Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Australia sits in Australia and New Zealand and uses AUD - Australian dollar ($). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Sydney
New South Wales
Melbourne
Victoria
Brisbane
Queensland
Perth
Western Australia
Coordinates
-27, 133
Borders
None
Timezone
UTC+05:00
Driving
left
Population
27.7M
27,724,744 people
Area
7.7M km2
7,692,024 square kilometers
Density
4/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Canberra
-35.27, 149.13
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Australia, officially listed here as Commonwealth of Australia, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Australia, AU, AUS, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Australia is grouped under Oceania, more specifically Australia and New Zealand, with Oceania shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 27,724,744 people and a land area of 7,692,024 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 4 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is -27, 133, while the capital coordinate reference is -35.27, 149.13. Australia has no land borders listed in the country data, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Canberra (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Australia, capital of Australia, and major urban areas in Australia. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth, G20, OECD and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Australia uses calling code +61, postal format ####, and time zone data listed as UTC+05:00, UTC+06:30, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 and UTC+11:30. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Feb 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jul 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jul 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists AUD - Australian dollar ($), while language records include English. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as AUS. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 33.8 for 2020.
How to use this profile
This Australia profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
AU / AUS
Top-level domains
.au
Continents
Oceania
Border countries
No land borders listed
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
AUS
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Australia is represented by the AU country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Sydney
New South Wales
5,450,496
admin
#2
Melbourne
Victoria
5,350,705
admin
#3
Brisbane
Queensland
2,706,966
admin
#4
Perth
Western Australia
2,141,834
admin
#5
Adelaide
South Australia
1,387,290
admin
Governance
Government type
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Feb 1
Government fiscal year
Jul 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+61
Postal format
####
Timezones
UTC+05:00, UTC+06:30, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30, UTC+11:30
Languages
English
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
33.8
2020