Australia is 8.5 times larger than Venezuela.
Area: 7,741,220 km2 World Factbook
Population: 22,507,617 (July 2014) World Factbook
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Wikipedia
Area: 912,050 km2 World Factbook
Population: 28,868,486 (July 2014) World Factbook
Venezuela, officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres with an estimated population of approximately 29,100,000. Wikipedia