Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Kazakhstan’s highest peak towers 4,782 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

Australia has 32% more people than Kazakhstan

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Kazakhstan is 2.1 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Australia is 8.3 years older than in Kazakhstan

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.5 more children on average than in Australia

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 9.0% in Kazakhstan

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Australia hosts 5.8 times as many refugees per resident as Kazakhstan

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

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Kazakhstan has 2 official languages, Australia 1

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

Australia’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

Australia produces 62% more per person than Kazakhstan

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Kazakhstan (Gini 4.6 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

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

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Kazakhstan’s 12%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Kazakhstan’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Australia spends 14 times as much on health per person as Kazakhstan

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

A baby in Kazakhstan is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 9% more doctors per person than Kazakhstan

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Kazakhstan has 71% more hospital beds per person than Australia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 44% higher than in Australia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 22% in Kazakhstan

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

21% of adults in Kazakhstan smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.28 points higher than in Kazakhstan

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 76% more alcohol than in Kazakhstan

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Australia has 80% more meat per person than Kazakhstan

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Australia has 426 kcal more food per person per day than Kazakhstan

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kazakhstan put in 364 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 0.32 years longer than in Kazakhstan

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Australia: no data · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

Australia has 14 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (21 against 7)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Kazakhstan 87

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 93% in Kazakhstan

Australia: 96% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Home internet in Australia is 58% faster than in Kazakhstan

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Kazakhstan are practically level

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

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 62% in Kazakhstan

Australia: 88% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 2 times as long as Kazakhstan’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Airlines from Australia fly 4.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kazakhstan

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 4% more CO₂ than someone in Kazakhstan

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

The air in Kazakhstan carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3 times as likely to be murdered in Kazakhstan as in Australia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kazakhstan are 2.7 times as deadly as in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 14.7 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

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

Australia gets 36% more rain than Kazakhstan

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 mm (2016–2025 avg)