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Australia

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Facts

Population:  19,357,594 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  20.64% (male 2,045,892; female 1,948,949) 15-64 years:  66.86% (male 6,538,096; female 6,405,014) 65 years and over:  12.5% (male 1,059,107; female 1,360,536) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.99% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  12.86 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.18 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  4.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.78 male(s)/female total population:  0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  4.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  79.87 years male:  77.02 years female:  82.87 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.77 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.15% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  14,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Australian(s) adjective:  Australian
Ethnic groups:  Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
Religions:  Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11%
Languages:  English, native languages
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  100% male:  100% female:  100% (1980 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $445.8 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  4.7% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $23,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  3% industry:  26% services:  71% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  2% highest 10%:  25.4% (1994)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.4% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  9.5 million (December 1999)
Labor force - by occupation:  services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5% (1997 est.)
Unemployment rate:  6.4% (2000)
Budget:  revenues:  $94 billion expenditures:  $103 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel
Industrial production growth rate:  1.5% (1999 est.)
Electricity - production:  191.727 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  89.93% hydro:  8.36% nuclear:  0% other:  1.71% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  178.306 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry
Exports:  $69 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
Exports - partners:  Japan 19%, EU 14%, ASEAN 12%, US 9%, South Korea, NZ, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China (1999)
Imports:  $77 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Imports - partners:  EU 24%, US 22%, Japan 14%, ASEAN 13% (1999)
Debt - external:  $220.6 billion (2000) Economic aid - donor: ODA, $1.43 billion (FY97/98)
Currency:  Australian dollar (AUD)
Currency code:  AUD
Exchange rates:  Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 July - 30 June

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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Age, The

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http://www.theage.com.au/

APN News & Media

Rockhampton
http://www.apn.com.au

Australian Business

(Centrist monthly), Sydney

Australian Financial Review, The

(Centrist), Sydney
http://www.afr.com.au/

Australian, The

(conservative), Sydney
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/

Bulletin, The

(Centrist newsmagazine), Sydney
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au

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