Land area in Australia

The land area of Australia was 7,688,287 km² in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Australia, 2024 7,688,287 Square kilometres
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 7,692,020 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as Australia (2024).
Position in 2024 6th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in Australia over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period AustraliaWorld
2024 7,688,287 km² –
2023 7,692,020 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 7,692,020 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 7,692,020 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 7,692,020 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 7,692,020 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 7,692,020 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 7,692,020 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 7,692,020 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 7,682,300 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 7,682,300 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 7,682,300 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 7,682,300 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 7,682,300 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 7,682,300 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 7,682,300 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 7,682,300 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 7,682,300 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 7,682,300 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 7,682,300 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 7,682,300 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 7,682,300 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 7,682,300 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 7,682,300 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 7,682,300 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0% from 7,692,020 km² in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7,682,300 km², the figure has changed by +0.1%.
  • Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, Australia has the 6th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Australia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)