Western Australia (Australia) size comparison
2,529,875 km2 / 976,532 mile2
Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the western 32.9 percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi), and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. As of 2017, the state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11 percent of the national total – of whom the vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner, 79 percent of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.
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Western Australia compared to European countries
The Balkans is
0.18 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Germany is
0.14 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Spain is
0.20 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Finland is
0.13 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
France is
0.22 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Iberian Peninsula is
0.23 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Italy is
0.12 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Norway is
0.13 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Nordic countries is
0.51 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Poland is
0.12 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Russia is
6.76 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Scandinavian Peninsula is
0.30 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Sweden is
0.18 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Soviet Union is
8.85 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Ukraine is
0.24 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Ural Mountains is
0.20 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Yugoslavia is
0.10 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Western Australia compared to Asian countries
Afghanistan is
0.26 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Arabian peninsula is
1.28 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
China is
3.79 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Indonesia is
0.74 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
India is
1.30 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Iraq is
0.17 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Iran is
0.64 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Japan is
0.15 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Kamchatka Peninsula is
0.11 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Kenya is
0.23 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Kurdistan is
0.15 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Kazakhstan is
1.08 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Levant is
0.13 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Manchuria is
0.31 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Middle East is
2.85 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Myanmar is
0.27 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Mongolia is
0.62 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Malaysia is
0.13 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Oman is
0.12 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Papua New Guinea is
0.18 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Philippines is
0.12 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Pakistan is
0.31 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Saudi Arabia is
0.85 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Thailand is
0.20 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Turkmenistan is
0.19 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Turkey is
0.31 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Uzbekistan is
0.18 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Vietnam is
0.13 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Yemen is
0.21 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Western Australia compared to African countries
Angola is
0.49 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Burkina Faso is
0.11 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Botswana is
0.23 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
DR Congo is
0.93 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Central African Republic is
0.25 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Congo is
0.14 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Ivory Coast is
0.13 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Cameroon is
0.19 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Darfur (Sudan) is
0.19 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Algeria is
0.94 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Egypt is
0.40 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Western Sahara is
0.11 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Ethiopia is
0.44 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Gabon is
0.11 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Horn of Africa is
0.74 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Kalahari Desert is
0.36 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Libya is
0.70 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Morocco is
0.18 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Maghreb is
2.39 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Madagascar is
0.23 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Mali is
0.49 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Mauritania is
0.41 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Mozambique is
0.32 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Namibia is
0.33 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Niger is
0.50 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Nigeria is
0.37 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Nile Basin is
1.34 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Sahara Desert is
3.72 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Sahel is
1.21 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Sudan is
0.75 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Somalia is
0.25 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
South Sudan is
0.24 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Chad is
0.51 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Tanzania is
0.37 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
South Africa is
0.48 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Zambia is
0.30 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Zimbabwe is
0.15 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Western Australia compared to US States
California (US) is
0.17 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Texas (US) is
0.28 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Alaska (US) is
0.68 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Arizona (US) is
0.12 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Colorado (US) is
0.11 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Montana (US) is
0.15 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
New Mexico (US) is
0.12 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Nevada (US) is
0.11 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Oregon (US) is
0.10 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Wyoming (US) is
0.10 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Western Australia compared to countries in the Americas
Argentina is
1.10 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Bolivia is
0.43 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Brazil is
3.37 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Canada is
3.95 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Central America is
0.20 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Chile is
0.30 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Colombia is
0.45 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Corn Belt (US) is
0.99 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Ecuador is
0.10 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
The Midwest (US) is
0.84 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Mississippi river basin is
1.18 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Mexico is
0.78 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
The Pampas (South America) is
0.30 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Peru is
0.51 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Paraguay is
0.16 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
United States is
3.89 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
United States (Contiguous) is
3.19 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)
Venezuela is
0.36 times
as big as Western Australia (Australia)