Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Canberra
- Region
- Oceania, Australia and New Zealand
- Population
- 27,614,411 (2025)
- Area
- 7,686,850 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Languages
- English
- Calling code
- +61
- Internet domain
- .au
- ISO codes
- AU, AUS, 036
- Time zone
- UTC+8:00 to UTC+11:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Australia covers about 7,686,850 square kilometres. By area it ranks 7th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Brazil and a little larger than India. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 27° south, 133° east, in the southern hemisphere.
People
About 27.6 million people live in Australia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 55th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.34 percent of the world's people. On average there are 3.6 people to each square kilometre. About 88 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 83 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English. A person from Australia is called Australian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Australian dollar (code AUD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Tuvalu. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 1.8 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 65,130 for each person (2025).
Time
Australia spans 12 time zone areas, from UTC+8:00 to UTC+11:00. Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 5,638,830 |
| Melbourne | 5,435,590 |
| Brisbane | 2,780,063 |
| Perth | 2,384,371 |
| Adelaide | 1,469,163 |
| Gold Coast | 640,778 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Australia and New Zealand
Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, New Zealand, Norfolk Island. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.