Australia vs USSR: World population growth
Australia
0.5%
in 2100
USSR
0.5%
in 1991
Australia rank
23rd
USSR rank
20th
World population growth over time
- Australia
- USSR
How they compare
USSR currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes USSR's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1700 it was USSR ahead.
Australia ranks 23rd and USSR ranks 20th of 239 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 11 and USSR in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | -0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | USSR |
| 1800s | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | Australia |
| 1900s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Australia |
| 1910s | 1.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | Australia |
| 1920s | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.1% | Australia |
| 1930s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Australia |
| 1940s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Australia |
| 1950s | 2.3% | 1.6% | 0.7% | Australia |
| 1960s | 2.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Australia or USSR?
- USSR, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Australia as of 1991.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Australia and USSR?
- 0.0%, with USSR ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and USSR?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 1991.
- How do Australia and USSR rank globally for world population growth?
- Australia ranks 23rd and USSR ranks 20th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.