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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.