Australia vs Canada: Sovereign state
Australia
1
in 2025
Canada
1
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Canada rank
1st
Sovereign state over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Canada, a difference of 0.
Across all 210 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 1st and Canada ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Canada |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1900s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Canada |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 Canada?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sovereign state between Australia and Canada?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1816 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for sovereign state?
- Australia ranks 1st and Canada ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gleditsch and Ward (2007) – 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 Gleditsch and Ward dataset.