This is a list of Australian states and mainland territories by ranking using Australian Bureau of Statistics June 2009 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	7,099,700	32.5%	8.9
2	Victoria	5,427,700	24.8%	23.9
3	Queensland	4,406,800	20.1%	2.5
4	Western Australia	2,236,900	10.2%	0.9
5	South Australia	1,622,700	7.4%	1.6
6	Tasmania	502,600	2.3%	7.3
7	Australian Capital Territory	351,200	1.6%	148.9
8	Northern Territory	224,800	1.0%	0.2
Total	Australia	21,872,400	100%	2.8

[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	351,200	2,358	148.9
2	Victoria	5,427,700	227,146	23.9
3	New South Wales	7,099,700	800,642	8.9
4	Tasmania	502,600	68,401	7.3
5	Queensland	4,406,800	1,730,648	2.5
6	South Australia	1,622,700	983,482	1.6
7	Western Australia	2,236,900	2,529,875	0.9
8	Northern Territory	224,800	1,349,129	0.2
	Australia	21,872,400	7,686,850	2.8

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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