Australia’s coastline is 3.7 times as long as India’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

India’s highest peak towers 6,358 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

India has 53 times as many people as Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

India is 137 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Australia is 9.7 years older than in India

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

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

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Australia hosts 7.4 times as many refugees per resident as India

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

India has 3 official languages, Australia 1

Australia: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

India’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Australia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

Australia produces 6.1 times as much per person as India

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in India (Gini 10.8 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · India: 23 (2023)

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Australia

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · India: 2.6% (2023)

India and Australia are practically level

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

India and Australia are practically level

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 3.9× India’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Australia spends 82 times as much on health per person as India

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · India: $85 (2023)

A baby in India is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 5.7 times as many doctors per person as India

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Australia has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as India

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in India is 21% higher than in Australia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

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

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 2.38 points higher than in India

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 2 times as much alcohol as in India

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Australia has 14 times as much meat per person as India

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Australia has 893 kcal more food per person per day than India

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Workers in India put in 771 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 6 years longer than in India

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Australia: no data · India: 0.01 (2024)

India has 24 more World Heritage sites than Australia (45 against 21)

Australia: 21 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, India 41

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 70% in India

Australia: 96% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Home internet in Australia is 2.9 times as fast as in India

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Australia and India are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 36% in India

Australia: 88% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Australia has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Australia: 113 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

India’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Australia’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 20 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

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

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 6.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in India

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

The air in India carries 8.2 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Australia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in India are 3.4 times as deadly as in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

India is on average 2.0 °C warmer than Australia

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

India gets 2.8 times as much rain as Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)