Table 4.

Comparison of basic characteristics of six countries (as at 31 December 2022).

Indicator/Country	China	Germany	Australia	The United States	South Africa	Italy
Population	1,425,887,360	83,369,840	26,177,410	338,289,856	59,893,884	59,037,472
Population density (per square kilometer)	147.67	237.02	3.20	35.61	46.75	205.86
Aged 65 older	10.64	21.45	15.50	15.41	5.34	23.02
GDP per capita	15308.71	45229.25	44648.71	54225.45	12294.88	35220.08
Total cases per million	1371.83	448242.03	425240.96	297864.18	67606.27	425894.00
Total deaths per million	3.68	1936.73	651.40	3230.47	1712.50	3127.54
Stringency index	47.69	14.81	11.11	28.72	11.11	21.99
Hospital beds per thousand	4.34	8.00	3.84	2.77	2.32	3.18

The data came from our world in data (13).