| 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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0.99%
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| Australia :
Birth rate
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12.86 births/1,000 population
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| Australia :
Death rate
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7.18 deaths/1,000 population
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| Australia :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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14,000
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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 - $445.8 billion
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| Australia :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity - $23,200
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| Australia :
Electricity - consumption
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178.306 billion kWh
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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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9.58 million
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| Australia :
Mobile cellular
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6.4 million
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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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264
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| Australia :
Internet users
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7.77 million
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| Australia :
Railways
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33,819 km
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| Australia :
Highways
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913,000 km
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| Australia :
Waterways
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8,368 km
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| Australia :
Pipelines
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crude oil 2,500 km; petroleum products 500 km; natural gas 5,600 km
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| Australia :
Ports and harbors
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Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Devonport (Tasmania), Fremantle, Geelong, Hobart
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| Australia :
Merchant marine
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54 ships
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| Australia :
Airports
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411
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| Australia :
Heliports
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N/A
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| Australia :
Military branches
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Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force
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| Australia :
Military expenditures
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$6.9 billion
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