Where is Australia?
Australia is an island country in Australia and New Zealand, with no land borders.
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Crazy but True
In 1932 the Australian government sent soldiers armed with machine guns to fight emus that were destroying crops in Western Australia. The birds scattered, dodged and simply outran the troops, and after weeks of failure the operation was called off. Australia lost. It is remembered as the Emu War.
Australia facts
- Capital
- Canberra
- Population
- 27,614,411 (2025)
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Languages
- English
- Coordinates
- -27°, 133°
- Landlocked
- No
- Country code
- AU · AUS
How Australia compares
- Australia is the 6th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Brazil and larger than India.
- It is the 55th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It has no land borders, one of 16 such countries on our map.
- Within Oceania, it is the 1st largest of 6 countries by area.