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PROFILE
  • Area: 7,741,220 sq. km (2,988,901 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 22,992,654 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.05% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 82.2 years (2016)
  • Languages: English 76.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.4%, Arabic 1.3%, Greek 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1%
  • Religions: Protestant 30.1% (Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 5.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%), Catholic 25.3% (Roman Catholic 25.1%), other Christian 2.9%, Orthodox 2.8%, Buddhist 2.5%, Muslim 2.2%, other 2.6%, none 22.3%, unspecified 9.3%
  • Formal name: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Alternate names: Commonwealth of Australia
  • Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
  • Leaders: chief of state: Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II; head of government: Prime Minister Malcolm TURNBULL
  • Capital: Canberra
  • Administrative divisions: 6 states and 2 territories
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $65,400 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
  • Imports: machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
  • Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
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