Bushfires this year have already burnt the most land on record across NSW, and there are still three months left of the fire season.

Five million hectares have been burnt nationwide in this bushfire season alone.

That’s an area greater than the country Wales.

It’s also a bigger area than Belgium and Luxembourg combined, and most of the size of Ireland.

european mutuals this is the equivalent of how big the australian fires are pic.twitter.com/NgVUPBManv — sam 🍉 (@finesunfIower) December 30, 2019

These images showing just how enormous the fires are have shocked social media users around the world with some questioning why the fires haven't received more international coverage.

Didn’t realise how awfully Australia is need of dire help till I got back. A firefighter died yesterday, everyone advised to stay indoors, everything is dying, tons of homes gone and nobody seems to know or care. It has been on fire since August and only getting worse. So sad 😔 pic.twitter.com/zqUWWhCL4H — Gemma (@justgemmal) December 30, 2019

Many social media users also drew attention to the fact that many of the areas that have been burnt over the bushfire season are among Australia's most highly populated regions.

To the people talking about how big Australia is compared to the fires, please know that the fires are burning where we live. Our population is concentrated along the coast, where the fires are happening. pic.twitter.com/vU9BwM7vcd — ‎Michelle (@michelleskiwi) December 30, 2019

Here is a map of all the fires burning in Australia.

Here also is a map of Australia overlaid on Europe. #Bushfires #AustraliaFires #vicfires #nswbushfire #NSWfires pic.twitter.com/x35u7etnuB — Martin (@marty386) December 30, 2019

Do people realise how bad it is in Australia right now? An area the size of Belgium has burnt to the ground & over half a million animals have been wiped up #AustraliaFires #AustraliaBurns pic.twitter.com/KY3Ux1Sko2 — Deric Ó hArtagáinTV (@deric_tv) December 30, 2019

One Twitter user, finesunflower, posted the various images to their page, which has received more than 12,000 re-tweets and 33,000 likes.

The user linked it to a Facebook post written by a different user, who posted the images and provided links to various fire relief funds.

The page has so far received just over A$1,000 in donations for the Salvation Army Disaster Relief Fund.