Australia's size compared

Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. At 7 688 287km², it accounts for just five percent of the world's land area of 149 450 000 km², and is the smallest continental land mass.

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Calculations on Australia's area are based on the coastline data as explained in Geoscience Australia's GEODATA Coast 100K 2004 page. The coastline data is nationally uniform, is sourced primarily from the 1:100 000 scale National Topographic Map Series and is the most authoritative data source currently available to calculate the area of Australia.