City profile · Australia · Oceania
Burnie
Tasmania · Australia
City population
20,417
#69
in Australia
#4
in Tasmania
#24,914
worldwide
-41.056, 145.904 · 701 km from Canberra
About Burnie
Burnie is a city in Tasmania, Australia with a population of 20,417. It is the 69th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 24,914th largest worldwide. It lies 701 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Tasmania
Rank in region
#4of 4
Elevation
29 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Hobart
Coordinates
-41.056, 145.904
Record updated
2026-06-25
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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