Australia
Australia is a country in Oceania. Its capital is Canberra. About 28 million people live there (2025). It covers 7,692,024 square kilometres.
- Capital
- Canberra
- People (2025)
- 28 million
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar
Australia at a glance
- Status
- Country
- Continent
- Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra
- Population
- 27,614,411 (2025)
- Area
- 7,692,024 km² (2,969,906 mi²)
- People are called
- Australian, Australians, Aussie, Aussies
- Official languages
- Australian English, Auslan, English
- Currency
- Australian dollar
- GDP (nominal)
- US$1757 billion (2024)
- Life expectancy
- 83.1 years (2023)
- Human Development Index
- 0.951 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 32.4 (2020)
- Unemployment
- 6% (2014)
- Government
- representative democracy, constitutional monarchy, federation
- Head of state
- Charles III (since 2022)
- Head of government
- Anthony Albanese (since 2022)
- Country codes
- AU, AUS
- Calling code
- +61
- Internet domain
- .au
- Drives on the
- left
- Time zones
- UTC+10:00
- Coordinates
- -25°, 133°
Australia and its neighbours
Australia borders Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Click a neighbour on the map to open its page.
- Australia
- Neighbours
Divisions of Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- Christmas Island
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands
- Australian Antarctic Territory
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Coral Sea Islands
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Jervis Bay Territory
- Norfolk Island
Member of
- United Nations
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Commonwealth of Nations
- World Trade Organization
- G20
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- Asian Development Bank
- ASEAN
- Australia Group
- Bank for International Settlements
- Colombo Plan
- East Asia Summit
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
and 34 more organisations.
How far are you from Australia?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.
Questions
What is the capital of Australia?
The capital of Australia is Canberra.
What is the population of Australia?
Australia has about 27,614,411 people, as recorded in 2025.
How big is Australia?
Australia covers 7,692,024 square kilometres (2,969,906 square miles).
What currency does Australia use?
The Australian dollar.
What language is spoken in Australia?
The official languages of Australia are Australian English, Auslan and English.
Which countries border Australia?
Australia shares a border with Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.