Australia is the world's sixth-largest country and only nation to occupy an entire continent, renowned for unique wildlife, the Great Barrier Reef, and vibrant multicultural cities.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 3.4 people per km² rank 195 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.327 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Oceania | 59.2% of its people, 90.6% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 2,969,906 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Brazil (8,515,767 km²) |
| Closest in population | North Korea (26,418,204 people) |
3 other countries in our list also use AUD: Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu.