Australia is a country located in the Oceania continent, whereas Fiji is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Australia and Fiji regarding various aspects.
Size
How big is Australia compared to Fiji?
The total area of Australia is 7,692,024 sq km, and the total area of Fiji is 18,274 sq km. Australia is bigger than Fiji by 767,375 sq km. Australia is around 420.92 times bigger than Fiji.
Area of Australia: 2,969,907 sq mi ( 7,692,024 km2 )
Area of Fiji: 7,056 sq mi ( 18,274 km2 )
Population
According to the Worldometer data, the total population of Australia as of 8th July 2021 is estimated to be around 25,804,397.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Fiji as of 8th July 2021, is 903,077.
Here is some more data comparison between Australia and Fiji.
The capital city of Australia is Canberra, and the capital city of Fiji is Suva.
Official Languages
Australia: None at the federal level but English is the national language of Australia.
Fiji: Fijian, Fiji Hindi, English
Human Development Index
HDI of Australia as of 2019: 0.944
HDI of Fiji as of 2018: 0.724
Australia Timezone:
UTC + 8, +9.5, +10
Summer (DST):
UTC + 8, +9.5, +10, +10.5, +11
(Australia has various timezones, also in Daylight Saving Time).
Fiji Timezone:
UTC + 12 (Fiji Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 13 (Fiji Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Australia:
25° 0′ 0″ S, 133° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Fiji:
18° 0′ 0″ S, 179° 0′ 0″ E
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