Australia
Canberra · Australasia
Australia is a country in Oceania. Its capital city is Canberra, the official currency is the Australian Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 26.4 million people spread over 7,692,024 km², Australia is the 54th most populous country in the world and the 6th largest by area. That works out at about 3 people per square kilometre.
Australia has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The highest point in the country is Mount Kosciuszko, at 2,228 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Brazil, while its population is closest to that of Niger.
- Capital
- Canberra
- Region
- Australasia
- Population
- 26,400,000
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
- Currency
- Australian Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- Mount Kosciuszko
2,228 m - Land borders
- 0
Australia: things worth knowing
- Australia is the only country that covers an entire continent, and the sixth largest in the world.
- Around 85% of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the coast, leaving the interior almost empty.
- The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth and is visible from orbit.
Australia in context
Oceania has 14 sovereign countries in total. Australia ranks 1st among them by population.
See the full list of Oceania countries, or browse all 195 countries.