Australia

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Capital: Canberra

Population

Total Population (million): 21.02

Annual growth rate: 0.94%

Density: 3 inhab./km²

Urban population: 88.38%

Population of main urban statistics divisions: Sydney (4 119 191); Melbourne (3 592 590); Brisbane (1 763 132); Perth (1 445 077); Adelaide (1 105 840); Tweed Heads (541 675)

Ethnic Origins: Australia today is a multicultural nation with more than 170 different nationalities whose diversity is continually growing.

Official Language: The lingua franca of Australia is English. English is also the common language in different sectors such as the legislature, justice, administrative services, work, correspondence.

Other languages spoken: In Australia minority groups use more than 200 languages including the Aborigine languages and immigrant languages (Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Lebanese, Vietnamese,Turkish, etc.)

Business language: English

Religion: Anglicans 20%; Catholics 25%; Other Protestant Christians 20%; Buddhists 1.9%; Muslims 1.5%.
A declining majority of people (58% according to certain surveys) say they are Christians. Most Protestant Churches, except the Anglican Church, have merged to form the Uniting Church; the Catholic Church has a large number of believers. There are also non-Christian minorities. 20% of the population say they are non-believers. The Aborigines do not have a religion strictly speaking, their entire culture is based on religion.

Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
It is %T:%M %A in Adelaide
It is %T:%M %A in Perth

Exchange rate on :

Country overview

Area: 7,741,220 km²

Type of State: Commonwealth of Australia. Federal State of 6 States and 2 Territories based on a parliamentary democracy.

Type of economy: High-income economy, OECD member
Services are dominant in the economy; abundant natural resources; greatest number of national parks and natural reserves in the world.

HID*: 0.962

HDI (world rank): 3/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Canberra

F° | C°

13°

Low: 4° | High: 22°

Humidity: 63% | Wind: 13 km/h
Sunrise: 5:58 am | Sunset: 7:37 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Australia, dial 0011
To call in Australia, dial 61

Internet suffix: .au

Computers: 68.9 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 47.3 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 72.8 per 100 inhabitants