Canada’s coastline is 7.8 times as long as Australia’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Canada: 202,080 km (2026 edition)

Canada’s highest peak towers 3,731 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Canada: 5,959 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 6.5% of Canada

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Canada: 6.5% (2024)

Canada has 51% more people than Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Canada: 41.7 million (2025)

Canada is 32% more densely populated than Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Canada: 5 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Canada is 2.6 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Canada: 40.3 years (2023)

Women in Australia have 0.2 more children on average than in Canada

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Canada: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Canada are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Canada: 20.3% (2025)

Canada hosts 8.3 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Canada: 10 per 1,000 (2025)

Canada has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Canada: 5.5 (2026)

Canada has 2 official languages, Australia 1

Australia: 1 (2026) · Canada: 2 (2026)

Canada’s economy is 29% larger than Australia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Canada: $2.32 trillion (2025)

Australia produces 8% more per person than Canada

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Canada: Int$66,746 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Canada (Gini 2.3 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Canada: 31.5 (2022)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.3% in Canada

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Canada: 0.3% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.9% in Canada, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Canada: 6.9% (2025)

Australia and Canada are practically level

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Canada: 1.6% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Canada’s 14%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Canada: 13.7% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Canada’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Canada: 83% (2025)

Australia spends 9% more on health per person than Canada

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Canada: $6,378 (2024)

A baby in Canada is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Canada: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 45% more doctors per person than Canada

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Canada: 2.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Australia has 50% more hospital beds per person than Canada

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Canada: 2.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Australia is 50% higher than in Canada

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Canada: 8.4 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 27% in Canada

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Canada: 27.1% (2024)

Australia and Canada are practically level

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Canada: 11.2% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.18 points higher than in Canada

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Canada: 6.74 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 14% more alcohol than in Canada

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Canada: 9.2 litres (2023)

Australia has 23% more meat per person than Canada

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Canada: 94.8 kg (2023)

Canada has 28 kcal more food per person per day than Australia

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Canada: 3,590 kcal (2023)

Workers in Canada put in 120 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Canada: 1,731 hours (2023)

Adults in Canada went to school 1 year longer than in Australia

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Canada: 13.9 years (2023)

Australia: no data · Canada: 0.48 (2024)

Canada has 1 more World Heritage site than Australia (22 against 21)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Canada: 22 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Canada 597

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Canada: 597 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 94% in Canada

Australia: 96% (2024) · Canada: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Canada is 37% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Canada: 357 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Canada are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · Canada: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 83% in Canada

Australia: 88% (2025) · Canada: 83% (2025)

Australia has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Canada 94

Australia: 113 (2024) · Canada: 94 (2024)

Canada’s railway network is 48% longer than Australia’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Canada: 48,150 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 17% more passengers per resident than those from Canada

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Canada: 2.13 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Canada, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Canada: 42% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 8% more CO₂ than someone in Canada

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Canada: 13.4 t (2024)

64% of Canada’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Canada: 63.9% (2025)

The air in Canada carries 30% more fine dust than in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Canada: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Canada as in Australia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Canada: 2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Canada are 1% deadlier than in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Canada: 7.6 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 25.5 °C warmer than Canada

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Canada: -3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Canada gets 53% more rain than Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Canada: 683 mm (2016–2025 avg)