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
Australia Map

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.