Distance and Size - How Big is Australia

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Australia is nearly 60 times the land mass of England.

Madagascar is 13 times smaller than Australia.

Travelling the length of Arizona 5 times is almost the same distance of Australia's width.

The continent of Australia including Tasmania is roughly equal in area to America.

The Great Barrier Reef is more than eight times as long as Belize Barrier Reef.

Australia's longest road train was more than half as long as the Golden Gate Bridge.

Australia's coastline is more than four times as long as the Great Wall of China.

The Daintree Rainforest in far north Queensland is bigger than the Island of Tahiti.

More than one fifth of Australia’s land is desert - this is roughly the size of Mongolia.

Australia has with 2.5 persons per km<sup>2</sup>, compared to Japan’s 336 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.

Australia's longest beach stretches nearly the entire length of the Berlin Wall.

London has a population density of over 3000km2 while Sydney has a spacious 315km2.

Australia is more than 80 times the land mass of Portugal.

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system. It is as big as the total combined area of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Australia is the world's sixth-largest country with Russia being the largest.

Australia’s Uluru is higher than the Eiffel Tower.

Australia’s largest state, Western Australia, is about the same size as Western Europe.

The weather in Australia can be hot or cold.

Bahrain is more than a third of the size of Australian Capital Territory.

Australia is 4 times larger than Iran.