Australia: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Australia

Geography

Canberra serves as this nation's capital. Country territory measures 7,692,024 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Brisbane, Christchurch, Auckland, Howick, Rodney. The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: English.

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Kakadu National Park, Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Willandra Lakes Region, Tasmanian Wilderness. Well known national dishes are: Meat pie,Roast lamb.

Population

Around 24,245,600 people live in this country, or 0.325% of all people on earth. 44.50 years is the median age in this country and the birth growth rate is at 0.31%.

Economy

In this country a Big Mac is worth 6.70$ (corresponding to $4.63 USD). The local currency (AUD) is represented by the symbol $. The GDP in 2021 was $1,552,667,363,236 USD, making it the 13# country in the world.

Education

On average citizens spend 16 years in school (including higher education). This nation has a number of interesting universities, including University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia. The ISO code is AU, the domain name ".au" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +61

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