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Australia vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 6th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Russia
Population
27677455
142718132
Population rank 55/197 9/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 13/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 14/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$873B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 22/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
39 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

Australia and Russia: Comparison Charts

Australia and Russia economies compared

GDP
Australia

Russia
Year GDP
Australia Russia
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 $554,828,660,436
1989 $299,875,906,679 $506,631,299,735
1990 $311,426,665,220 $517,014,446,228
1991 $325,975,319,456 $517,962,962,963
1992 $325,525,379,567 $460,290,556,901
1993 $312,133,923,553 $435,083,713,851
1994 $322,806,641,301 $395,077,301,248
1995 $368,166,023,166 $395,537,185,735
1996 $401,341,880,621 $391,724,890,744
1997 $435,642,611,297 $404,928,954,192
1998 $399,674,421,759 $270,955,486,862
1999 $389,652,212,057 $195,907,128,351
2000 $416,167,815,093 $259,710,142,197
2001 $379,629,301,675 $306,602,070,621
2002 $395,788,696,012 $345,470,494,418
2003 $467,739,079,790 $430,347,420,185
2004 $614,659,980,083 $591,016,690,732
2005 $695,692,898,677 $764,015,973,481
2006 $748,417,562,770 $989,932,071,353
2007 $855,007,458,585 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $1,056,112,427,190 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $928,762,122,698 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $1,148,838,233,481 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $1,398,610,616,773 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $1,547,532,281,116 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $1,577,123,329,411 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $1,468,265,356,428 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $1,351,296,372,254 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $1,206,836,962,282 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $1,325,582,658,157 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $1,427,809,041,019 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $1,392,723,834,563 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $1,328,414,058,378 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $1,556,735,770,437 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $1,690,858,246,994 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $1,728,057,316,696 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $1,752,193,307,380 $2,173,835,806,672

Australia and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
Australia

Russia
Year GDP per capita
Australia Russia
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 $3,778
1989 $17,834 $3,430
1990 $18,249 $3,494
1991 $18,860 $3,490
1992 $18,624 $3,099
1993 $17,700 $2,931
1994 $18,130 $2,662
1995 $20,448 $2,666
1996 $22,022 $2,644
1997 $23,647 $2,738
1998 $21,479 $1,835
1999 $20,713 $1,331
2000 $21,870 $1,772
2001 $19,696 $2,100
2002 $20,302 $2,378
2003 $23,718 $2,975
2004 $30,837 $4,102
2005 $34,480 $5,323
2006 $36,596 $6,920
2007 $41,052 $9,101
2008 $49,701 $11,635
2009 $42,817 $8,563
2010 $52,145 $10,675
2011 $62,606 $14,305
2012 $68,073 $15,402
2013 $68,191 $15,941
2014 $62,544 $14,277
2015 $56,739 $9,427
2016 $49,888 $8,804
2017 $53,902 $10,835
2018 $57,196 $11,399
2019 $54,973 $11,640
2020 $51,792 $10,280
2021 $60,608 $12,637
2022 $64,997 $15,888
2023 $64,836 $14,403
2024 $64,407 $15,145

