How much coast is there?

Australia’s coastline is 11 times as long as Germany’s.

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Germany’s highest peak towers 735 m above Australia’s.

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Germany has 3 times as many people as Australia.

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Germany is 67 times as densely populated as Australia.

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Germany is 7.4 years older than in Australia.

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Australia have 0.1 more children on average than in Germany.

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia.

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Germany has produced 10.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6.

Australia: 3.6 (2025) · Germany: 10.1 (2025)

How many official languages?

Australia and Germany are practically level.

Australia: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Germany’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Australia’s.

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Germany produces 5% more per person than Australia.

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Australia and Germany are practically level.

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

How many people are looking for work?

Australia and Germany are practically level.

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Germany and Australia are practically level.

Australia: 1.9% (2024) · Germany: 1.9% (2024)

How expensive is it?

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

Australia: 91% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Australia spends 2% more on health per person than Germany.

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

Australia and Germany are nearly identical here.

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Germany has 11% more doctors per person than Australia.

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 24% in Germany.

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 12% in Australia.

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

Australia and Germany are practically level.

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Germany drink 4% more alcohol than in Australia.

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Australia has 65% more meat per person than Germany.

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Australia has 27 kcal more food per person per day than Germany.

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Australia put in 276 more hours a year than in Germany.

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Germany went to school 1.4 years longer than in Australia.

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Australia: no data · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

How many people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 94% in Germany.

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

Who has electricity at home?

Australia and Germany are practically level.

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

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 82% in Germany.

Australia: 88% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113.

Australia: 113 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Germany’s railway network is 2% longer than Australia’s.

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Australia fly 2.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Germany.

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 17% of Australia.

Australia: 17.4% (2023) · Germany: 32.7% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Australia emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Germany.

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia.

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Germany carries 69% more fine dust than in Australia.

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 7% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Australia.

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Australia are 36% deadlier than in Germany.

Australia: 4.5 per 100k (2021) · Germany: 3.3 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Australia is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Germany.

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Germany gets 95% more rain than Australia.

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)