Australia’s coastline is 70% longer than New Zealand’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Australia’s highest peak towers 2,198 m above New Zealand’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 37% of New Zealand

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Australia has 5.2 times as many people as New Zealand

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

New Zealand is 5.6 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Australia is 0.47 years older than in New Zealand

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.1 more children on average than in Australia

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

Australia and New Zealand are practically level

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Australia hosts 3 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

New Zealand has produced 5.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Australia 1

Australia: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Australia’s economy is 6.8 times the size of New Zealand’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Australia produces 25% more per person than New Zealand

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · New Zealand: no data

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, New Zealand 1.1%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Australia’s 24%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1× New Zealand’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Australia spends 39% more on health per person than New Zealand

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 29% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 13% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Australia has 52% more hospital beds per person than New Zealand

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 3% higher than in Australia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 32% in Australia

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

12% of adults in Australia smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.08 points higher than in Australia

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 19% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

Australia has 47% more meat per person than New Zealand

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Australia has 440 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 96 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

New Zealand and Australia are practically level

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

Australia: no data · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Australia has 18 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (21 against 3)

Australia: 21 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 94% in New Zealand

Australia: 96% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 4% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Australia and New Zealand are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 84% in New Zealand

Australia: 88% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 7.9 times as long as New Zealand’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 13% more passengers per resident than those from Australia

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in New Zealand

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in New Zealand carries 30% more fine dust than in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 71% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in Australia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 45% deadlier than in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 11.4 °C warmer than New Zealand

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 3.6 times as much rain as Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)