Australia 
Facts
Population: 20,434,176 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.3% (male 2,023,375/female 1,929,229)
15-64 years: 67.4% (male 6,945,068/female 6,831,653)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male 1,197,494/female 1,507,357) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.824% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 12.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 7.56 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 3.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.049 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.794 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 4.57 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.62 years
male: 77.75 years
female: 83.63 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 14,000 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Australian(s)
adjective: Australian.
Ethnic groups: white 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%.
Religions: Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census).
Languages: English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $674.6 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 2.7% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $33,300 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 26.2%
services: 70% (2005 est.).
Labor force: 10.66 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 3.6%
industry: 21.2%
services: 75.2% (2004 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): 3.8% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 4.9% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $267 billion
expenditures: $258 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep, poultry.
Industries: mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel.
Industrial production growth rate: -3.5% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 225.3 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 209.5 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $117 billion (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat, machinery and transport equipment.
Exports - partners: Japan 20.3%, China 11.5%, South Korea 7.9%, US 6.7%, NZ 6.5%, India 5% (2005).
Imports: $127.7 billion (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products.
Imports - partners: US 13.9%, China 13.7%, Japan 11%, Singapore 5.6%, Germany 5.6% (2005).
Debt - external: $585.1 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - donor: ODA, $894 million (FY99/00).
Currency (code): Australian dollar (AUD).
Exchange rates: Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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Reneging on a election campaign commitment not to increase the number of Australian soldiers serving in Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard last week announced the deployment of a further 450 troops to the southern Iraqi province of Al-Muthanna. By Rich Bowden.
In an interview with Rich Bowden, John Martinkus compares and criticizes the counter-insurgency methods of Indonesia and the United States, and talks frankly about both his kidnapping by Iraqi insurgents and his reaction to subsequent criticism from members of the Australian government.
Go outback in style to Central Australia where luxury and adventure await travelers.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, has been re-elected for an historic fourth term in the general election held on October 9, 2004
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