Is Australia bigger than UK and Europe
This image shows the comparison between Australia, the UK and Europe in an easy to recognise format:
The landmass of the our two countries are:
- 7,682,300 sq km Australia
- 241,930 sq km United Kingdom
Total (Land and Water)
- 7,741,220 sq km Australia (the 6th largest country in the world)
- 243,610 sq km United Kingdom (79th largest country)
Population (July 2011 Estimation)
- 21,766,711 Australia (55th largest)
- 62,698,362 United Kingdom (22nd largest)
In comparison to the other larger countries:
- Russia is 120.87% larger than Australia
- Canada is 28.98% larger
- United States is 26.94% larger
- China is 23.97% larger
- Brazil is 9.99% larger
The rest are all smaller.
The current list of countries that are classed as in Europe are:
| Country | Capital | Population | Area Square Kms | Area Square Miles |
| Albania | Tirana | 3,002,859 | 28,748.00 | 11,100.00 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 85,082 | 468.00 | 181.00 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 2,970,495 | 29,743.00 | 11,484.00 |
| Austria | Vienna | 8,219,743 | 83,871.00 | 32,383.00 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 9,493,600 | 86,600.00 | 33,436.00 |
| Belarus | Minsk | 9,643,566 | 207,600.00 | 80,155.00 |
| Belgium | Brussels | 11,154,709 | 30,528.00 | 11,787.00 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 3,879,296 | 51,197.00 | 19,767.00 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 7,037,935 | 110,879.00 | 42,811.00 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 4,480,043 | 56,594.00 | 21,851.00 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 1,138,071 | 9,251.00 | 3,572.00 |
| Czech Republic | Prague | 10,513,209 | 78,867.00 | 30,451.00 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 5,543,453 | 43,094.00 | 16,639.00 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 1,274,709 | 45,228.00 | 17,463.00 |
| Finland | Helsinki | 5,262,930 | 338,145.00 | 130,559.00 |
| France | Paris | 65,630,692 | 643,427.00 | 248,429.00 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi / T’bilisi | 4,570,934 | 69,700.00 | 26,911.00 |
| Germany | Berlin | 81,305,856 | 357,022.00 | 137,847.00 |
| Greece | Athens | 10,767,827 | 131,957.00 | 50,949.00 |
| Hungary | Budapest | 9,958,453 | 93,028.00 | 35,918.00 |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 313,183 | 103,000.00 | 39,769.00 |
| Ireland | Dublin | 4,722,028 | 70,273.00 | 27,133.00 |
| Italy | Rome | 61,261,254 | 301,340.00 | 116,348.00 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | 17,522,010 | 2,724,900.00 | 1,052,090.00 |
| Latvia | Riga | 2,191,580 | 64,589.00 | 24,938.00 |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 36,713 | 160.00 | 62.00 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 3,525,761 | 65,300.00 | 25,212.00 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 509,074 | 2,586.00 | 998.00 |
| Macedonia | Skopje | 2,082,370 | 25,713.00 | 9,928.00 |
| Malta | Valletta | 409,836 | 316.00 | 122.00 |
| Moldova | Chişinău | 3,656,843 | 33,851.00 | 13,070.00 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 30,510 | 2.00 | 0.80 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 657,394 | 13,812.00 | 5,333.00 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 16,730,632 | 41,543.00 | 16,040.00 |
| Norway | Oslo | 5,042,402 | 323,802.00 | 125,021.00 |
| Poland | Warsaw | 38,415,284 | 312,685.00 | 120,728.00 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 10,781,459 | 92,090.00 | 35,556.00 |
| Romania | Bucharest | 21,848,504 | 238,391.00 | 92,043.00 |
| Russia | Moscow | 142,517,670 | 17,098,242.00 | 6,601,668.00 |
| San Marino | San Marino | 32,140 | 61.00 | 24.00 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 7,189,604 | 88,361.00 | 34,116.00 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 5,483,088 | 49,035.00 | 18,933.00 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 1,996,617 | 20,273.00 | 7,827.00 |
| Spain | Madrid | 47,042,984 | 505,370.00 | 195,124.00 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 9,514,406 | 450,295.00 | 173,860.00 |
| Switzerland | Bern / Berne | 7,925,517 | 41,277.00 | 15,937.00 |
| Turkey | Ankara | 79,749,461 | 783,562.00 | 302,535.00 |
| Ukraine | Kiev | 44,854,065 | 603,550.00 | 233,032.00 |
| United Kingdom | London | 63,047,162 | 243,610.00 | 94,058.00 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 836 | 0.44 | 0.17 |
| TOTAL | 855,023,849 | 26,793,936 | 10,345,199 |
Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey have territory in both Europe and Asia.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependent_territories_in_Europe