The true size of Australia 🇦🇺

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Australia is the sixth largest country in the world by total area, covering approximately 7.7 million square kilometers (2.97 million square miles), making it the only country that is also a continent.

More people live in Shanghai than in Australia. That’s the true size

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Yes, it's true. The size of Australia, or any country for that matter, can appear different depending on the map projection used. The most common map projection, the Mercator projection, tends to exaggerate the size of countries nearer the poles (like the US, Russia, Europe), while downplaying the size of those near the equator (like the African Continent). For instance, on the Mercator projection, Greenland appears to be roughly the same size as Africa. In reality, Greenland is 0.8 million sq. miles and Africa is 11.6 million sq. miles, nearly 14 and a half times larger. When it comes to Australia, it is indeed a large country. Spanning an area of 7,682,300 sq km, Australia is the sixth-largest country globally. However, its size can seem different when compared to other countries: Compared to the United States: The United States covers over 9.8 million sq km, making it the world’s fourth-largest nation, larger than Australia. Compared to Canada: Canada’s land area surpasses Australia’s by roughly 1.3 times. Covering an expanse of over 7.6 million sq km, Australia is significantly smaller when compared to Canada’s vast 9,984,670 sq km — a difference that makes Canada 29% larger. So, while Australia is large, its relative size can appear different when compared to other countries, especially those closer to the poles. This is due to the distortion introduced by the map projections we commonly use.

This is why, as an Australian, it's hard seeing all the memes about how big Texas is. WA is like 7 times as big as Texas.

This is childish, the true size of Australia is 7,688,000 km² and not a few cm².

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