17,400
1996	$22,022	$18,794
1997	$23,647	$17,474
1998	$21,479	$14,738
1999	$20,713	$15,322
2000	$21,870	$13,641
2001	$19,696	$13,883
2002	$20,302	$16,874
2003	$23,718	$21,914
2004	$30,837	$25,420
2005	$34,480	$27,751
2006	$36,596	$26,655
2007	$41,052	$32,480
2008	$49,701	$31,325
2009	$42,817	$28,277
2010	$52,145	$33,762
2011	$62,606	$38,432
2012	$68,073	$40,054
2013	$68,191	$43,000
2014	$62,544	$44,618
2015	$56,739	$38,665
2016	$49,888	$40,114
2017	$53,902	$42,950
2018	$57,196	$43,257
2019	$54,973	$42,779
2020	$51,792	$41,851
2021	$60,608	$49,689
2022	$64,997	$48,760
2023	$64,836	$48,655
2024	$64,407	$48,747

Australia vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	New Zealand
1950	69	69.3
1951	68.7	69.1
1952	69.1	69.4
1953	69.7	70.2
1954	69.9	70.3
1955	70.2	70.5
1956	70	70.7
1957	70.3	70.3
1958	70.9	70.9
1959	70.4	70.8
1960	70.9	71.2
1961	71.1	70.9
1962	70.9	71.2
1963	71	71.3
1964	70.6	71.3
1965	70.8	71.2
1966	70.7	71.1
1967	71	71.4
1968	70.7	71.1
1969	71.1	71.5
1970	70.7	71.2
1971	71.5	71.7
1972	71.8	71.8
1973	72.1	71.7
1974	71.8	71.9
1975	72.8	72.2
1976	72.8	72.4
1977	73.5	72.1
1978	73.7	73
1979	74.3	73.1
1980	74.6	72.9
1981	74.8	73.6
1982	74.7	73.7
1983	75.4	73.8
1984	75.5	74.4
1985	75.4	73.9
1986	76.1	74.1
1987	76.1	74.2
1988	76.3	74.5
1989	76.2	74.9
1990	77	75.4
1991	77.5	76.1
1992	77.5	76.2
1993	78	76.5
1994	77.9	76.9
1995	78.3	76.8
1996	78.3	76.8
1997	78.6	77.3
1998	79	78.2
1999	79.3	77.9
2000	79.6	78.7
2001	80	78.7
2002	80.1	78.9
2003	80.4	79.1
2004	80.7	79.4
2005	81.1	80
2006	81.3	80
2007	81.2	80.1
2008	81.4	80.2
2009	81.7	80.5
2010	82	81.1
2011	82.1	80.8
2012	82.3	81.2
2013	82.6	81.6
2014	82.5	81.4
2015	82.6	81.6
2016	82.8	82
2017	82.7	81.6
2018	83.3	81.9
2019	83.2	81.8
2020	83.7	82.7
2021	83.6	82.3
2022	82.8	81
2023	83.9	82.1
2024	84.1	82.2
2025	84.2	82.4

