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Commonwealth of Australia
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Sir William Deane (1996)
Prime Minister: John Howard (1996)
Area: 2,966,150 sq. mi. (7,686,850 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 18,783,551 (average annual rate of natural increase: 0.63%); birth rate: 13.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 6
Capital (1996 est.): Canberra, 307,700
Largest cities (1993 est.): Sydney, 3,713,500; Melbourne, 3,189,200; Brisbane, 1,520,600; Perth, 1,295,100; Adelaide, 1,079,200;
Monetary unit: Australian dollar
Language: English
Ethnicity/race: Caucasian 95%, Asian 4%, aboriginal (353,000) and other 1%
Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26.0%, other Christian 24.3%
Literacy rate: 100%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $393.9 billion. $21,200 per capita. Real growth rate: 4.5%. Inflation: 1%. Unemployment: 8.1% (1998). Arable land: 6%. Agriculture: wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep, poultry. Labor force: 9.2 million (Dec. 1997) services, 73%; industry, 22%; agriculture, 5%. Industries: mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel. Natural resources: bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum. Exports: $56 billion (f.o.b, 1998 est.): coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment. Imports: $61 billion (f.o.b, 1998 est.): machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts, crude oil and petroleum products. Major trading partners: Japan, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, EU, South Korea, U.S., New Zealand, U.K., Taiwan, Hong Kong, China.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
