| Area (km 2) |
7741220 |
| CAPITAL |
Canberra |
| LARGEST CITY |
Sydney |
| LARGEST CITY POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS)
|
4154.7 |
| MAJOR LANGUAGES |
English |
| AVG. TEMPERATURE IN CAPITAL CITY
|
22 |
| LOWEST AVG. TEMP. |
8.4 |
| HIGHEST AVG. TEMP. |
26.2 |
| CURRENCY |
Australian dollar |
| GDP (BILLIONS$ 2003) |
716 |
| GDP PER CAPITA( AUS$ 2001) |
25000 |
| POPULATION DENSITY (PER SQ KM) |
2.5 |
| MALE/FEMALE RATIO |
1:1 |
| GROWTH RATE OF POPULATION(% ANNUM)
|
1.4 |
| GOVERNMENT EDUCATION EXPENDITURE(%
GDP) |
5.9 |