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Australia vs South Africa: Health & Population

This page compares Australia and South Africa 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 South Africa Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 27.52 9.92 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 83.05 66.31 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 72.64 353.70 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 87.60 63.69 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.38 51.33 Compare →
Population, male 13.49M 31.15M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.62 48.67 Compare →
Rural population 3.37M 23.24M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 12.40 36.31 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 2.13 1.42 Compare →
Urban population 23.82M 40.77M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.48 2.21 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 41.65 234.18 Compare →
Population, total 27.20M 64.01M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 17.73 6.69 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 17.84 25.88 Compare →
Net migration 137,109.00 146,370.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 6.42 51.84 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 10.70 18.48 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 6.88 9.24 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 85.10 69.79 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 81.10 62.78 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.86 67.72 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 90.00 52.80 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 2.36M 8.24M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 17.22 25.09 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 2.49M 8.32M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 18.48 26.72 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 4.85M 16.57M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 8.77M 21.98M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 64.01 66.91 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 8.75M 21.17M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 64.86 67.97 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 17.52M 43.16M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 64.43 67.43 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 2.57M 2.63M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 18.78 8.00 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 2.25M 1.65M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 16.67 5.31 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 4.82M 4.28M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.04 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 55.21 48.31 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 27.69 38.39 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 1.99 1.25 Compare →
Population, female 13.70M 32.85M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 30.40 4.10 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 8.11M 2.63M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 99.97 90.19 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 100.00 77.38 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.28 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 7.40 7.20 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 1.07 0.95 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 83.00 4,907.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 31.00 1,174.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.10 24.20 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.50 3.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.30 7.10 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.90 11.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 32.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.90 37.60 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.30 12.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2.80 22.20 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.30 26.10 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.60 35.10 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 118.00 2,575.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 150.00 3,161.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 423.00 7,614.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 609.00 11,947.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 941.00 28,570.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 1,097.00 41,435.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 694.00 14,715.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.40 2.40 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.24 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 4.09 0.79 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 2.00 118.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 7.00 1,400.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 28,182.00 409.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 10.40 8.91 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 89.00 74.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 91.00 76.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 46.00 44.86 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 93.00 74.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 13.90 29.30 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 11.10 31.20 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 11.00 31.30 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 13.30 44.40 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 4.90 22.20 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 3.82 2.25 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 95.00 74.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 15.92 12.41 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 4.83 2.31 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 10.29 7.13 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 8.30 22.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.12 1.69 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.07 1.56 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.16 1.82 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 19.52 35.40 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 13.08 22.30 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 6.73 9.94 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 4.19 46.41 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 6.18 8.55 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 89.63 37.16 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 7.88 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 6.60 24.70 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 92.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 9.80 74.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 7.90 61.70 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 1.90 27.60 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.