City profile · Australia · Oceania
Cairns
City population
153,075
#16
in Australia
#6
in Queensland
#3,719
worldwide
-16.924, 145.766 · 2,069 km from Canberra
About Cairns
Cairns is a city in Queensland, Australia with a population of 153,075. It is the 16th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 3,719th largest worldwide. It lies 2,069 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#6of 19
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Brisbane
Coordinates
-16.924, 145.766
Record updated
2019-05-22
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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