Greater Melbourne is significantly larger in land area than Paris, sprawling over nearly 10,000 sq km compared to Paris's compact 105 sq km, but Paris is far more densely populated, with a much higher concentration of people in its small central area. When comparing metropolitan areas, Paris (Île-de-France) is larger in area than Greater Melbourne, but Melbourne has a lower density overall.
City of Paris, compared to the greater Melbourne region. Not the same thing. The city of Paris is actually bigger than Melbourne. However the greater Melbourne area is bigger than Paris.
Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region is over 3 times the size of Melbourne Metropolitan Region. (8800km² vs. 30.000km²), and has over one million more population. But, when you compare the most sensible Agglomeration between Berlin and Melbourne, it gets in fact extremely similar.
The second largest city in Australia is Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria. The conurbation informally called Greater Melbourne has a population of 5,207,145, placing Melbourne just behind Sydney. Melbourne's population growth in recent years has also been enormous, with +24% between 2011 and 2023.
But what of its vastness? Covering almost 10,000 square kilometres, “Greater Melbourne” is six times larger than London and 12 times larger than Paris.
When discussing the Australian population by race, the majority of the population is considered to be white. A white person is defined as a person who has European ancestry. In Australia, about 90.2 percent of the nation's population is white.
However, even with a very broadly comparable number of residents, it should be noted that Grand Paris is considerably smaller than London — 814km², compared to 1569km² — about half the size. The city of Paris itself is even more densely inhabited, with 2.1 million people living across its 105km².
1. Sydney, Australia. Sydney, often known as Australia's financial hub, consistently tops the list of the wealthiest cities in the region.
By the more commonly used Greater Capital City measure (a wider area), Sydney remains the larger city with 5.56m to Melbourne's 5.35m. This is primarily because Greater Sydney includes the Central Coast, while the Sydney SUA does not.
There is nowhere in NSW quite like Guestlands. The property, just an hour northwest of Sydney, is designed, every inch, to look like a mini-Italian village. Four villas are split by a cobbled alley… There is nowhere in NSW quite like Guestlands.
Melbourne and Boston are both knowledge cities and are connected by a common commitment to excellence in healthcare and biotechnology, startups and innovation, liveability and education. 2020 marked the 35th anniversary of the Melbourne-Boston sister city relationship.
Hobart, Tasmania, is widely recognized as the cheapest major city, but smaller regional towns in Queensland and South Australia can offer even lower living costs.
Villers-Bretonneux is now a civic tribute to the valor of those Australian, British and Canadian soldiers, with the hotels and streets named after Australian cities. Rue de Melbourne runs through the centre of Villers-Bretonneux and L'hotel is a favourite watering hole for many locals.
Melbourne often gets dubbed the most 'European of all the Australian cities', and honestly, for good reason.
Australia is 14 times larger than France (Metropolitan).
World's Best Cities ranking
More billionaires from the list live in the elite Melbourne suburb of Toorak, five kilometres southeast of the CBD, than any other Australian suburbs. Toorak boasts gated cul-de-sacs, privacy hedges, tree-lined streets and 22 of Australia's richest people.
Mungallala Methodist Church was built in 1964. It has now closed. In 2016, the Australian Taxation Office listed Mungallala as having the lowest mean taxable income by postcode, making it the poorest town in Australia, which led the ABC to do a documentary on the town for their online "storyhunters" program.
City Size & Population
As of 2022, New York City has a population of 8.3 million and the population of Paris tops in at 2.1 million people in the famous Île de la Cité or Île de France region.
Paris follows closely behind London as Europe's second-richest city. The Paris metropolitan area (Île-de-France) boasts a GDP exceeding $1 trillion, making it the single largest urban economy in the European Union. In fact, the Paris Region alone contributes about 30% of France's total GDP.
Topping the list of fastest-growing cities was Princeton, Texas with a remarkable 30.6% growth rate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 estimates released today.