Australia covers 7,741,220 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 5.7% of all land on Earth. It ranks 6th of 237 countries worldwide and 1st in Oceania. At 26° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.2×, drawing it closer to 9,544,924 km², a difference of roughly 23%.
For scale, Australia is roughly the same size as Brazil (8,510,346 km²).
You could fit 3 of Algeria inside Australia.
Australia: key figures
| True area | 7,741,220 km² |
| World rank | 6th |
| Share of world land | 5.7% |
| Rank in Oceania | 1st / 25 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.2× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 9,544,924 km² |
Largest countries in Oceania (true area)