Country guide
Australia
Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Australia.
Key facts
- Capital
- Canberra
- Region
- Oceania
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
- Population
- 27,536,874
Neighboring countries
Australia has no land borders in the country data.
Learn Australia
Canberra is Australia's capital. Australia is the only country that covers an entire continent.
Australia covers 7,692,024 square kilometers and has no land borders: the country is surrounded entirely by ocean. The Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system on Earth, stretches more than two thousand kilometers along the coast of Queensland.
Wombats are the only animals known to produce cube-shaped droppings, a result of uneven elasticity in different sections of their intestines.
Trivia
- Australia is the only country that covers an entire continent.
- The Great Barrier Reef stretches more than two thousand kilometres along the coast of Queensland, making it the largest coral reef system on Earth.
- Wombats are the only animals known to produce cube-shaped droppings, a result of uneven elasticity in different sections of their intestines.
- Lake Eyre sits about fifteen metres below sea level, making it the lowest natural point on the Australian continent.
- Australia is home to the largest population of wild camels on Earth, with more than one million roaming its outback deserts.
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