---
title: "Australia vs Israel — area, population, currency"
description: "Australia is 7,741,220 km² with 27,614,411 people; Israel is 21,937 km² with 10,122,800. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-israel/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Australia vs Israel

**Australia vs Israel: Australia is larger; Australia has more people**

7,741,220 km² vs 21,937 km² · 27,614,411 vs 10,122,800

Australia is 353 times larger than Israel — 7,741,220 against 21,937 km². Australia is 2.7 times more populous than Israel — 27,614,411 against 10,122,800 people.

## Side by side

|  | Australia | Israel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Canberra | Jerusalem |
| Area | 7,741,220 km² | 21,937 km² |
| Population | 27,614,411 (2025) | 10,122,800 (2025) |
| Density | 3.6 /km² | 461.4 /km² |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | Israeli new shekel (ILS) |
| Official languages | English | Arabic, Hebrew |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 | UTC+02:00 |
| Calling code | +61 | +972 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Oceania | Asia |
| ISO codes | AU / AUS | IL / ISR |

## Population density

Israel is 129 times more densely populated than Australia — 461 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Australia on the left, Israel on the right.
- Different currencies: the Australian dollar and the Israeli new shekel.
- Australia spans 5 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Oceania and Asia.

## Australia

The sixth-largest country in the world and the only one that covers an entire continent. The Great Barrier Reef runs about 2,300 km and is the largest structure made by living organisms on Earth, visible from orbit. Around eighty percent of its mammals, reptiles and flowering plants exist nowhere else. Melbourne and Sydney are within roughly a hundred thousand people of each other, and which counts as the largest city depends on where the boundary is drawn.

## Israel

The Dead Sea shore is the lowest exposed land on Earth, about 430 m below sea level, and the water is around ten times saltier than the ocean. Israel recycles a higher share of its wastewater than any other country — roughly 85 percent — and most drinking water now comes from Mediterranean desalination.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Australia bigger than Israel?

Australia is larger — 7,741,220 km² against 21,937 km².

### Which has more people, Australia or Israel?

Australia, with 27,614,411 against 10,122,800.

### What is the time difference between Australia and Israel?

Australia is UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 and Israel is UTC+02:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Israel](https://atoneplace.net/country/israel/)
- [India vs Israel](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-israel/)
- [China vs Israel](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-israel/)
- [Canada vs Israel](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-israel/)
- [Australia vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-united-states/)
- [Australia vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-india/)
- [Australia vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-china/)
- [Australia vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Australia vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-japan/)
- [Australia vs Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-canada/)
- [Australia vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Australia vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-france/)
- [Australia vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-germany/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]