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Australia vs China: Health & Population

This page compares Australia and China 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 China Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 27.52 21.15 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 83.05 78.02 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 72.64 111.02 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.60 65.89 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.38 49.06 Compare →
Population, male 13.49M 717.75M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.62 50.94 Compare →
Rural population 3.37M 480.54M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.40 34.11 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 2.13 0.43 Compare →
Urban population 23.82M 928.44M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.48 1.01 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 41.65 55.97 Compare →
Population, total 27.20M $1.41B Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 17.73 14.67 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 17.84 16.01 Compare →
Net migration 137,109.00 -268,126.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 6.42 5.20 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 10.70 6.77 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 6.88 7.76 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.10 80.97 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 81.10 75.25 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.86 90.38 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 90.00 81.66 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 2.36M 105.24M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 17.22 15.23 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 2.49M 120.30M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 18.48 16.76 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 4.85M 225.55M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 8.77M 472.39M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 64.01 68.34 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 8.75M 504.40M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.86 70.28 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 17.52M 976.80M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 64.43 69.33 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 2.57M 113.59M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 18.78 16.43 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 2.25M 93.04M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 16.67 12.96 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 4.82M 206.63M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.10 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 55.21 44.24 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 27.69 23.09 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 1.99 -0.12 Compare →
Population, female 13.70M 691.22M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 30.40 0.10 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 8.11M 1.64M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 99.97 96.12 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 100.00 97.27 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 7.40 11.90 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 1.07 -1.19 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 83.00 180,960.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 31.00 153,564.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 4.10 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.50 0.90 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.30 1.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.90 2.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 5.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.90 6.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.30 2.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 3.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 4.30 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.60 5.70 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 118.00 14,142.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 150.00 15,593.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 423.00 19,985.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 609.00 38,232.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 941.00 36,113.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 1,097.00 53,968.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 694.00 22,892.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 0.80 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.01 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 4.09 3.11 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 2.00 16.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 7.00 1,400.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 28,182.00 7,580.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.40 5.94 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 89.00 85.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 91.00 95.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 46.00 26.54 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 93.00 97.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 13.90 14.20 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 11.10 15.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 11.00 15.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 13.30 18.80 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 4.90 17.40 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 3.82 5.63 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 95.00 96.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 15.92 7.31 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.83 1.79 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 10.29 4.58 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 8.30 15.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.12 1.47 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.07 1.22 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.16 1.71 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 19.52 10.32 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 13.08 8.95 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 6.73 7.52 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 4.19 3.20 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.18 6.00 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 89.63 90.68 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.11 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 6.60 11.60 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 10.10 20.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 11.90 121.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 9.80 95.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 7.90 73.50 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 1.90 2.20 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.