Statistics for Australia
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Sir William Deane (1996)
Prime Minister: John Howard (1996)
Area: 2,966,150 sq. mi. (7,686,850 sq. km)
Population (2000 est.): 19,169,083 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.6%); birth rate: 13.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 5/1000; density per sq. mi.: 6
Capital (1996 est.):Canberra, 307,700
Largest cities (1993 est.): Sydney, 3,713,500; Melbourne, 3,189,200; Brisbane, 1,520,600; Perth, 1,295,100; Adelaide, 1,079,200;
Monetary unit: Australian dollar
Language:English
Ethnicity/race: Caucasian 95%, Asian 4%, aboriginal (353,000) and other 1%
Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26.0%, other Christian 24.3%
Literacy rate: 100% (1980)
Economic summary:
- GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $393.9 billion; $21,200 per capita.
- Real growth rate: 4.5%.
- Inflation: 1%.
- Unemployment: 8.1% (1998).
- Arable land: 6%.
- Agriculture: wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruit, cattle, sheep, poultry.
- Labor force: 9.2 million (Dec. 1997); services, 73%; industry, 22%; agriculture, 5% (1997 est.).
- Industries: mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel.
- Natural resources: bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum.
- Exports: $56 billion (f.o.b, 1998 est.): coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment.
- Imports: $61 billion (f.o.b, 1998 est.): machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts, crude oil and petroleum products.
- Major trading partners: Japan, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EU, South Korea, U.S., New Zealand, U.K., Taiwan, Hong Kong, China.
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