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Australia vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 6th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Vatican
Population
27677455
949
Population rank 55/197 197/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 13/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 14/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$873B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 22/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
n/a
Median age
39 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Australia and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Australia vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Vatican
1950 69 65.9
1951 68.7 65.3
1952 69.1 65.7
1953 69.7 66.3
1954 69.9 67.5
1955 70.2 67.8
1956 70 67.3
1957 70.3 67.5
1958 70.9 68.7
1959 70.4 69.2
1960 70.9 69.2
1961 71.1 69.8
1962 70.9 69.2
1963 71 69.3
1964 70.6 70.3
1965 70.8 70.1
1966 70.7 70.9
1967 71 70.9
1968 70.7 70.7
1969 71.1 70.7
1970 70.7 71.5
1971 71.5 71.7
1972 71.8 72
1973 72.1 71.9
1974 71.8 72.7
1975 72.8 72.6
1976 72.8 72.9
1977 73.5 73.3
1978 73.7 73.7
1979 74.3 74
1980 74.6 74.1
1981 74.8 74.3
1982 74.7 74.8
1983 75.4 74.7
1984 75.5 75.1
1985 75.4 75.5
1986 76.1 75.7
1987 76.1 76.2
1988 76.3 76.4
1989 76.2 76.8
1990 77 76.9
1991 77.5 76.9
1992 77.5 77.3
1993 78 77
1994 77.9 77.7
1995 78.3 77.8
1996 78.3 78.5
1997 78.6 78.2
1998 79 78.3
1999 79.3 78.7
2000 79.6 79.3
2001 80 79.9
2002 80.1 80
2003 80.4 79.8
2004 80.7 80.2
2005 81.1 80.6
2006 81.3 81.2
2007 81.2 81.3
2008 81.4 81.4
2009 81.7 81.3
2010 82 81.5
2011 82.1 81.7
2012 82.3 82
2013 82.6 82.5
2014 82.5 82.6
2015 82.6 82.5
2016 82.8 82.9
2017 82.7 82.7
2018 83.3 83.3
2019 83.2 83.6
2020 83.7 83
2021 83.6 82.9
2022 82.8 83.3
2023 83.9 83
2024 84.1 83.1
2025 84.2 83.3

Australia and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Vatican
Year Population
Australia Vatican
1960 10,276,477 -
1961 10,483,000 -
1962 10,742,000 -
1963 10,950,000 -
1964 11,167,000 -
1965 11,388,000 -
1966 11,651,000 -
1967 11,799,000 -
1968 12,009,000 -
1969 12,263,000 -
1970 12,507,000 -
1971 12,937,000 -
1972 13,177,000 -
1973 13,380,000 -
1974 13,723,000 -
1975 13,893,000 -
1976 14,033,000 -
1977 14,192,000 -
1978 14,358,000 -
1979 14,514,000 -
1980 14,692,000 -
1981 14,923,260 -
1982 15,184,247 -
1983 15,393,472 -
1984 15,579,391 -
1985 15,788,312 -
1986 16,018,350 -
1987 16,263,874 -
1988 16,532,164 -
1989 16,814,416 -
1990 17,065,128 -
1991 17,284,036 -
1992 17,478,635 -
1993 17,634,808 -
1994 17,805,468 -
1995 18,004,882 -
1996 18,224,767 -
1997 18,423,037 -
1998 18,607,584 -
1999 18,812,264 -
2000 19,028,802 880
2001 19,274,701 890
2002 19,495,210 900
2003 19,720,737 911
2004 19,932,722 921
2005 20,176,844 921
2006 20,450,966 932
2007 20,827,622 821
2008 21,249,199 824
2009 21,691,653 826
2010 22,031,750 829
2011 22,340,024 832
2012 22,733,465 836
2013 23,128,129 839
2014 23,475,686 842
2015 23,815,995 1,000
2016 24,190,907 -
2017 24,592,588 1,000
2018 24,963,258 -
2019 25,334,826 1,000
2020 25,649,248 -
2021 25,685,412 -
2022 26,014,399 -
2023 26,652,777 -
2024 27,204,809 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
n/a
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
n/a
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
98%
2024
n/a

Energy

Australia Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
n/a
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
n/a
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Australia Vatican
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
n/a
Urban population
86.8%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
98
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
170
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
100%
2013
English speaking
92.8%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
n/a

Health

Australia Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
31%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
94
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Australia Vatican
% of world land
5.16%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
5.59 mi
2003

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