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Australia vs Canada: Health & Population

This page compares Australia and Canada across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Australia Canada Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 27.52 30.42 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 83.05 82.11 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 72.64 95.49 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.60 82.70 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.38 50.34 Compare →
Population, male 13.49M 20.50M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.62 49.66 Compare →
Rural population 3.37M 7.14M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.40 17.30 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 2.13 3.17 Compare →
Urban population 23.82M 34.15M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.48 1.25 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 41.65 54.89 Compare →
Population, total 27.20M 41.29M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 17.73 19.80 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 17.84 15.11 Compare →
Net migration 137,109.00 326,204.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 6.42 4.50 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 10.70 8.90 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 6.88 7.90 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.10 84.29 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 81.10 80.03 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.86 92.50 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 90.00 87.77 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 2.36M 3.05M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 17.22 14.66 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 2.49M 3.19M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 18.48 15.57 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 4.85M 6.24M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 8.77M 13.34M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 64.01 64.20 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 8.75M 13.53M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.86 66.00 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 17.52M 26.87M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 64.43 65.09 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 2.57M 4.40M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 18.78 21.15 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 2.25M 3.78M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 16.67 18.43 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 4.82M 8.17M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.06 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 55.21 53.64 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 27.69 23.22 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 1.99 2.96 Compare →
Population, female 13.70M 20.79M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 30.40 22.20 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 8.11M 8.81M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 99.97 98.29 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 100.00 98.59 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 7.40 7.70 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 1.07 1.95 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 83.00 351.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 31.00 309.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 4.70 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.50 0.60 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.30 1.70 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.90 2.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 5.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.90 5.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.30 3.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 4.30 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 5.10 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.60 5.40 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 118.00 182.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 150.00 268.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 423.00 734.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 609.00 1,435.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 941.00 1,692.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 1,097.00 1,949.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 694.00 1,223.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.50 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 4.09 2.82 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 2.00 12.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 7.00 42.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 28,182.00 6,911.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.40 11.31 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 89.00 92.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 91.00 92.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 46.00 30.32 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 93.00 92.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 13.90 15.10 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 11.10 14.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 11.00 14.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 13.30 13.20 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 4.90 5.30 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 3.82 2.54 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 95.00 83.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 15.92 15.59 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.83 4.31 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 10.29 9.89 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 8.30 9.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.12 0.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.07 0.25 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.16 0.35 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 19.52 14.20 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 13.08 9.44 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 6.73 4.75 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 4.19 8.36 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.18 5.50 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 89.63 86.14 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 6.60 7.70 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 10.10 11.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 11.90 10.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 9.80 8.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 7.90 6.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 1.90 2.30 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.