How much coast is there?

Australia’s coastline is 9.2 times as long as Venezuela’s.

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 2,800 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Venezuela’s highest peak towers 2,750 m above Australia’s.

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 4,978 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Venezuela has 3% more people than Australia.

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Venezuela: 28.5 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Venezuela is 9 times as densely populated as Australia.

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Venezuela: 32 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Australia is 8.7 years older than in Venezuela.

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Venezuela: 29 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Venezuela have 0.6 more children on average than in Australia.

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Venezuela: 2.08 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 10% in Venezuela.

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Venezuela: 10% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Venezuela 0.7.

Australia: 3.6 (2025) · Venezuela: 0.7 (2025)

How many official languages?

Australia and Venezuela are practically level.

Australia: 1 (2026) · Venezuela: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Australia’s economy is 18 times the size of Venezuela’s.

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Venezuela: $99.7 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Venezuela: no data

How evenly is income shared?

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Venezuela: no data

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.3% in Venezuela, versus 4.1% in Australia.

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Venezuela: 5.3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Venezuela 0.5%.

Australia: 1.9% (2024) · Venezuela: 0.5% (2023)

How expensive is it?

Australia: 91% (2025) · Venezuela: no data

How much is spent on health?

Australia spends 38 times as much on health per person as Venezuela.

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Venezuela: $186 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Venezuela is 6.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia.

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Venezuela: 21.2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Australia has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Venezuela.

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Venezuela: 1.7 per 1,000 (2017)

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 23% in Venezuela.

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Venezuela: 23% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Venezuela: no data

How do people rate their lives?

People in Australia rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in Venezuela.

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Venezuela: 5.76 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Australia drink 4 times as much alcohol as in Venezuela.

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Venezuela: 2.6 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Australia has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Venezuela.

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Venezuela: 38 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Australia has 762 kcal more food per person per day than Venezuela.

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Venezuela: 2,800 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Venezuela put in 218 more hours a year than in Australia.

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Venezuela: 1,829 hours (2014)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Australia went to school 3.2 years longer than in Venezuela.

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Venezuela: 9.7 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Australia: no data · Venezuela: 0.01 (2017)

How many people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 77% in Venezuela.

Australia: 96% (2024) · Venezuela: 77% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

Australia and Venezuela are practically level.

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

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Venezuela live in cities, versus 88% in Australia.

Australia: 88% (2025) · Venezuela: 89% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Australia has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Venezuela 71.

Australia: 113 (2024) · Venezuela: 71 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Australia’s railway network is 73 times as long as Venezuela’s.

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Venezuela: 447 km (2014)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Australia fly 40 times as many passengers per resident as those from Venezuela.

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Venezuela: 0.06 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 52% of Venezuela, but only 17% of Australia.

Australia: 17.4% (2023) · Venezuela: 52.2% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Australia emits 3.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Venezuela.

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Venezuela: 4.1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

91% of Venezuela’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia.

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Venezuela: 91.1% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Venezuela carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Australia.

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Venezuela: 15.8 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 15 times as likely to be murdered in Venezuela as in Australia.

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 12.6 per 100k (2022)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Venezuela are 2.9 times as deadly as in Australia.

Australia: 4.5 per 100k (2021) · Venezuela: 13.2 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Venezuela is on average 3.4 °C warmer than Australia.

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Venezuela gets 4.7 times as much rain as Australia.

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 2,117 mm (2016–2025 avg)