Canada and Australia - country comparison | Canada vs Australia

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Canada and Australia – country comparison

GDP

• Canada has a larger GDP, while Australia has a higher GDP per capita. Both countries have advanced economies dominated by the service sector. The table below compares the GDP and GDP per capita of the two countries.

2025 (IMF)	Canada	Australia
Currency	Canadian Dollar	Australian Dollar
GDP (nominal, USD)	$2.32 trillion	$1.84 trillion
GDP per capita (nominal, USD)	$55.76 thousand	$66.35 thousand
GDP (PPP, international $)	$2.79 trillion	$2 trillion
GDP per capita (PPP, international $)	$67.01 thousand	$72.13 thousand

Population

2025 estimate	Canada	Australia
Population	40.1 million	27 million
Population aged 0-14	15%	18%
Population aged 15-64	65%	64%
Population aged 65 and older	20%	18%
Total fertility rate, per woman	1.3	1.6

Life

	Canada	Australia
Life expectancy at birth (2023/UN)	82.63	83.92
Human Development Index rank (2023)	16th	7th
Human Development Index value	0.939	0.958

Overview

• Both Canada and Australia are huge. Canada is the second largest country in the world by area. Australia is the sixth largest country. Canada is roughly 1.3 times larger than Australia.

• Canada has a larger population than Australia. Both Canada and Australia have low overall population densities.

	Canada	Australia
Area	approximately 10 million sq km	approximately 7.7 million sq km
Area rank	2nd	6th
Population	40.1 million (2025 estimate)	27 million (2025 estimate)
Capital city	Ottawa	Canberra
Largest city	Toronto	Sydney
Most spoken language	English	English
Most popular sport	Ice hockey	Australian rules football

Geography

	Canada	Australia
Region	North America	Oceania
Forest cover (2023)	39.5%	17.4%
Total number of time zones	6	9
Highest mountain	Mount Logan (19,551 ft/5,959 m)	Mount Kosciuszko (7,310 ft/2,228 m) (mainland)
Largest island	Baffin Island (507,450 sq km)	Mainland Australia
Largest lake	Lake Superior (shared with the US); Great Bear Lake (entirely within Canada)	Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
Major rivers	Mackenzie, Yukon, Saint Lawrence, Nelson, Slave, etc.	Murray River, Murrumbidgee River, Darling River, Lachlan River, Cooper Creek, Warrego River, etc.

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National Symbols

	Canada	Australia
National animal	Beaver and the Canadian horse	Kangaroo
National tree	The maple tree	The golden wattle
National bird	The gray jay	Emu

Tourism

	Canada	Australia
International tourist arrivals	19.9 million (2024)	8.3 million (2024)
Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites	22	21
Popular places to visit	Toronto, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Banff National Park, Vancouver, Quebec City, etc.	Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, etc.