Australia’s coastline is 78% longer than China’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · China: 14,500 km (2026 edition)

China’s highest peak towers 6,621 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · China: 8,849 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 42% of China

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · China: 41.7% (2024)

China has 51 times as many people as Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · China: 1.41 billion (2025)

China is 42 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · China: 150 per km² (2025)

The typical person in China is 1.3 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · China: 39.1 years (2023)

Women in Australia have 0.5 more children on average than in China

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · China: 1.01 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 15% in China

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · China: 14.9% (2025)

Australia hosts 7,400 times as many refugees per resident as China

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · China: 0.00016 per 1,000 (2025)

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, China 0.1

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · China: 0.1 (2026)

Australia and China are practically level

Australia: 1 (2026) · China: 1 (2026)

China’s economy is 11 times the size of Australia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · China: $19.5 trillion (2025)

Australia produces 2.5 times as much per person as China

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · China: Int$29,333 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in China than in Australia (Gini 2.2 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · China: 36 (2022)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in China

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · China: 0% (2022)

Unemployment is 4.6% in China, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · China: 4.6% (2025)

Australia and China are practically level

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · China: 1.7% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, China’s 7.0%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · China: 7% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× China’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · China: 47% (2025)

Australia spends 9.1 times as much on health per person as China

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · China: $763 (2023)

A baby in China is 32% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · China: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 31% more doctors per person than China

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · China: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

China has 47% more hospital beds per person than Australia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · China: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Australia is 57% higher than in China

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · China: 8 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 9.1% in China

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · China: 9.1% (2024)

23% of adults in China smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · China: 22.8% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.84 points higher than in China

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · China: 6.07 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in China

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · China: 3.7 litres (2023)

Australia has 59% more meat per person than China

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · China: 73.5 kg (2023)

Australia has 35 kcal more food per person per day than China

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · China: 3,527 kcal (2023)

Workers in China put in 717 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · China: 2,328 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 4.8 years longer than in China

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · China: 8 years (2023)

Australia: no data · China: 0.05 (2019)

China has 40 more World Heritage sites than Australia (61 against 21)

Australia: 21 (2026) · China: 61 (2026)

China has won 819 Olympic medals, Australia 619

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · China: 819 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 92% in China

Australia: 96% (2024) · China: 92% (2025)

Home internet in China is 40% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · China: 364 Mbps (2026)

Australia and China are practically level

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

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 66% in China

Australia: 88% (2025) · China: 66% (2025)

China has 132 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · China: 132 (2024)

China’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Australia’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · China: 109,767 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 5.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from China

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · China: 0.44 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of China, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · China: 24% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 67% more CO₂ than someone in China

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · China: 8.7 t (2024)

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 37% in China

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · China: 37% (2025)

The air in China carries 5.8 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · China: 31.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 70% more likely to be murdered in Australia than in China

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · China: 0.5 per 100k (2020)

Roads in China are 3.3 times as deadly as in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · China: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 14.7 °C warmer than China

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · China: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

China gets 82% more rain than Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · China: 813 mm (2016–2025 avg)