Total & land area: Australia vs Israel size comparison

Australia is 370 times bigger by total area compared to Israel: 2,969,907 sq mi vs 8,019 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Australia is 2,969,906 sq mi vs 8,355 sq mi for Israel — a 355 times difference in territory size.

Australia ranks 6/197 by total surface area vs 150/197 for Israel.
Australia occupies 5.16% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.01% for Israel.
47.2% of Australia's area is agricultural land vs 24.8% in Israel.
Australia has 7.61% of the world's agricultural land area — Israel has 0.01%.
17.4% of Australia is covered by forests, compared to 6.47% in Israel.
3.32% of the world's forests are in Australia, and 0.003% are in Israel.

True size map comparison: Australia vs Israel

See how Australia and Israel 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	Israel
Total area	2,969,907 sq mi	8,019 sq mi
Size difference ratio	370	1
Total area rank	6/197	150/197
Share of all countries' surface area	1.51%	0.004%
Land area	2,969,906 sq mi	8,355 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	355	1
Land area rank	6/197	149/197
Share of all countries' land area	5.16%	0.01%
Population	27,196,812	9,974,400
Population density	9.34 ppl/mi²	1,227 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Australia	Israel
Forest area	517,397 sq mi	541 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	17.4%	6.47%
Forest area rank	6/196	158/196
World's forests share	3.32%	0.003%
Agricultural land area	1,402,492 sq mi	2,072 sq mi
Agricultural land share	47.2%	24.8%
Agricultural land area rank	3/194	148/194
Share of global agricultural land	7.61%	0.01%
Arable land	119,652 sq mi	1,048 sq mi
Arable land share	4.03%	12.5%
Arable land area rank	10/191	137/191
Permanent cropland	1,486 sq mi	391 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.05%	4.68%
Permanent cropland area rank	61/192	103/192
Water area	1.54 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00005%	0%
Water area rank	152/197	176/197
Roads length	607,623 mi	12,670 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	664 mi
Coastline length	16,007 mi	169.6 mi
Share of marine protected waters	45.4%	0.6%

Australia vs Israel 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 Israel 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.