Australia is 153× the size of Punjab
Australia (Oceania) covers about 7,691,000 km² (2,970,000 mi²) and Punjab (state of India) about 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,691,000km²Australia
- 50,400km²Punjab
1,000 km
- Australia
- Punjab
What fits
- Punjab fits inside Australia about 153 times by area.
- Australia is larger by 7,641,000 km² (2,950,000 mi²), which is 15,167% of the area of Punjab.
- Measured in Belgiums: Australia is about 251, Punjab about 1.64.
How they differ
- Australia is larger, but Punjab has the larger population: 27.7 million against 27.6 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 551 in Punjab against 3.6 in Australia: Punjab is 153× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,880 km apart.
- Together Australia and Punjab cover 7,741,000 km², close to the size of Brazil (8,473,000 km², 9.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 7,641,000 km², is about the size of Brazil (8,473,000 km²).
- At Punjab's density, Australia would have 4.24 billion people (it has 27.6 million). At Australia's density, Punjab would have 181,000 (it has 27.7 million).
- Punjab's centre is 56.6° of latitude, about 6,290 km, farther north than Australia's.
- Australia ranks 7th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Punjab is the 20th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Punjab lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,290 km) north of Australia, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Australia would have about 278,520 m² and each person in Punjab about 1,820 m².
- Laid side by side, Australia and Punjab would cover 7,741,000 km², 91% of the size of Brazil.
- Together they have 55.4 million people, 97% as many people as Tanzania.
- Counted as a country, Punjab would rank 130th by area and 54th by population.
Side by side
| Australia | Punjab | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 7,691,000 km²2,970,000 mi² | 50,400 km²19,500 mi² |
| Official area | 7,688,000 km²Wikidata | 50,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 239worldwide | 20th of 36in India |
| Population | 27.6 millionWikidata, 2025 | 27.7 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 54th of 237worldwide | 17th of 36in India |
| Density | 3.6 per km² | 551 per km² |
| Capital | Canberra | Chandigarh |
| Latitude range | 44°S to 9°S | 30°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,688,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,691,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 50,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 50,400 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12