Statistics about Australia
- Population: 20,264,082 (July 2006)
- Total Area: 7,686,850 square kilometres.
- Birth rate: 12.14 births per 1000 population (2006)
- Death rate; 7.51 deaths per 1000 population (2006)
- Sex ratio: 0.79 males to females
- Life expectancy: 80.5 years
- Literacy: 99%
- Government: Federal parliamentary democracy
- Inflation Rate/Consumer Price Index: 3.8% (2006)
- Internet users: 14,663,622 (2006)
- Airports: 455 (2006)
These facts were sourced from https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/as.html
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