State of Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia. It covers about 2,528,000 km² (976,000 mi²), the largest of the 8 states and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Australia, and 93% of the size of Kazakhstan. About 3.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2024).
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- Kazakhstan
- Western Australia
Facts
| Area, measured | 2,528,000 km²976,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 2,527,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Australia | 33%of the area of the 8 states and territories |
| Rank by area | 1st of 8states and territories of Australia |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 1.2 people per km² |
| Capital | Perth |
| Latitude range | 35°S to 14°S |
| Type | StateAU-WA |
What the numbers say about Western Australia
- Western Australia covers 33% of the area of Australia and ranks 4th of 8 by population, against 1st by area.
- It would take 3.04 states and territories the size of Western Australia to cover Australia.
- The smallest, Australian Capital Territory, is less than 0.1% of the size of Western Australia; the next largest, Queensland, is 68%.
- Closest in size within Australia: Queensland (1,730,000 km², 1.46×) and Northern Territory (1,348,000 km², 1.87×).
- Counted as a country, Western Australia would be larger than 230 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 10th by area, between Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km²) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km²).
- With 3.0 million people it would rank 137th of 238 by population.
- Western Australia has 1.2 people per km².
- That makes Western Australia the 7th most densely populated of the 8 states and territories, 33% of the average for Australia (3.6 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Western Australia looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Western Australia stretches about 2,380 km north to south and 1,630 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
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.
- ChinaAreaXinjiang1.55× · 1,630,000 km²PeopleTibet82% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaAlaska1.68× · 1,505,000 km²PeopleArkansas1.00× · 3.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreanone within 2×PeopleMeghalaya1.01× · 3.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSchleswig-Holstein1.02× · 3.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleBourgogne-Franche-Comté1.07× · 2.8 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTuscany81% · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleGalicia1.11× · 2.7 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleIbaraki1.05× · 2.9 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaAmazonas1.62× · 1,565,000 km²PeopleAlagoas0.96× · 3.1 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNunavut1.22× · 2,080,000 km²PeopleAlberta71% · 4.3 million (2021)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleSinaloa1.01× · 3.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.14× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Western Australia sits in Australia
All 8 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Western Australia
- Kazakhstan vs Western Australia
- Western Australia vs Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Argentina vs Western Australia
- Western Australia vs Mexico
- Western Australia vs Armenia
- Western Australia vs Uruguay
- Western Australia vs Nunavut
- Western Australia vs Xinjiang
- Western Australia vs Amazonas
- Western Australia vs Alaska
- Western Australia vs Arkansas
- Western Australia vs Meghalaya
- Western Australia vs Sinaloa
- Western Australia vs Schleswig-Holstein
- Western Australia vs Coahuila
- Western Australia vs Mississippi
- Western Australia vs Federal District
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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