Maddy+&+Nusrat

Australia By Nusrat and Madie

15-64 years: 67.9% 65 years and over: 13.5% ||
 * Geography ||
 * Location || Contenint between the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean ||
 * Geographic Coordinates || 27 00 S, 133 00 E ||
 * Continent || Oceania ||
 * Area || total: 7,741,220 sq km, land: 7,682,300 sq km, water: 58,920 sq km  ||
 * Area Comparison || slightly smaller than the US contiguous 48 states ||
 * Border Countries || Surrounded by all ocean such as the Indian, Coral Sea,Tasmanian Sea and Timor Sea ||
 * Climate || generally arid and semi-arid ||
 * Terrain || mostly low plateua with deserts ||
 * Natural Resources || bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum ||
 * Natural Hazards || cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires ||
 * People ||
 * Total population || 21,515,754 ||
 * Age structure || 0-14 years: 18.6%
 * Life expectancy || 81.72 years ||
 * Religions || Catholic 25.8%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3%, Eastern Orthodox 2.7%, other Christian 7.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 11.3%, none 18.7% ||
 * Languages || English 78.5%, Chinese 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% ||
 * Literacy || age 15 and over can read and write ||


 * Government ||
 * Counrty Name (long name) || Commonwealth of Australia ||
 * Government type || Federal parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm ||
 * Capital || Canberra ||
 * Chief of State/ Head of Government || Queen of Australia ELIZABETH II ||


 * Economy ||
 * Labor force by occupation || agriculture: 3.6%, industry: 21.1%, services: 75% ||
 * Agriculture || wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry ||
 * Industry || mining, industrial and transportation equipment, food processing, chemicals, steel ||
 * Exported commodities || coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment ||
 * Imported commodities || machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipments and parts, crude oil and pertoleum products ||
 * Currency || Australian dollars ||


 * Commmunication ||
 * Number of Land Line Phones || 9.02 million ||
 * Number of Cell Phones || 24.22 million ||


 * Transportation ||
 * Airports || 465 ||
 * Paved airports || 326 ||
 * Roadways || 812,972 km ||
 * Roadways compared to the world || 9 ||

The median age is 37 years ||
 * Miscallaneous Information ||
 * || Tasmania is Austrailias most dangerous yet most popular drug


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