Australia vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Russia
1950 69 55.5
1951 68.7 55.3
1952 69.1 57.6
1953 69.7 58.8
1954 69.9 59.9
1955 70.2 62.1
1956 70 66.5
1957 70.3 66
1958 70.9 67.7
1959 70.4 67.4
1960 70.9 68.3
1961 71.1 68.6
1962 70.9 68.5
1963 71 69.1
1964 70.6 69.5
1965 70.8 69.3
1966 70.7 69.4
1967 71 69.2
1968 70.7 69.1
1969 71.1 68.6
1970 70.7 68.7
1971 71.5 68.9
1972 71.8 68.8
1973 72.1 68.9
1974 71.8 68.7
1975 72.8 68.3
1976 72.8 68.1
1977 73.5 67.9
1978 73.7 67.8
1979 74.3 67.6
1980 74.6 67.5
1981 74.8 67.6
1982 74.7 68.1
1983 75.4 68
1984 75.5 67.6
1985 75.4 68.3
1986 76.1 70
1987 76.1 70.1
1988 76.3 69.9
1989 76.2 69.7
1990 77 69.3
1991 77.5 69
1992 77.5 67.8
1993 78 65
1994 77.9 63.8
1995 78.3 64
1996 78.3 65.4
1997 78.6 66.6
1998 79 66.9
1999 79.3 65.6
2000 79.6 65
2001 80 65
2002 80.1 64.7
2003 80.4 64.7
2004 80.7 65.1
2005 81.1 65.2
2006 81.3 66.5
2007 81.2 67.5
2008 81.4 67.9
2009 81.7 68.7
2010 82 68.2
2011 82.1 69.7
2012 82.3 70.1
2013 82.6 70.6
2014 82.5 70.8
2015 82.6 71.3
2016 82.8 71.9
2017 82.7 72.8
2018 83.3 72.9
2019 83.2 73.1
2020 83.7 71.2
2021 83.6 69.8
2022 82.8 72.5
2023 83.9 73.2
2024 84.1 73.3
2025 84.2 73.5

Australia and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Russia
Year Population
Australia Russia
1960 10,276,477 119,897,000
1961 10,483,000 121,236,000
1962 10,742,000 122,591,000
1963 10,950,000 123,960,000
1964 11,167,000 125,345,000
1965 11,388,000 126,745,000
1966 11,651,000 127,468,000
1967 11,799,000 128,196,000
1968 12,009,000 128,928,000
1969 12,263,000 129,664,000
1970 12,507,000 130,404,000
1971 12,937,000 131,155,000
1972 13,177,000 131,909,000
1973 13,380,000 132,669,000
1974 13,723,000 133,432,000
1975 13,893,000 134,200,000
1976 14,033,000 135,147,000
1977 14,192,000 136,100,000
1978 14,358,000 137,060,000
1979 14,514,000 138,027,000
1980 14,692,000 139,010,000
1981 14,923,260 139,941,000
1982 15,184,247 140,823,000
1983 15,393,472 141,668,000
1984 15,579,391 142,745,000
1985 15,788,312 143,858,000
1986 16,018,350 144,894,000
1987 16,263,874 145,908,000
1988 16,532,164 146,857,000
1989 16,814,416 147,721,000
1990 17,065,128 147,969,406
1991 17,284,036 148,394,216
1992 17,478,635 148,538,197
1993 17,634,808 148,458,777
1994 17,805,468 148,407,912
1995 18,004,882 148,375,787
1996 18,224,767 148,160,129
1997 18,423,037 147,915,361
1998 18,607,584 147,670,784
1999 18,812,264 147,214,776
2000 19,028,802 146,596,869
2001 19,274,701 145,976,482
2002 19,495,210 145,306,497
2003 19,720,737 144,648,618
2004 19,932,722 144,067,316
2005 20,176,844 143,518,814
2006 20,450,966 143,049,637
2007 20,827,622 142,805,114
2008 21,249,199 142,742,366
2009 21,691,653 142,785,348
2010 22,031,750 142,849,468
2011 22,340,024 143,018,195
2012 22,733,465 143,378,447
2013 23,128,129 143,805,638
2014 23,475,686 144,237,223
2015 23,815,995 144,640,716
2016 24,190,907 145,015,460
2017 24,592,588 145,293,260
2018 24,963,258 145,398,106
2019 25,334,826 145,453,291
2020 25,649,248 145,245,148
2021 25,685,412 144,746,762
2022 26,014,399 144,236,933
2023 26,652,777 143,826,130
2024 27,204,809 143,533,851