Australia and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	New Zealand
1960	10,276,477	2,371,800
1961	10,483,000	2,419,700
1962	10,742,000	2,482,000
1963	10,950,000	2,531,800
1964	11,167,000	2,585,400
1965	11,388,000	2,628,400
1966	11,651,000	2,675,900
1967	11,799,000	2,724,100
1968	12,009,000	2,748,100
1969	12,263,000	2,772,800
1970	12,507,000	2,810,700
1971	12,937,000	2,853,000
1972	13,177,000	2,903,900
1973	13,380,000	2,961,300
1974	13,723,000	3,023,700
1975	13,893,000	3,083,100
1976	14,033,000	3,110,500
1977	14,192,000	3,120,200
1978	14,358,000	3,121,200
1979	14,514,000	3,109,000
1980	14,692,000	3,112,900
1981	14,923,260	3,124,900
1982	15,184,247	3,156,100
1983	15,393,472	3,199,300
1984	15,579,391	3,227,100
1985	15,788,312	3,247,100
1986	16,018,350	3,246,300
1987	16,263,874	3,274,400
1988	16,532,164	3,283,400
1989	16,814,416	3,299,200
1990	17,065,128	3,329,800
1991	17,284,036	3,495,100
1992	17,478,635	3,531,700
1993	17,634,808	3,572,200
1994	17,805,468	3,620,000
1995	18,004,882	3,673,400
1996	18,224,767	3,732,000
1997	18,423,037	3,781,300
1998	18,607,584	3,815,000
1999	18,812,264	3,835,100
2000	19,028,802	3,857,700
2001	19,274,701	3,880,500
2002	19,495,210	3,948,500
2003	19,720,737	4,027,200
2004	19,932,722	4,087,500
2005	20,176,844	4,133,900
2006	20,450,966	4,184,600
2007	20,827,622	4,223,800
2008	21,249,199	4,259,800
2009	21,691,653	4,302,600
2010	22,031,750	4,350,700
2011	22,340,024	4,384,000
2012	22,733,465	4,408,100
2013	23,128,129	4,442,100
2014	23,475,686	4,516,500
2015	23,815,995	4,609,400
2016	24,190,907	4,714,100
2017	24,592,588	4,813,600
2018	24,963,258	4,900,600
2019	25,334,826	4,979,200
2020	25,649,248	5,090,200
2021	25,685,412	5,111,300
2022	26,014,399	5,117,100
2023	26,652,777	5,245,000
2024	27,204,809	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Australia and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Australia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	New Zealand
1960	3.45	4.24
1961	3.54	4.31
1962	3.44	4.19
1963	3.33	4.05
1964	3.15	3.8
1965	2.98	3.54
1966	2.88	3.41
1967	2.85	3.35
1968	2.89	3.34
1969	2.89	3.28
1970	2.86	3.17
1971	2.96	3.18
1972	2.74	3
1973	2.49	2.76
1974	2.4	2.58
1975	2.15	2.37
1976	2.06	2.27
1977	2.01	2.21
1978	1.95	2.07
1979	1.91	2.12
1980	1.89	2.03
1981	1.94	2.01
1982	1.93	1.95
1983	1.92	1.92
1984	1.84	1.93
1985	1.92	1.93
1986	1.87	1.96
1987	1.85	2.03
1988	1.83	2.1
1989	1.84	2.12
1990	1.9	2.18
1991	1.85	2.09
1992	1.89	2.06
1993	1.86	2.04
1994	1.84	1.98
1995	1.82	1.98
1996	1.8	1.96
1997	1.78	1.96
1998	1.76	1.89
1999	1.76	1.97
2000	1.76	1.98
2001	1.74	1.97
2002	1.76	1.89
2003	1.75	1.93
2004	1.77	1.98
2005	1.81	1.97
2006	1.91	2.01
2007	1.96	2.18
2008	1.98	2.19
2009	1.97	2.13
2010	1.93	2.17
2011	1.93	2.09
2012	1.92	2.1
2013	1.86	2.01
2014	1.83	1.92
2015	1.81	1.99
2016	1.75	1.87
2017	1.74	1.81
2018	1.74	1.71
2019	1.66	1.72
2020	1.58	1.61
2021	1.7	1.64
2022	1.63	1.66
2023	1.5	1.56

Australia and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Australia

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	New Zealand
1960	29.5	27.5
1961	29.3	27.1
1962	29.1	26.8
1963	28.8	26.4
1964	28.6	26.2
1965	28.3	26
1966	28.1	25.9
1967	28	25.8
1968	27.9	25.7
1969	27.8	25.7
1970	27.7	25.6
1971	27.7	25.7
1972	27.7	25.9
1973	27.8	26
1974	28	26.2
1975	28.1	26.3
1976	28.4	26.5
1977	28.6	26.8
1978	28.9	27.1
1979	29.1	27.5
1980	29.4	27.9
1981	29.6	28.2
1982	29.9	28.5
1983	30.2	28.8
1984	30.5	29.1
1985	30.8	29.4
1986	31.1	29.8
1987	31.3	30.1
1988	31.6	30.4
1989	31.8	30.8
1990	32.1	31.1
1991	32.4	31.4
1992	32.7	31.7
1993	33	32
1994	33.3	32.3
1995	33.6	32.6
1996	34	32.8
1997	34.3	33.2
1998	34.7	33.6
1999	35.1	34
2000	35.4	34.3
2001	35.6	34.6
2002	35.8	34.8
2003	36.1	35
2004	36.3	35.2
2005	36.5	35.5
2006	36.7	35.8
2007	36.8	36.1
2008	36.8	36.4
2009	36.9	36.6
2010	37	36.8
2011	37.1	37
2012	37.2	37.2
2013	37.2	37.4
2014	37.3	37.5
2015	37.3	37.4
2016	37.3	37.3
2017	37.4	37.2
2018	37.4	37.3
2019	37.6	37.3
2020	38	37.5
2021	38.3	37.8
2022	38.5	38.1
2023	38.8	38.3
2024	39	38.6

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