🇦🇺 Australia
Australia and Oceania
Page last updated: August 26, 2025
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Introduction
Geography
People and Society
Environment
Government
Economy
Energy
Communications
Transportation
Military and Security
Space
Terrorism
Transnational Issues
Introduction
Background
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Geography
Location
Geographic coordinates
Map references
Area
Area - comparative
Area comparison map:
Land boundaries
Coastline
Maritime claims
Climate
Terrain
Elevation
Natural resources
Land use
Irrigated land
Major lakes (area km²)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Major watersheds (area km²)
Major aquifers
Population distribution
Natural hazards
Geography - note
People and Society
Population
Comparison rankings: total 54; female 55; male 54
Nationality
Ethnic groups
Languages
Religions
Age structure
2024 population pyramid:
Dependency ratios
Median age
Population growth rate
Birth rate
Death rate
Net migration rate
Population distribution
Urbanization
Major urban areas - population
Sex ratio
Mother's mean age at first birth
Maternal mortality ratio
Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate
Gross reproduction rate
Drinking water source
Health expenditure
Physician density
Hospital bed density
Sanitation facility access
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
Alcohol consumption per capita
Tobacco use
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
Education expenditure
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Environment
Environmental issues
International environmental agreements
Climate
Land use
Urbanization
Carbon dioxide emissions
Particulate matter emissions
Methane emissions
Waste and recycling
Total water withdrawal
Total renewable water resources
Government
Country name
Government type
Capital
Administrative divisions
Dependent areas
Legal system
Constitution
International law organization participation
Citizenship
Suffrage
Executive branch
Legislative branch
Legislative branch - lower chamber
Legislative branch - upper chamber
Judicial branch
Political parties
International organization participation
Independence
National holiday
Flag
National symbol(s)
National color(s)
National coat of arms
National anthem(s)
National heritage
Economy
Economic overview
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
Real GDP growth rate
Real GDP per capita
GDP (official exchange rate)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
Comparison rankings: services 55; industry 78; agriculture 147
GDP - composition, by end use
Agricultural products
Industries
Industrial production growth rate
Labor force
Unemployment rate
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
Average household expenditures
Household income or consumption by percentage share
Remittances
Budget
Public debt
Taxes and other revenues
Current account balance
Exports
Exports - partners
Exports - commodities
Imports
Imports - partners
Imports - commodities
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
Exchange rates
Energy
Electricity access
Electricity
Comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 184; consumption 19; installed generating capacity 15
Electricity generation sources
Coal
Petroleum
Natural gas
Energy consumption per capita
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
Telephones - mobile cellular
Broadcast media
Internet country code
Internet users
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Transportation
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
Airports
Heliports
Railways
Merchant marine
Ports
Military and Security
Military and security forces
Military expenditures
Military and security service personnel strengths
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
Military service age and obligation
Military deployments
Military - note
Space
Space agency/agencies
Space launch site(s)
Space program overview
Terrorism
Terrorist group(s)
Transnational Issues
Refugees and internally displaced persons
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Transportation
Military and Security
Space
Terrorism
Transnational Issues