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Australia

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
27,614,411 in 2025[3]
Land area
7,688,287 km²[4]
Total area
7,692,024 km²[5] land and water
Official language
Currency
Coast
Yes[9]
Continent
Official name
  • Commonwealth of Australia[10]

Parts of Australia

Loading 11 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202527.6M

10,276,477 in 1960, 27,614,411 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
196010,276,477
196110,483,000
196210,742,000
196310,950,000
196411,167,000
196511,388,000
196611,651,000
196711,799,000
196812,009,000
196912,263,000
197012,507,000
197112,937,000
197213,177,000
197313,380,000
197413,723,000
197513,893,000
197614,033,000
197714,192,000
197814,358,000
197914,514,000
198014,692,000
198114,923,260
198215,184,247
198315,393,472
198415,579,391
198515,788,312
198616,018,350
198716,263,874
198816,532,164
198916,814,416
199017,065,128
199117,284,036
199217,478,635
199317,634,808
199417,805,468
199518,004,882
199618,224,767
199718,423,037
199818,607,584
199918,812,264
200019,028,802
200119,274,701
200219,495,210
200319,720,737
200419,932,722
200520,176,844
200620,450,966
200720,827,622
200821,249,199
200921,691,653
201022,031,750
201122,340,024
201222,733,465
201323,128,129
201423,475,686
201523,815,995
201624,190,907
201724,592,588
201824,963,258
201925,334,826
202025,649,248
202125,685,412
202226,018,721
202326,659,922
202427,194,286
202527,614,411

Earlier capitals

  1. 1 January 1901 to 9 May 1927 Melbourne[11]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
AU[12]
ISO alpha-3
AUS[13]
ISO numeric
036[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), capital: Canberra (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), area (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  6. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), official language: English (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), currency: Australian dollar (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  8. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), continent: Oceania (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  9. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  10. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), official name (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1900)
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  11. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), capital: Melbourne (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: ISO 3166-1
  13. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: ISO 3166-1
  14. Wikidata: Australia (Q408), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564191183) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: ISO 3166-1

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