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title: "Australia vs Italy — area, population, currency"
description: "Australia is 7,741,220 km² with 27,614,411 people; Italy is 301,340 km² with 58,915,656. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-italy/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Australia vs Italy

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

7,741,220 km² vs 301,340 km² · 27,614,411 vs 58,915,656

Australia is 26 times larger than Italy — 7,741,220 against 301,340 km². Italy is 2.1 times more populous than Australia — 58,915,656 against 27,614,411 people.

## Side by side

|  | Australia | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Canberra | Rome |
| Area | 7,741,220 km² | 301,340 km² |
| Population | 27,614,411 (2025) | 58,915,656 (2025) |
| Density | 3.6 /km² | 195.5 /km² |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English | Italian |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +61 | +39 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Oceania | Europe |
| ISO codes | AU / AUS | IT / ITA |

## Population density

Italy is 55 times more densely populated than Australia — 196 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, Italy on the right.
- Different currencies: the Australian dollar and the Euro.
- Australia spans 5 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Oceania and Europe.

## 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.

## Italy

Italy has three of Europe's most active volcanoes — Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius — and Stromboli has been erupting more or less continuously for at least 2,000 years. It has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country. The Alps and Apennines mean about three-quarters of the land is mountain or hill.

> 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 Italy?

Australia is larger — 7,741,220 km² against 301,340 km².

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

Italy, with 58,915,656 against 27,614,411.

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

Australia is UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 and Italy is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [India vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)
- [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]