Australia is a country located in the Oceania continent, whereas Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Australia and Iceland regarding various aspects.
Size
How big is Australia compared to Iceland?
The total area of Australia is 7,692,024 sq km, and the total area of Iceland is 102,775 sq km. Australia is bigger than Iceland by 7,589,249 sq km. Australia is around 74.84 times bigger than Iceland.
Area of Australia: 2,969,907 sq mi ( 7,692,024 km2 )
Area of Iceland: 39,682 sq mi ( 102,775 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 Iceland as of 8th July 2021, is 343,501.
Here is some more data comparison between Australia and Iceland.
The capital city of Australia is Canberra, and the capital city of Iceland is Reykjavik.
Official Languages
Australia: None at the federal level but English is the national language of Australia.
Iceland: Icelandic
Human Development Index
HDI of Australia as of 2019: 0.944
HDI of Iceland as of 2018: 0.949
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).
Iceland Timezone:
UTC / GMT
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Australia:
25° 0′ 0″ S, 133° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Iceland:
65° 0′ 0″ N, 18° 0′ 0″ W
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