City profile · Australia · Oceania
Launceston
Tasmania · Australia
City population
90,953
#23
in Australia
#2
in Tasmania
#6,328
worldwide
-41.439, 147.135 · 706 km from Canberra
About Launceston
Launceston is a city in Tasmania, Australia with a population of 90,953. It is the 23rd largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 6,328th largest worldwide. It lies 706 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Tasmania
Rank in region
#2of 4
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Hobart
Coordinates
-41.439, 147.135
Record updated
2026-04-16
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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