Australia
Oceania
A country that is also a continent, full of animals found nowhere else. You will find Australia in Oceania. The capital is Canberra. About 25 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Canberra
- People
- 25 million
- Size
- 7,700,000 km²
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Koalas and the platypus live in the wild only in Australia.
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There are more kangaroos than people.
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The capital is Canberra, not Sydney. Most Australians live near the coast, because the middle is dry and hot.
Compare with
Size
Australia7,700,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit the United Kingdom into Australia about 32 times.
People
Australia25 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout 2.6 times as many people live in the United Kingdom as in Australia.
Its colours are blue, red and white.
Do not mix it up with
New Zealand
Fiji
Tuvalu
IcelandCities · 50
- Canberra
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Perth
- Adelaide
- Newcastle
- Gold Coast
- Cranbourne
- Sunshine Coast
- Central Coast
- Logan City
- Wollongong
- Geelong
- Cairns
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Ballarat
- Mandurah
- Albury
- Bendigo
- Caloundra
- Darwin
- Launceston
- Maitland
- Tuggeranong
- Mackay
- Rockhampton
- Hobart
- Coffs Harbour
- Bunbury
- Bundaberg
- Hervey Bay
- Port Macquarie
- Gladstone
- Tamworth
- Dubbo
- Orange
- Geraldton
- St Albans
- Bathurst
- Albany
- Mildura
- Frankston East
- Palmerston
- Warrnambool
- Shepparton
- Liverpool
- Kwinana
- Parramatta
Tap a city to fly to it on the globe.
Neighbours
No country borders Australia over land: there is sea all around.
Nearby countries
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