Australia: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Australia

Population

There are 24,245,600 people here, or 0.325% of the world's population. With a birth growth rate at 0.31%, the median age is 44.50 years.

Economy

The local currency (AUD) is represented by the symbol $. You need to pay 6.70$ (around $4.63 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. In 2021 the GDP was $1,552,667,363,236 USD, which ranks it number 13 in the world.

Culture

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

Geography

The country has a 7,692,024 km² area, a postcode system is employed and the primary cities are: Brisbane, Christchurch, Auckland, Howick, Rodney. Canberra serves as this nation's capital. People from this country speak these languages: English.

Education

The inhabitants stay 16 years in school (tertiary education included). This country offers several reputable universities like University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University.

Good to know

The domain name ".au" is used by the country's websites, telephone numbers begin with +61, the country's ISO code is AU Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia to learn more about this nation.

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