Brief Info

Formal Name:  
Commonwealth of Australia

Government type:
Democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign

Capital: Canberra

Geographic Coordinates 
Area:
 
7,686,850 sq km
Water: 68,920 sq km
Land: 7,617,930 sq km

Geography — note:
World's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; population concentrated along the eastern and southeastern coasts; the invigorating tropical sea breeze known as the "Fremantle Doctor" affects the city of Perth on the west coast, and is one of the most consistent winds in the world

Land Boundaries:
0 km

Coastline: 25,760 km

Dependent areas:
Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Coral Sea Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island, Macquarie Island

Population (2006 est.):
20,264,082 (growth rate: 0.9%); birth rate: 12.1/1000; life expectancy: 80.5; density per sq mi: 7

Ethnic groups:
Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%

Monetary Unit: Australian dollar

Language: English 79%, Chinese, Italian, native and other languages

Religion: Roman Catholic 26%, Anglican 21%, other Christian 21%, Buddhist 2%, Islam 2%, other 1%, none 15% (2001)

Time: UTC/GMT +10

Dialing Code: +61

Domain Zone: .au

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