Australian passport proves one of the world's most powerful

A report this week ranked Australia's passport as the equal-seventh most powerful in the world, based on the number of countries it grants access to.

It comes as demand for Australian citizenship reaches never-before-seen levels, with the Federal Government revealing in August close to 189,000 people were waiting for their citizenship applications to be processed.

Let's take a look at the status of the Australian passport and others around the world.