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🇦🇺 Australia vs 🇮🇳 India

India has 1.44B more people — 1,463,865,525 against 27,614,411. Below, 33 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇦🇺 Australia
27,614,411
Oceania · rank #55 · +1.53%
World Bank, 2025
🇮🇳 India
1,463,865,525
Asia · rank #1 · +0.89%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

33 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorAustraliaIndia
Population27,614,41155th of 2401,463,865,5251st of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.53%74th of 240+0.89%116th of 240
Population Density/km²3/km²234th of 240484/km²28th of 240
Land Areakm²7,692,020 km²6th of 2402,973,190 km²7th of 240
Urban Population87.7%47th of 24035.7%200th of 240
GDP per Capita$65,13020th of 240$2,702191st of 240
GDP Growth+1.4%160th of 210+7.6%16th of 210
Life Expectancyyears83.1 years22nd of 24072.2 years157th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.48 births per woman175th of 2401.96 births per woman113th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00010.7 per 1,000140th of 21316.0 per 1,00095th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.9 per 1,000124th of 2136.6 per 1,000133rd of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births3.1 per 1,000 live births166th of 19423.3 per 1,000 live births61st of 194
Unemployment Rate4.1%118th of 1864.2%116th of 186
Inflation Rate2.9%99th of 1912.4%112th of 191
Gini Index33.899th of 17025.5166th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP10.4% of GDP25th of 1923.3% of GDP170th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0004.09 per 1,00029th of 2060.72 per 1,000141st of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0003.82 per 1,00051st of 1991.59 per 1,000132nd of 199
Education Spendingof GDP5.1% of GDP64th of 2024.1% of GDP102nd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary131.9% gross, secondary7th of 20779.6% gross, secondary141st of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption12.3% of final consumption130th of 21134.9% of final consumption69th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area17.4% of land area135th of 21124.5% of land area118th of 211
Internet Penetration96.1%22nd of 21170.0%132nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people112.6 per 100 people112th of 21279.4 per 100 people167th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births2 per 100,000 live births189th of 19380 per 100,000 live births73rd of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.88% of GDP75th of 1632.27% of GDP53rd of 163
Protected Areasof land area22.0% of land area77th of 2117.7% of land area167th of 211
Median Ageyears38.3 years80th of 24028.8 years147th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears12.9 years9th of 1487.8 years106th of 148
Human Development Index0.9587th of 1920.685129th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.92/ 1016th of 1644.54/ 10124th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita14.48 tonnes per capita11th of 2122.20 tonnes per capita128th of 212
Obesity Rate32.4%52nd of 1988.0%180th of 198

Not Comparable

Published for one country but not the other, so no comparison is shown.

  • Poverty Rate 21.9% for India, not published for Australia
  • Literacy Rate 78.2% for India, not published for Australia

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

AustraliaIndia
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B1.6B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Australia and India population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Australia19508.18M
Australia197513.9M
Australia200019.1M
Australia202527M
Australia205032.5M
Australia207537.7M
Australia210043.1M
India1950346.3M
India1975611.3M
India20001.06B
India20251.46B
India20501.68B
India20751.67B
India21001.51B

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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