Australia: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Australia

Culture

Interesting food you need to try here: Meat pie,Roast lamb. There are UNESCO listed sites: Kakadu National Park, Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Willandra Lakes Region, Tasmanian Wilderness.

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. On average citizens spend 16 years in school (including higher education).

Geography

Canberra serves as this 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 inhabitants speak the following languages: English.

Population

In this country, the median age is 44.50 years and the birth growth rate is around 0.31%. This country represents 0.325% of the world's population with about 24,245,600 individuals.

Economy

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

Good to know

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

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