Australia April 9, 2021 Adelaide , Australia , Ayers Rock , Brisbane , British colony , British Commonwealth , Canberra , colony , Commonwealth , coral Reef , Gold Coast , Great Barrier Reef , Indian Ocean , Melbourne , Northern Territory , Nouvelle-Galles du Sud , océan Austral , Oceania , Pacific Ocean , Perth , Queensland , South Australia , Sydney , Tasmanie , Uluru , Victoria , Western Australia Official name Commonwealth of Australia Name in local language Commonwealth of Australia (en) Continent Oceania Subcontinent Oceania Population (ranking: 54e ) 25,765,131 inhabitants (2021) Population growth 0.90 % / year Area 7,688,126 km² Density 3.35 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 14e )1,396.567 billions $USD (2019) GDP/capita (ranking ) 55,060 $USD (2019) GDP growth 2.20 % / year (2019) Life expectancy (ranking ) 83.30 years (2018) Birth rate 12.80 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 1.79 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 6.50 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 3.10 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2018) Official languages English Currency Australian dollar ($ AUD) HDI (ranking: 13e )0.944 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )74.12 (2018) Government Federal parliamentary representative democracy under constitutional monarchy Head of State Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor-General David Hurley National Day 26 January (arrival of the first English in Sydney in 1788) ISO Codes AU, AUS Demonym Australian Tourists (ranking ) 9,246,000 people (2018)
A Continent Island Australia is a huge country in the southern hemisphere whose area covers most of Oceania. In addition to the island of the same name, Australia also includes Tasmania as well as other islands of the Southern Pacific and Indian Oceans. Neighboring nations include Indonesia , East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, Solomon Islands , Vanuatu and the French territory of New Caledonia to the northeast, New Zealand to the southeast, and the French territory of the Kerguelen Islands (TAAF) west of the Australian islands Heard and McDonald.
Ayers Rock/Uluru, Australia. Source: Most Beautiful Spots Sydney: Opera House and Harbour Bridge Urban areas (2020) Urban areas Population Sydney 5,367,206 inhabitants Melbourne 5,159,211 inhabitants Brisbane 2,560,720 inhabitants Perth 2,125,114 inhabitants Adelaide 1,376,601 inhabitants Gold Coast - Tweed Heads 699,552 inhabitants Newcastle 597,840 inhabitants Canberra 495,151 inhabitants Sunshine Coast 384,281 inhabitants Central Coast 344,016 inhabitants Wollongong 314,618 inhabitants Geelong 296,743 inhabitants Hobart 238,834 inhabitants Townsville 195,084 inhabitants Cairns 168,051 inhabitants Toowoomba 150,381 inhabitants Darwin 147,231 inhabitants Bendigo 113,462 inhabitants Ballarat 111,732 inhabitants Fraser Coast 106,712 inhabitants Albury - Wodonga 96,436 inhabitants Bundaberg 90,687 inhabitants Mackay 88,304 inhabitants Bunbury 77,783 inhabitants Alice Springs 26,448 inhabitants
Administrative divisions States and Territories Population Area Australian Capital Territory 431,380 inhabitants 2,358 km² New South Wales 8,167,532 inhabitants 800,811 km² Northern Territory 246,500 inhabitants 1,348,094 km² Queensland 5,184,847 inhabitants 1,730,172 km² South Australia 1,770,591 inhabitants 984,275 km² Tasmania 541,071 inhabitants 68,018 km² Victoria 6,696,670 inhabitants 227,496 km² Western Australia 2,667,130 inhabitants 2,526,646 km²
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