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Australia

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Key facts

  • currency: Australian dollar
  • capital city: Canberra
  • region: Australia and New Zealand
  • continent: Oceania
  • land area: 7,692,020 km²
  • population: 26,638,544 people
  • political leader: Anthony Albanese (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Summary

Australia is a country. The capital city is Canberra, located in the Australia and New Zealand region of Oceania. It has a land area of 7,692,020 km², a population of 26,638,544 people and uses the currency Australian dollar. The Prime Minister is Anthony Albanese.

Location on a map: [-27°0′S, 133°0′E]

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Environment

  • Agricultural land: 3,635,190.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.15 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 393.16 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 62.87 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 20.80 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 5.30 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 2.70 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 8.34 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -190.19 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.63 births per woman
  • Forest area: 1,340,051 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 89.63 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 570.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 33.50
  • Methane emissions: 123.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 42.96 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 13,409,588 people
  • Male population: 13,228,956 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 12.30 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 7,650,418.08 km²
  • Rural population: 3,565,036 people
  • Urban land area: 11,945.99 km²
  • Urban population: 23,073,508 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.71 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Australia by population

Cities in Australia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Australia

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Australia

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Australia

Evolution of historical forest area in Australia

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Australia

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Australia

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Australia

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Australia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Australia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Australia

Evolution of historical land area in Australia

Evolution of historical median age in Australia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Australia

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Australia

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Australia

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Australia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Australia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Australia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Australia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Australia

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Evolution of historical population in Australia

Relationship between urban land area and population in Australia

Evolution of historical female population in Australia

Evolution of historical male population in Australia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Australia

Evolution of historical rural land area in Australia

Evolution of historical rural population in Australia

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Australia

Evolution of historical urban land area in Australia

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Australia

Evolution of historical urban population in Australia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Australia

Relationship between population and date in Australia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Australia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Australia

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Australia

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Australia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Australia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Australia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Australia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Australia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Australia

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Australia

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Australia

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Australia

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Australia

Distribution of sites in Australia by inscription year

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Australia

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Australia

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Australia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Australia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Australia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Australia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Australia

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Australia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Australia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Australia

Geographical distribution of sites in Australia by area

Sites in Australia

Proportion of transboundary sites in Australia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Australia by mean width

Wildfires in Australia

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Australia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 60,000 people
  • Democracy score: 9.09
  • Democracy type: Full democracy
  • Individuals using the internet: 94.88 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.90 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 139,991 people
  • Press freedom: 4.73
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.41 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Australia

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Australia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Australia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Australia

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Australia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Australia

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Australia

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Australia

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Australia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Australia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Australia

Evolution of historical net migration in Australia

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Australia

Political parties in Australia

Distribution of politicians from Australia by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Australia

Politicians from Australia

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Business

  • Central government debt: 57.97 % of GDP
  • Expense: 27.63 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 1,723,827,215,334.71 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.60 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 15.87 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 23.60 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 3.67 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 10.33 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Australia

Distribution of companies founded in Australia by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Australia

Companies from Australia

Proportion of employee types in companies from Australia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Australia

Evolution of historical expense in Australia

Evolution of historical GDP in Australia

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Australia

Evolution of historical inflation in Australia

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Australia

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Australia

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Australia

Evolution of historical unemployment in Australia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Australia

Exchanges in Australia

Proportion of shops per country in Australia

Shops in Australia

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Health

  • Birth rate: 11.60 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 7.30 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 7,055.37 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 10.54 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 3.84 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 83
  • Suicide mortality rate: 12.50 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Australia

Evolution of historical birth rate in Australia

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Australia

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Australia

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Australia

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Australia

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Australia

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Australia

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Australia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Australia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Australia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Australia

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Australia

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Australia

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Australia

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Australia

Diseases in Australia

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Australia

Proportion of diseases in Australia by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Australia by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Australia

Evolution of historical deaths in Australia

Relationship between cases and deaths in Australia

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Australia by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Australia

Athletes from Australia

Proportion of competitions per city in Australia

Competitions in Australia

Proportion of competitions per country in Australia

Distribution of competitions in Australia by start date

Proportion of medals won by Australia in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Australia

Distribution of artists from Australia by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Australia

Geographical distribution of museums in Australia by visitors

Museums in Australia

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Australia by total students

Distribution of universities in Australia per foundation year

Universities in Australia

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In literature

There are 3167 books written about Australia in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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