How big is Australia?
Australia encloses approximately 7,705,990 km² in this site’s Natural Earth boundary dataset. Australia is a country and a major landmass; this entry measures the country feature in our map, including the parts represented in Natural Earth’s polygon. It does not stand for all of Oceania.
- Map-derived area
- 7,705,990 km²
- Area order
- 6 of 241 mapped places
- Representative latitude
- 24.1° S
- Mercator area scale at that point
- 1.2× its equatorial scale
What the map shows
Australia and Brazil have very different outlines even though their area figures are in the same range. The area bars and equal-area view answer “which is larger?” while the movable shapes answer “how do their outlines differ?”
The Mercator factor above is calculated at one representative point. It changes across the country and describes map enlargement, not a change in its real area. See Australia at its original position, then open the equal-area view.
Australia compared with Brazil
Brazil is 1.10× the area of Australia in this dataset. The bars below encode area as length, with the larger area spanning the full line.
Read the full comparison or place the outlines together on the map.
Places nearby in the area order
The entries immediately above and below Australia in the same mapped dataset are shown here. A different source or an official land-area ranking can put close places in another order.
What this area figure includes
The polygon includes the islands retained at this map scale, including Tasmania. Small coastal geometry is generalized. The atlas therefore gives a consistent map-derived estimate rather than an official land-area statistic.
The area is calculated from the original Natural Earth 1:50m Admin 0 countries polygon. It is a consistent estimate for this map, not a certified land or total-area statistic. Read the area definitions before using the figure in research or teaching.