Country
Australia
- AU
- Oceania
- AUD
- .au
Australia (AU/AUS) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Canberra. It covers about 7,692,024 km² with a population of roughly 26,500,000, uses the AUD, dials on +61, owns the .au internet domain and keeps its capital on Australia/Sydney. It has no land borders.
Identity
Official short nameAustralia
CapitalCanberra
ContinentOceania
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3AUS
Internet TLD.au
Calling code+61
Currency codeAUD
Geography
Latitude25.2744° S
Longitude133.7751° E
HemisphereSouthern and Eastern
Area7,692,024 km²2,969,907 square miles
Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders
Distance from London15,170 kmto the approximate centre of Australia, not to Canberra. ENE, bearing 70.9°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAustralia/Sydneythe IANA zone for Canberra; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+10:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+10:00 and UTC+11:00
Summer offsetUTC+11:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+11:00
Offset in JulyUTC+10:00
Current offsetUTC+10:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 02:16
Hours ahead of UTC10
Population & scale
Population26,500,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density3.4 per km²≈
Share of world population0.327%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset6 of 59
Population rank in this dataset38 of 59
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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