Ranked list of Australian states and territories

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This is a list of Australian states and mainland territories by ranking using Australian Bureau of Statistics June 2007 population estimates.^[1]

Contents 1 By population 2 By area 3 By population density 4 References 5 See also

[edit] By population

Rank	State/Territory	Population	%	Density
1	New South Wales	6,889,100	32.8%	8.6
2	Victoria	5,205,200	24.8%	22.9
3	Queensland	4,182,100	19.9%	2.4
4	Western Australia	2,105,800	10.2%	0.8
5	South Australia	1,584,500	7.5%	1.6
6	Tasmania	493,300	2.3%	7.2
7	Australian Capital Territory	339,900	1.6%	144.1
8	Northern Territory	215,000	1.0%	0.2
Total	Australia	21,014,900	100%	2.7

[edit] By area

Rank	State/Territory	Area (km²)[2]	%	Density	Comparable Country
1	Western Australia	2,529,875	32.9%	0.8	Sudan
2	Queensland	1,730,648	22.5%	2.4	Libya
3	Northern Territory	1,349,129	17.5%	0.2	Peru
4	South Australia	983,482	12.8%	1.6	Tanzania
5	New South Wales	800,642	10.4%	8.6	Mozambique
6	Victoria	227,416	3.0%	22.9	Laos
7	Tasmania	68,401	0.9%	7.2	Georgia
8	Australian Capital Territory	2,358	0.03%	144.1	Comoros
	Australia	7,692,024	100%	2.7

[edit] By population density

Rank	State/Territory	Population	Area (km²)	Density
1	Australian Capital Territory	339,900	2,358	144.1
2	Victoria	5,205,200	227,146	22.9
3	New South Wales	6,889,100	800,642	8.6
4	Tasmania	493,300	68,401	7.2
5	Queensland	4,182,100	1,730,648	2.4
6	South Australia	1,584,500	983,482	1.6
7	Western Australia	2,105,800	2,529,875	0.8
8	Northern Territory	215,000	1,349,129	0.2
	Australia	21,850,200	7,686,850	2.84

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of Australian states by Gross State Product
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area

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