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Population:
18,943,000 (1999 est.)
Total area: 7,682,300 sq km (2,966,200 sq miles)
Capital: Canberra
Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-general Sir William
Deane
Head of government: Prime Minister John Howard Australia
Official name: Commonwealth of Australia.
Form of government: federal parliamentary state (formally a constitutional
monarchy) with two legislative houses (Senate [76]; House of Representatives
[148]).
Official language: English.
Official religion: none.
Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents.
Time zones: 3, Sydney is 10 hrs ahead of GMT
Population density: 6.3 people per sq mile, 2.4 people per sq kilometre.
Largest Australian City: Sydney ( Pop: 3,900,000)
Australia also has a Territory in the Antarctic called "Australian Antarctic
Territory")
Urban-rural Pop (1996): urban 85.0%; rural 15.0%.
Population projection: (2000) 19,117,000; (2010) 21,018,000.
Ethnic composition (1996): white 95.2%; aboriginal 2.0%; Asian 1.3%; other
1.5%.
Religious affiliation (1991): Christian 74.0%, of which Roman Catholic 27.3%,
Anglican Church of Australia 23.9%, other Protestant 19.2% (Uniting Church
and Methodist 8.2%, Presbyterian 4.3%), Orthodox 2.8%, other Christian 0.8%;
Muslim 0.9%; Buddhist 0.8%; Jewish 0.4%; no religion 12.9%; other 11.0%.
Place of birth (1996): 73.9% native-born; 26.1% foreign-born, of which Europe
12.4% (United Kingdom 6.3, Italy 1.3%, Greece 0.7%, Germany 0.6%, The Netherlands
0.5%, other Europe 3.0%), Asia and Middle East 5.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Africa,
the Americas, and other 6.5%.
Immigration (1996): permanent immigrants admitted 96,970, from United Kingdom
and Ireland 12.8%, New Zealand 11.8%, China 7.6%, Vietnam 4.8%, Hong Kong
4.6%, India 4.4%, Philippines 3.9%, South Africa 3.2%, Bosnia and Herzegovina
3.2%, Yugoslavia 3.1%, Sri Lanka 2.2%. Refugee arrivals (1994-95): 13,600.
Birth rate per 1,000 population (1996): 14.1 (world avg. 25.0); (1993) legitimate
75.0%; illegitimate 25.0%.
Death rate per 1,000 population (1996): 6.9 (world avg. 9.3).
Total fertility rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 1996): 1.82.
Marriage rate per 1,000 population (1996): 6.0, Median age for brides and
bridegrooms is 26.8 years and 29.2 years respectfully.
Divorce rate per 1,000 population (1996): 2.7.
Life
expectancy at birth (1996): male 75.4 years; female 81.1 years.
Major causes of death per 100,000 population (1995): diseases of the circulatory
system 296.0; cancers 190.0; respiratory diseases 52.0; accidents, poisoning,
and violence 41.0; endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 23.0; digestive
system diseases 21.0; nervous system diseases 17.0.
Educational attainment (1995). Percentage
of population age 15 to 64 having: no formal schooling 0.3%; incomplete secondary
education 36.3%; completed secondary 17.8%; post secondary, technical, or
other certificate/diploma 33.7%; university 11.9%.
Average workweek (1995): 40.5 hours (16.8% overtime).
Criminal offenses(1996). Offense rate per 100,000 population for: murder 3.8;
sexual assault 78.7; assault 620.8; auto theft 672.2; unarmed robbery, burglary,
and housebreaking 4,608.2; armed robbery 34.0.
Households possessing (1995): automobile 85%; telephone 95%; refrigerator
99.7%; air conditioner 32.3%; personal computers 23.0%; washing machine 90.0%;
central heating 3.9%; swimming pool 10.1%.
National economy Gross national product (1996): US$367,802,000,000 (US$20,090
per capita).
