Australia
- Official Name:
- Commonwealth of Australia (Australia)
- Area:
- 7.686.850 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 20.434.176 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 25.760 km
- Capital:
- Canberra
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
- Maritime claims:
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- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Contiguous zone: 24 nm
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Political divisions:
- 6 states and 2 territories; Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
- Language(s):
- English 79,1%, Chinese 2,1%, Italian 1,9%, other 11,1%, unspecified 5,8% (2001 Census)
- National holiday:
- Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
- Nationality:
- Australian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 10. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in October; ends last Sunday in March Note: Australia is divided into three time zones
- Member of:
- ANZUS, APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (dialogue partner), Australia Group, BIS, C, CP, EAS, EBRD, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OECD, OPCW, Paris Club, PCA, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNMIS, UNRWA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
- Internet country code:
- .au
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Australian dollar (AUD) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD34.600 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 310.100.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 3,3% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2005 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 1,8%
- Industry: 30,4%
- Services: 67,8%
- Labor force:
- 3.880.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2005):
-
- Agriculture 3%
- Industry: 27%
- Services 70%
- Unemployment rate:
- 4,9% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 1,6% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 21% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD155.900.000.000
- Expenditures: USD161.600.000.000
- Public debt:
- 63% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 5.913.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 133.300.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs
- Exports - Partners:
- Germany 31,2%, Italy 8,7%, US 5,8%, Switzerland 5,2%, France 4,2% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 134.300.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
- Imports - partners:
- Germany 45,9%, Italy 6,6%, Switzerland 4,5% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 12.720.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 594.300.000.000 (2006)
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