Australia - Fast Facts

The country of Australia consists of six States and two Territories. The largest State, Western Australia, is about the same size as Western Europe. The mainland is the largest island and the smallest & flattest continent on Earth, and the sixth largest country in land area, after Russia, Canada, China, USA and Brazil.

About Australia - a snapshot.

Location:	The continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Geography:	World's smallest continent and sixth-largest country
Area:	7,686,850 sq km (total)
Capital:	Canberra
Currency:	Australian Dollar
Climate:	Generally arid to semi-arid; temperate in the south and east; tropical in the north
Terrain:	Mostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in the south east
Natural resources:	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
Arable land:	6.88%
Population:	21 million; mainly concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coast
Median age:	36 years
Birth rate:	12.55 births/1,000 population
Net migration rate:	4.05 migrants/1,000 population
Ethnic groups:	Caucasian 92%
	Asian 7%
	Aboriginal and Other 1%
Religions:	Anglican 26.1%
	Catholic 26%
	Other Christian 24.3%
	Other 23.6%
GDP:	Approx $1 trillion - the worlds 13th largest economy overall and the 10th largest industrialised economy
Biodiversity:	Australia has 10 per cent of the world's biodiversity and a great number of its native plants, animals and birds which exist nowhere else in the world
Languages:	English, native languages

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