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
See also