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (1995-96): livestock slaughtered 6,066,400
(cattle 3,474,300, sheep and lambs 1,005,000, poultry 964,600, pigs 589,200);
wheat 4,602,000, wool 2,686,800, barley 1,347,000, sugarcane 1,319,700, cotton
851,000, grapes 680,600, potatoes 378,000, oats 311,000, apples 269,800, bananas
254,700, sorghum 242,000, oranges 214,800, rice 216,000, tomatoes 166,000,
carrots 133,000, pears 73,400, onions 54,100, peaches 50,000, pineapples 43,300,
corn (maize) 41,000, tobacco 40,000, cauliflower 33,700; livestock (number
of live animals; 1997) 121,900,000 sheep, 26,250,000 cattle, 2,410,000 pigs,
73,509,000 poultry; roundwood (1995) 22,458,000 cu m; fish catch (1995) 219,499
metric tons.
Mining and quarrying (metric tons [tons of contained metal]; 1995-96): iron
ore 142,936,000; bauxite 42,655,000; zinc 930,000; lead 455,000; copper 437,000;
tin 8,175; gold 253,504 kg; diamonds 40,693,000 carats.
Land use (1995): agricultural and under permanent cultivation 6.3%; other
93.7% (of which, meadows and pastures [1994] 54.2%).
Foreign trade Imports (1995-96): $A 77,819,000,000 (machinery 33.4%, of which
office machines and automatic data-processing equipment 7.7%; basic manufactures
14.2%, of which textile yarn and fabrics 3.0%, paper and paper products 2.5%,
iron and steel 1.8%; transport equipment 13.5%, of which road motor vehicles
10.2%; chemicals and related products 11.4%; mineral fuels and lubricants
5.5%; food and live animals 3.7%; crude materials [inedible] excluding fuels
2.0%; beverages and tobacco 0.6%).
Major import sources: US 22.6%; Japan 13.9%; UK 6.3%; Germany 6.2%; China
5.1%.
Exports (1995-96): $A 75,999,000,000 (food and live animals 20.1%, of which
cereals and cereal preparations 6.5%, meat and meat preparations 4.3%, sugar,
sugar preparations, and honey 2.3%, dairy products 2.2%, crude materials excluding
fuels 19.4%, of which metalliferous ores and metal scrap 11.4%, textile fibres
and their waste 5.3%; mineral fuels and lubricants 16.6%, of which coal, coke,
and briquettes 10.3%, petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas 4.2%;
basic manufactures 12.9%).
Major export destinations: Japan 21.6%; South Korea 8.7%; New Zealand 7.4%;
US 6.0%; China 5.0%, Singapore 4.7%; Taiwan 4.5%; Hong Kong 4.0%.
Education and health Literacy (1996): total population literate, virtually
100%.
Health: physicians (1995-96) 45,800 (1 per 400 persons)
Infant mortality rate (1996) 5.7.
Food (1995): daily per capita caloric intake 3,068 (vegetable products 66%,
animal products 34%)
The largest National park in Australia is Kakadu, in The Northern Territory,
covering 19,000sq km.
Australia is the 6th largest country in the world at 7,686,848 sq km (2,967,909
sq miles) The largest is Russia, 17,070,289 sq km (6,590,867 sq miles).
To help put this in perspective, consider this Australia is almost the size
of the USA, excluding Alaska, it is four fifths the size of Canada, nearly
three quarters the size of the whole of Europe,or 25 times larger than Britain
and Ireland put together.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service, services
80% of the country, handling 153,000 consultations each year and flying more
than 8,810,000km (5,471,010 miles) to do so.
Australia is regarded as a continental land mass rather than an Island. If
it were an Island it would come in at number 6 of the most highly populated
countries in the world.
The highest mountain in Australia is MT Kosciusko at 2,228 m (7,312")
The Australian Desert is the 2nd largest in the world, covering 3,800,000aq
km (1,470,000sq miles). The world's largest is The Sahara Desert in North
Africa at 9,000,000 sq km (3,500,000 sq miles).
The Great Barrier Reef is Australia's largest world heritage area at 34,870,000
hectares (86,163,770 acres). It is the largest complex of coral reefs and
islands in the world. There are 2600 individual reefs and 300 islands extending
1250 nautical miles from south to north off Queensland's coast.
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