Fertility rates in Australia and Russia

Fertility rate
Australia

Russia
Year Fertility rate
Australia Russia
1960 3.45 2.52
1961 3.54 2.45
1962 3.44 2.36
1963 3.33 2.27
1964 3.15 2.18
1965 2.98 2.13
1966 2.88 2.1
1967 2.85 2.04
1968 2.89 1.99
1969 2.89 1.97
1970 2.86 1.99
1971 2.96 2.03
1972 2.74 2.04
1973 2.49 2.01
1974 2.4 2
1975 2.15 1.98
1976 2.06 1.97
1977 2.01 1.95
1978 1.95 1.92
1979 1.91 1.9
1980 1.89 1.89
1981 1.94 1.91
1982 1.93 2.04
1983 1.92 2.11
1984 1.84 2.06
1985 1.92 2.05
1986 1.87 2.15
1987 1.85 2.22
1988 1.83 2.12
1989 1.84 2.01
1990 1.9 1.89
1991 1.85 1.73
1992 1.89 1.55
1993 1.86 1.39
1994 1.84 1.4
1995 1.82 1.34
1996 1.8 1.27
1997 1.78 1.22
1998 1.76 1.23
1999 1.76 1.16
2000 1.76 1.2
2001 1.74 1.22
2002 1.76 1.29
2003 1.75 1.32
2004 1.77 1.34
2005 1.81 1.29
2006 1.91 1.31
2007 1.96 1.42
2008 1.98 1.5
2009 1.97 1.54
2010 1.93 1.57
2011 1.93 1.58
2012 1.92 1.69
2013 1.86 1.71
2014 1.83 1.75
2015 1.81 1.78
2016 1.75 1.76
2017 1.74 1.62
2018 1.74 1.58
2019 1.66 1.5
2020 1.58 1.51
2021 1.7 1.51
2022 1.63 1.42
2023 1.5 1.41

Australia and Russia demographics compared

Median age
Australia

Russia
Year Median age, years
Australia Russia
1960 29.5 27.1
1961 29.3 27.4
1962 29.1 27.7
1963 28.8 28.1
1964 28.6 28.3
1965 28.3 28.6
1966 28.1 28.9
1967 28 29.2
1968 27.9 29.8
1969 27.8 30.3
1970 27.7 30.7
1971 27.7 31
1972 27.7 31.1
1973 27.8 31.1
1974 28 30.9
1975 28.1 30.7
1976 28.4 30.6
1977 28.6 30.9
1978 28.9 31
1979 29.1 31.1
1980 29.4 31.3
1981 29.6 31.4
1982 29.9 31.6
1983 30.2 31.7
1984 30.5 31.8
1985 30.8 32
1986 31.1 32.2
1987 31.3 32.4
1988 31.6 32.6
1989 31.8 32.9
1990 32.1 33.2
1991 32.4 33.6
1992 32.7 33.9
1993 33 34.4
1994 33.3 34.7
1995 33.6 35
1996 34 35.3
1997 34.3 35.7
1998 34.7 36
1999 35.1 36.3
2000 35.4 36.6
2001 35.6 36.8
2002 35.8 36.9
2003 36.1 37
2004 36.3 37.2
2005 36.5 37.4
2006 36.7 37.6
2007 36.8 37.7
2008 36.8 37.8
2009 36.9 37.9
2010 37 38
2011 37.1 38.1
2012 37.2 38.3
2013 37.2 38.4
2014 37.3 38.6
2015 37.3 38.7
2016 37.3 38.8
2017 37.4 39
2018 37.4 39.2
2019 37.6 39.4
2020 38 39.7
2021 38.3 39.9
2022 38.5 40.1
2023 38.8 40.5
2024 39 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires
1,936,114
2024
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires
9.35%
2024
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires
47
2025
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
1,853
2024
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.74T
2024
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$60.4B
2024
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
1.3%
2020
Banked people share
98%
2024
79.3%
2024

Energy

Australia Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.26%
2023
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share
-214.5%
2023
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
9,823 kWh
2023
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
26.7%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Australia Russia
% of world population
0.33%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
86.8%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
98
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.9%
2021
English speaking
92.8%
2023
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
94.4%
2024

Health

Australia Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
31%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

Australia Russia
% of world land
5.16%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
981,326 mi
2023

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