Australia: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Australia

Geography

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

Economy

The currency symbol is $, and the ISO code for that currency is AUD. In 2021 the GDP was $1,552,667,363,236 USD, which ranks it number 13 in the world. In this country a Big Mac is worth 6.70$ (corresponding to $4.63 USD).

Education

You can find famous universities here like University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, Monash University. The inhabitants stay 16 years in school (tertiary education included).

Culture

This nation has UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Kakadu National Park, Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Willandra Lakes Region, Tasmanian Wilderness. Well known national dishes are: Meat pie,Roast lamb.

Population

There are 24,245,600 inhabitants, or 0.325% of the population of planet earth. The median age of the population is 44.50 years with a birth growth rate of 0.31%.

Good to know

The country's ISO code is AU, phone numbers start with +61, the domain name ".au" is used by the country's websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia is a good place to find out more details on this country.

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