Australia 
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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http://www.theage.com.au/
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http://www.apn.com.au
Australian Business
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(Centrist), Sydney
http://www.afr.com.au/
(conservative), Sydney
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/
(Centrist newsmagazine), Sydney
http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au
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The Australian government justified its intervention, which came within months of the invasion of Iraq, by labeling the Solomon Islands a "failed state" and a potential source of terrorism.
In making the decision to withdraw from Iraq, Canberra was faced with the sticky logistical and human question of how to protect local Iraqis who had risked their lives by helping the Australian troops.
Under former Prime Minister John Howard, military spending averaged around 2 percent of gross domestic product a year. Labor's policy calls for increasing the annual spending to 3 percent per year.
Among climate backsliders, the argument is a familiar one: for developed countries to curb emissions is futile so long as Chinese and Indian emissions continue rising rapidly.
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