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Australia has an average population density of 3.6 persons per square kilometre of total land area, which makes it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. This is generally attributed to the semi-arid and desert geography of much of the interior of the country.
Population density (people per km 2) by country. This is a list of countries and dependencies ranked by population density, sorted by inhabitants per square kilometre or square mile. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.
This is a list of countries showing past and future population density, ranging from 1950 to 2300, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. The population density equals the number of human inhabitants per square kilometer of land area.
The population density exceeds 19,500 inhabitants per square kilometre in central Melbourne. [177] In 2021 Australia had 10% of the global permanent meadows and pastureland. [178] Forest cover is around 17% of Australia's total land area. [179] [180] Fitzroy Island, one of the 600 islands within the main archipelago of the Great Barrier Reef
This is a list of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area as at the 2016 census. a. The local government area with the largest population was City of Canterbury-Bankstown with 346,302 people resident on census night; and the area with the smallest population was Lord Howe Island with 698. a As at census night, the local government area with the largest population ...
Of all residents over two-thirds (72.4% or 18,235,690) were born in Australia. Over a quarter of the population (27.6% or 7,502,450 persons) said they were born overseas. After Australia, England is the most common birthplace with 927,490 people. [a] [20] India became the third-largest country of birth, surpassing China and New Zealand. [12]
With a population density of 2037 people per square kilometre, the urban core has population density five times that of the greater region. [2] [3] Sydney is the most densely populated city in Australia and is also the busiest city in Australia. The median age of Sydney residents was 37 years, and households comprised an average of 2.7 members ...
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.With a total land area of 984,321 square kilometres (380,048 sq mi), [6] it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people [3] it is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by ...