Australia vs China: Sovereign state
Australia
1
in 2022
China
1
in 2022
Australia rank
1st
China rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Australia
- China
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in China, a difference of 0.
Across all 207 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 194 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | China |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sovereign state, Australia or China?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in China as of 2022.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Australia and China?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and China?
- 207 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2022.
- How do Australia and China rank globally for sovereign state?
- Australia ranks 1st and China ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Butcher and Griffiths (2020) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Sovereign state. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The country is identified as a sovereign state by the ISD dataset.