City profile · Australia · Oceania
Mount Isa
City population
18,317
#74
in Australia
#17
in Queensland
#27,162
worldwide
-20.725, 139.497 · 1,872 km from Canberra
About Mount Isa
Mount Isa is a city in Queensland, Australia with a population of 18,317. It is the 74th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Australia, and the 27,162nd largest worldwide. It lies 1,872 km from Canberra.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#17of 19
Elevation
363 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Australia/Brisbane
Coordinates
-20.725, 139.497
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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