ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · AUSTRALIA
Capital of Australia
The capital of Australia is Canberra. The largest, Canberra, has around 381,488 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALCanberra
POPULATION381,488
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Canberra381,488 people
In context
Where Canberrasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MCanberra is here
50–250k
<50k
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