Which is larger: Australia or Greenland?

Australia is larger than Greenland, though Greenland appears larger on flat maps due to the distortion that occurs the closer you get to the poles. Seeing the two on a globe helps to see their real size more accurately.

Australia with an area of roughly 7,686,850 km² is nearly three and half times larger than Greenland which covers an area of 2,166,086 km². Australia has a population of over 24 million people, while Greenland only has around 56 thousand.

The Australian deserts make up about 18% of the continent, but a full 35% of Australia is classified as desert as it receives so little rainfall. Reports say approximately 768,685 km2 of land is habitable in Australia; this means Australia’s habitable land takes up 10% of the actual land mass, with 90% being ‘termed’ uninhabitable.

The Greenland ice desert covers 1,700,000 km² making it the second largest body of ice in the world only behind Antarctica, that means that roughly 80% of Greenland is ice!