Australia vs United Kingdom: Health & Population

This page compares Australia and United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom	Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	27.52	30.80	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	83.05	81.39	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	72.64	90.74	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	87.60	83.24	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	50.38	50.76	Compare →
Population, male	13.49M	34.09M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	49.62	49.24	Compare →
Rural population	3.37M	11.60M	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	12.40	16.76	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	2.13	1.17	Compare →
Urban population	23.82M	57.63M	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.48	1.55	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	41.65	56.40	Compare →
Population, total	27.20M	69.23M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	17.73	19.50	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	17.84	17.19	Compare →
Net migration	137,109.00	389,911.00	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	6.42	7.82	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	10.70	9.89	Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	6.88	9.70	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	85.10	83.33	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	81.10	79.54	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	93.86	91.60	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	90.00	87.07	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	2.36M	5.80M	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	17.22	16.50	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	2.49M	6.10M	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	18.48	17.90	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	4.85M	11.90M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	8.77M	22.00M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	64.01	62.61	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	8.75M	21.83M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	64.86	64.05	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	17.52M	43.83M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	64.43	63.32	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	2.57M	7.34M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	18.78	20.90	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	2.25M	6.16M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	16.67	18.06	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	4.82M	13.50M	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.06	1.06	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	55.21	57.94	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	27.69	27.14	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	1.99	1.07	Compare →
Population, female	13.70M	35.14M	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	30.40	17.10	Compare →
International migrant stock, total	8.11M	11.85M	Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)	99.97	100.00	Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)	100.00	99.10	Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population)	0.00	0.00	Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)	7.40	7.40	Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %)	1.07	0.57	Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin	83.00	701.00	Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin	31.00	417.00	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	0.40	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	1.90	Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)	3.30	4.20	Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)	3.90	5.20	Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)	2.30	3.00	Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)	2.80	3.70	Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)	3.30	4.60	Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)	3.60	4.70	Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years	118.00	277.00	Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years	150.00	383.00	Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years	423.00	1,007.00	Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years	609.00	1,526.00	Compare →
Number of infant deaths	941.00	2,835.00	Compare →
Number of under-five deaths	1,097.00	3,213.00	Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths	694.00	2,081.00	Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)	0.40	0.30	Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)	0.00	0.01	Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	4.09	3.30	Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	2.00	8.00	Compare →
Number of maternal deaths	7.00	57.00	Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)	28,182.00	8,751.00	Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)	10.40	11.13	Compare →
UHC service coverage index	89.00	88.00	Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)	91.00	89.00	Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	46.00	40.46	Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)	93.00	92.00	Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)	13.90	14.30	Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)	11.10	13.60	Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)	11.00	13.50	Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)	13.30	15.50	Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)	4.90	3.20	Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	3.82	2.42	Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)	95.00	92.00	Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)	15.92	16.83	Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)	4.83	4.88	Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)	10.29	10.73	Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)	8.30	11.00	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)	0.12	0.33	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)	0.07	0.28	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)	0.16	0.38	Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)	19.52	14.65	Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)	13.08	9.55	Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)	6.73	4.60	Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)	4.19	16.97	Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)	6.18	3.36	Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)	89.63	79.68	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	9.10	Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)	10.10	13.00	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)	11.90	16.80	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)	9.80	13.40	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)	7.90	10.50	Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)	1.90	6.10	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.