State of Australia
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia. It covers about 1,730,000 km² (668,000 mi²), the 2nd largest of the 8 states and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Australia, and 1.07× the size of Libya. About 5.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 1,730,000 km²668,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 1,730,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Australia | 22%of the area of the 8 states and territories |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 8states and territories of Australia |
| Population | 5.6 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 3.2 people per km² |
| Capital | Brisbane |
| Latitude range | 29°S to 9°S |
| Type | StateAU-QLD |
What the numbers say about Queensland
- Queensland covers 22% of the area of Australia and ranks 3rd of 8 by population, against 2nd by area.
- It would take 4.45 states and territories the size of Queensland to cover Australia.
- The largest, Western Australia, is 1.46× the size of Queensland; the smallest, Australian Capital Territory, is 0.1% of it.
- Closest in size within Australia: Northern Territory (1,348,000 km², 1.28×) and Western Australia (2,528,000 km², 1.46×).
- Counted as a country, Queensland would be larger than 223 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 17th by area, between Sudan (1,856,000 km²) and Libya (1,624,000 km²).
- With 5.6 million people it would rank 118th of 238 by population.
- Queensland has 3.2 people per km², about the density of Namibia, which has 3.1 per km².
- That makes Queensland the 5th most densely populated of the 8 states and territories, 91% of the average for Australia (3.6 per km²).
- Queensland lies at 23°S, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Queensland stretches about 2,070 km north to south and 1,590 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,730,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,730,000 km², to within 2%.
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Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaXinjiang1.06× · 1,630,000 km²PeopleQinghai0.95× · 5.9 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaAlaska1.15× · 1,505,000 km²PeopleMinnesota0.98× · 5.7 million (2020)
- IndiaAreanone within 2×PeopleHimachal Pradesh82% · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleHesse0.91× · 6.2 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleGrand Est1.01× · 5.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleCampania0.97× · 5.8 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleValencian Community1.06× · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleHyogo1.03× · 5.5 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAmazonas1.11× · 1,565,000 km²PeopleMaranhão83% · 6.8 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaQuebec1.15× · 1,506,000 km²PeopleBritish Columbia1.12× · 5.0 million (2021)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleGuanajuato0.96× · 5.9 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok0.99× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Queensland sits in Australia
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2024. Australia’s units share the 2024 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12