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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, [17] is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [18] Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
The land mass covers 7,591,608 km 2 (2,931,136 sq mi), about 98.7% of the area of the country of Australia and 1.5% of Earth's surface. [4] It is sometimes described as an island, in which case it would be the largest island by area –more than three times the size of Greenland . [ 5 ]
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania ... total Oceania area in km 2 (mi 2) 1 Australia ...
Australia has the third-largest exclusive economic zone of 8,148,250 km 2 (3,146,060 sq mi). This EEZ does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory (an additional 5,896,500 km 2 (2,276,700 sq mi)). Australia has the largest area of ocean jurisdiction of any country on Earth. [5] It has no land borders.
The world's smallest continent, Australia is also the sixth-largest country by land area and sometimes considered the world's largest island. Australia has a mainland coastline of 32,994 kilometres (20,502 mi) [ 14 ] and claims an exclusive economic zone of about 8,200,000 square kilometres (3,200,000 sq mi).
Australia Mainland Australia is more than three times the size of Greenland, the largest island. [9] Australia is sometimes dubbed "The Island Continent" or "Earth's largest island, but its smallest continent". [10]
Area of Australia: 7,741,220 km 2 ... The Saltwater crocodile is the largest species of crocodile in the world. ... Land area (km 2) Rank Population (2012) [4]