Does Uzbekistan have more people than Australia?
Yes. Uzbekistan has more people than Australia: about 37.1 million against 27.6 million (World Bank estimates for 2025), 1.3 times as many.
Uzbekistan is also more crowded: 84.5 people per km² of land against 3.6.
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Why it surprises
Australia is a continent-sized country with a big international profile, and Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia that rarely makes world news, so it is natural to guess that Australia has more people. It does not. Uzbekistan has about 37.1 million people and Australia about 27.6 million in the World Bank’s 2025 estimates. Australia has about 17 times as much land, but most of it is very thinly populated, at fewer than 4 people per km² of land, one of the lowest figures in our deck, against about 84 in Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan is also a relatively young country: the UN Population Fund put the share of people aged 65 and over at about 6% in 2025. Fame and map size both point the wrong way in this duel.
Sources for this explanation
- World Bank: api.worldbank.org, checked 25 October 2026
- UNFPA Uzbekistan: uzbekistan.unfpa.org, checked 25 October 2026
Where the numbers come from
Population and area: The World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Total population (SP.POP.TOTL) for 2025. Details: Uzbekistan and Australia.
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