Australia is smaller than the United States in terms of land area but still very large. Australia covers about 7.7 million square kilometers (approximately 2.99 million square miles), while the United States spans roughly 9.8 million square kilometers (around 3.8 million square miles). This means the U.S. is about 1.28 to 1.3 times larger than Australia, or Australia is about 79% the size of the U.S.
To put it in perspective, traveling across Australia from east to west (Sydney to Perth) is roughly comparable to traveling from New York to Los Angeles in the U.S.
Despite its large size, Australia has a much smaller population-about 26 million compared to over 330 million in the U.S.-and much of its interior is sparsely populated desert.
In summary:
- Australia area: ~7.7 million sq km
- U.S. area: ~9.8 million sq km
- U.S. is about 27% larger than Australia
- Australia is about 79% the size of the U.S.
Both countries are among the largest in the world, but the U.S. has a significant size advantage in land area.
