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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ukraine fits inside Australia 13 times

Australia: 7,741,220 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Australia’s coastline is 9.3 times as long as Ukraine’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Australia’s highest peak towers 167 m above Ukraine’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ukraine has 41% more people than Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ukraine is 19 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 2.2 cm taller than in Australia

Australia: 178.8 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 2.0 cm taller than in Australia

Australia: 164.7 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 4.2 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Australia hosts 20 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Australia and Ukraine are practically level

Australia: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Australia’s economy is 8.4 times the size of Ukraine’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Australia produces 3.8 times as much per person as Ukraine

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Ukraine (Gini 8.2 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

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

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Australia 1.9%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Ukraine’s 21%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Ukraine’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Australia spends 19 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Australia live 8.4 years longer than in Ukraine

Australia: 83.1 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ukraine is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Australia has 16% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 61% more hospital beds per person than Australia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 50% higher than in Australia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Australia rate their lives 2.26 points higher than in Ukraine

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Australia drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Australia has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Ukraine

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Australia has 776 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ukraine put in 434 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Australia went to school 1.7 years longer than in Ukraine

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Australia: no data · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Australia has 13 more World Heritage sites than Ukraine (21 against 8)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Ukraine 160

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Australia: 96% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Australia is 46% faster than in Ukraine

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Australia and Ukraine are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine

Australia: 88% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Australia’s railway network is 51% longer than Ukraine’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Australia fly 215 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Australia and Ukraine are practically level

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Australia emits 3.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ukraine

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ukraine carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 4.4 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Australia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 2.5 times as deadly as in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Australia is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Ukraine

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

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ukraine gets 38% more rain than Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Australia bigger than Ukraine?

Australia is larger. Ukraine fits inside Australia 13 times.

Which has more people, Australia or Ukraine?

Ukraine has 41% more people than Australia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Australia or Ukraine?

People in Australia live 8.4 years longer than in Ukraine. Life expectancy at birth is 83.1 years in Australia and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Australia or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 2.2 cm taller than in Australia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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