Country size comparison

compared to

North Dakota is about 43 times smaller than Australia.

Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 2.31% the size of Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (25.5 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Australia vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share

Compare further: North Dakota vs. Australia

Flip Comparison · See true size
See North Dakota on top of Australia
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 4 statistics
Be 46.8% more likely to be unemployed in Australia
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Australia is 16.3% more expensive than North Dakota
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.
Download on the App Store GET IT ON Google Play