NationMaster - Australian Geography statistics

Area > Comparative slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states
Area > Land	7,617,930 sq km	[7th of 238]
Definition: Geography > Area > Land
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	7,686,850 sq km	[12th of 250]
Definition: Geography > Area > Total
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Canberra - 307,700
Definition: Geography > Capital city with population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Definition: Geography > Climate
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	20.1%	[122nd of 193]
Definition: Geography > Forested Land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	27 00 S, 133 00 E
Definition: Geography > Geographic coordinates
Source: FAO
Land use > Arable land	6.15%	[141st of 258]
Definition: Geography > Land use > Arable land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city Sydney
Definition: Geography > Largest city
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	3,590,000	[30th of 174]
Definition: Geography > Largest city population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Sydney - 4,350,986
Definition: Geography > Largest city with population
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Definition: Geography > Location
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Oceania
Definition: Geography > Map references
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires
Definition: Geography > Natural hazards
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum; note: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 29% of global coal exports
Definition: Geography > Natural resources
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	2.47 people per sqkm	[224th of 256]
Definition: Geography > Population density
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	2.65 people/m²	[201st of 204]
Definition: Geography > Population density > people per sq. km
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	1,304 mm	[24th of 95]
Definition: Geography > Precipitation
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	7,741,220 km²	[6th of 206]
Definition: Geography > Surface area > sq. km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain Kosciuszko
Definition: Geography > tallest mountains > Mountain
Source: World Development Indicators database