Australia
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Oceania.
- Capital
- Canberra
- Continent
- Oceania
More Oceania quizzes - Land neighbours
- None
- Population
- 27,614,411 (2025)
- Total area
- 7,741,220 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 25.6° S, 134.2° E
Australia at a glance
Australia is a country in Oceania. Its capital is Canberra, not Sydney. It has no land neighbours.
Within Oceania, Australia has the largest population (about 27.6 million people in 2025), the largest area (7,741,220 km² in 2023) and the largest economy ($1.799T in 2025).
Flag of Australia
Australia’s flag is drawn in the proportions 1:2 (height to width), like 51 other flags in our quizzes.
Australia and New Zealand: dark blue flags with the Union Jack and the Southern Cross; Australia’s stars are white, with a large one under the Union Jack, New Zealand’s four stars are red with white borders.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: New Zealand, Tuvalu, Fiji and Micronesia.
Australia in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 27,614,411 | 55thof 195 | 1stof 14 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 7,741,220 km² | 6thof 194 | 1stof 14 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $1.799T | 15thof 182 | 1stof 14 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $65,130 | 11thof 182 | 1stof 14 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 83.1 years | 16thof 195 | 1stof 14 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.48 | 141stof 195 | 14thof 14 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $6,980 | 8thof 191 | 1stof 14 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 87.7% | 27thof 195 | 2ndof 14 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 96.1% | 19thof 180 | 1stof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 17.4% | 126thof 191 | 11thof 13 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 14.10 t | 9thof 181 | 1stof 9 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Australia and its nearest countries
Australia has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 | Distanceclosest points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 27,614,411 | 7,741,220 km² | $65,130 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10,762,817 | 462,840 km² | $3,020 | about 90 km |
| Indonesia | 285,721,236 | 1,916,907 km² | $5,060 | about 170 km |
| Timor-Leste | 1,418,517 | 14,870 km² | $1,341 | about 340 km |
| New Zealand | 5,324,700 | 267,710 km² | $49,591 | about 610 km |
Quizzes featuring Australia
Inside Australia
- States of AustraliaCan you name all 6 states and 2 mainland territories of Australia?
- Australian State CapitalsCan you name the capitals of Australia’s states and territories?
Map quizzes
Flag, outline and capital quizzes
- Flags of the World
- Country Shapes
- World Capitals
- Guess the Flag
- Guess the Capital
- Flags of Oceania
- Capitals of Oceania
- Oceania Country Shapes
New every day: Daily Country Shape and Daily Higher or Lower. All daily puzzles
Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Australia · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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