One in every 455 babies born in the world today is born in Australia. Australia has about 290,000 births a year, around 0.2% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 290,000
- Share of world births
- 0.2%
- Birth odds
- 1/455
- Life expectancy
- 83 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 0.4%
- Income per person, PPP
- US$65,000
- Children per woman
- 1.6
- Urban population
- 87%
Life expectancy in Australia is 83 years, which is 10 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about US$65,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.8 times the world average.
On average a woman has 1.6 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 87% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 13% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Christianity55%
- No religion39%
- Islam3%
- Buddhism3%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Liam · Noah · Oliver · James · Olivia · Emma · Ava · Amelia
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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.