It is also the capital and largest city of New South Wales. Sydney is Australia's largest and most cosmopolitan city. Sydney is the home of the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics. Read on for more details on the major metropolitan areas of this country. There are five Australian cities with a population of more than (cities/). The Australian Bureau of Statistics also provides the Australian Population Clock, which uses population indicators to estimate the current population count. The most recent Australian census was held in 2016 and confirmed that the population of Australia was 23,401,892. Most of Australia's population is concentrated on or around the more hospitable coastal areas, as you can see in the density map further down the page. In the Northern Territory, every square kilometer holds just 0.2 people. Some parts of Australia are even less densely populated. Mongolia, Western Sahara and Suriname have fewer people per square kilometer than Australia. This makes it one of the least densely populated countries in the world. As the 6th largest nation in the world, Australia has a very low population density of just 3 people per square kilometer, or 7 per square mile. It is also the most populous country in Oceania, three times more populous than its neighbor Papua New Guinea (8.2 million) and 5 times more populous than New Zealand (4.5 million).

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