How big is Australia?
Comparison of Australia and United States land masses.
Australia and the continental U.S. are close to the same size, but did you know that . . .
the population of Texas alone is nearly equal to the total population of Australia? the Northern Territory has TWICE the area of Texas, and the total population is less than 200,000? the United States has 84 people per sq. mile, while Australia has only 6 people per sq. mile? Texas has 67 people per sq. mile, but the Northern Territory has only 0.385 people per sq. mile?
Think about this!
If we wanted to drive to a larger town, we could either go to Darwin on the northern coast or Adelaide on the southern coast.  The catch is that this trip will take at least 14 hours of straight driving time!!  Furthermore, there are very few places to stop along the way (What's a Dairy Queen?), and you might drive for hours without seeing another vehicle on the road.  It would be comparable to driving from Denver to San Antonio with nothing at all in between!  Can you imagine that?  Welcome to our world!