Dimensions
Page last updated:11 August 2026
Continental Extremities
The Australian continent is almost as long as it is wide.
Area of Australia
Land areas of States and Territories.
Australia's size compared
Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil.
Centre of Australia States and Territories
Officially, there is no centre of Australia, but over time and with ingenuity, several methods for calculating the centre of the mainland have been developed.
Border Lengths - States and Territories
The positions of the borders are mostly familiar. The more unusual being the one border which is entirely surrounded by a state.
Climatic Extremes
Australia is a land of extremes with temperatures ranging from highs of 40°C in the central desert regions to below freezing in the higher regions of the country's southeast.
Remote Offshore Territories
Australia's territory ranges far beyond its continental borders.