Australia

Official name: Commonwealth of Australia

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Capital of ​​Australia: Canberra
Total area of ​​Australia: 7,692,024 km² (2,969,906 mi²) (6th)
Population of ​​Australia: 26,713,205 (55th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Oceania, between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Languages of ​​Australia: English 72%, Mandarin 2.7%, Arabic 1.4%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Cantonese 1.2% and Punjabi 0.9% - (2021 est.)
Religions of ​​Australia: Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant 18.1% (Anglican 9.8%, Uniting Church 2.6%, Presbyterian & Reformed 1.6%, Baptist 1.4%, Pentecostal 1%, other Protestant 1.7%), other Christian 3.5%, Islam 3.2%, Hindu 2.7%, Buddhist 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3% ( Eastern Orthodox 2.1%, Oriental Orthodox 0.2%), other 2.1%, none 38.4%, unspecified 7.3% (2021 est.)
Ethnic groups of ​​Australia: English 33%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 8.6%, Chinese 5.5%, Italian 4.4%, German 4%, Indian 3.1%, Australian Aboriginal 2.9%, Greek 1.7%, Filipino 1.6%, Dutch 1.5%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Lebanese 1% - (2021 est.)
Currency: Australian dollar ($) (AUD)
Calling code: (+61)
Organizations: United Nations, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Commonwealth of Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Land boundaries: none
Coastline: 59,681 km (37,084 mi)
Maritime boundaries: Arafura Sea, Coral Sea, Indian Ocean, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea

Administrative divisions of Australia
Administrative divisions of Australia

6 states and 2 territories*:
Australian Capital Territory*, New South Wales, Northern Territory*, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

Natural resources: alumina, coal, iron ore, copper, lithium, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, rare earth elements, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, opals, natural gas, petroleum.
note 1: Australia is the world's largest net exporter of coal accounting for 26.5% of global coal exports in 2021; coal is the country’s most abundant energy resource, and coal ranks as the second-largest export commodity from Australia in terms of revenue; in 2020, Australia held the third-largest recoverable coal reserves in the world behind the United States and Russia.
note 2: Australia is by far the world's largest supplier of opals.
note 3: Australia holds the largest uranium reserves in the world and was the second-largest global uranium producer behind Kazakhstan in 2020.
note 4: Australia was the largest exporter of LNG in the world in 2020.

Interesting facts:
— The Great Barrier Reef is the largest organic construction on earth.
— Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world.
— Australia is known as the smallest continent in the world.
— Australia is three times larger than the largest island (Greenland) in the world.
— The oldest skeleton to ever be found in Australia was believed to be 60,000 years old.