Total & land area: Australia vs Ireland size comparison

Australia is 110.2 times bigger by total area compared to Ireland: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 26,949 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 26,599 sq mi for Ireland — a 111.7 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 118/197 for Ireland.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Ireland.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 60.8% in Ireland.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Ireland has 0.09%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 11.5% in Ireland.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.02% are in Ireland.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Ireland

See how Australia and Ireland compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Australia	Ireland
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	26,949 sq mi
Size difference ratio	110.2	1
Total area rank	6/197	118/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.01%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	26,599 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	111.7	1
Land area rank	6/197	119/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.05%
Population	27,196,812	5,395,790
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	207 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Ireland
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	3,066 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	11.5%
Forest area rank	6/196	130/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.02%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	16,174 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	60.8%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	93/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.09%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	1,695 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	6.37%
Arable land area rank	10/191	128/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	3.86 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	0.01%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	183/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	350 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	1.3%
Water area rank	152/197	109/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	62,031 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	304 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	900 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	2.4%

Australia vs Ireland size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Australia and Ireland but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.