| Australia :
Geographic coordinates
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27 00 S, 133 00 E
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| Australia :
Population growth rate
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1.171% (2010 est.)
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| Australia :
Birth rate
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12.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| Australia :
Death rate
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6.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| Australia :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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18,000 (2007 est.)
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| Australia :
Independence
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1 January 1901
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| Australia :
National holiday
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Australia Day, 26 January
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| Australia :
Constitution
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9 July 1900
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| Australia :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $824.3 billion (2009 est.)
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| Australia :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $38,800 (2009 est.)
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| Australia :
Electricity - consumption
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222 billion kWh (2007 est.)
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| Australia :
Exports
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$69 billion coal, gold, meat, wool, alumina, iron ore, wheat.
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| Australia :
Imports
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$77 billion machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines.
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| Australia :
Telephones
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9.37 million (2008)
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| Australia :
Mobile cellular
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22.12 million (2008)
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| Australia :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1
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| Australia :
Radios
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25.5 million
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| Australia :
Television broadcast stations
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104
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| Australia :
Televisions
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10.15 million
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| Australia :
Internet country code
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.au
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| Australia :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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11.756 million (2009)
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| Australia :
Internet users
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15.17 million (2008)
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| Australia :
Railways
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37,855 km
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| Australia :
Highways
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812,972 km
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| Australia :
Waterways
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2,000 km (mainly used for recreation on Murray and Murray-Darling river systems) (2006)
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| Australia :
Pipelines
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gas 27,105 km; liquid petroleum gas 240 km; oil 3,258 km; oil/gas/water 1 km (2009)
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| Australia :
Ports and harbors
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Brisbane, Dampier, Fremantle, Gladstone, Hay Point, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Hedland, Port Kembla, Port Walcott, Sydney
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| Australia :
Merchant marine
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50 ships
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| Australia :
Airports
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464
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| Australia :
Heliports
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1
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| Australia :
Military branches
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Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, Special Operations Command (2006)
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| Australia :
Military expenditures
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3% of GDP (2009)
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