Geographic Properties

Continent: Oceania
Total Area: 2.989 million mi² (World Rank: 6th)
Land Area: 2.966 million mi² (World Rank: 6th)

Demographics

Population: 26.4 million people (2023 estimate, World Rank: 55th)
Population Density: 8.74 people/mi² (2021 estimate, World Rank: 238th)
Population Growth: 0.966 %/yr (2021 estimate, World Rank: 109th)
Life Expectancy: 83.6 years (2020 estimate, World Rank: 9th)
Median Age: 37 years (2021 estimate, World Rank: 79th)

Cultural Properties

Languages:
- English: 71%
- Chinese: 3.8%
- Mandarin Chinese: 2.5%
- Arabic: 1.3%
- Yue Chinese: 1.2%
Ethnic Mix:
- White: 92%
- Asian: 7%
- Aboriginal and other: 1%
Religions:
- Christianity: 77%
- Buddhism: 2.1%
- Islam: 1.6%
- Hinduism: 0.56%
- Judaism: 0.49%
Literacy Rate: 99% (2003 estimate)

Capital and Major Cities

Capital City: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Major Cities by Population (2023 estimate) :
- Sydney, New South Wales: 4.921 million people
- Melbourne, Victoria: 4.53 million people
- Brisbane, Queensland: 2.309 million people
- Perth, Western Australia: 2.039 million people
- Adelaide, South Australia: 1.317 million people

Economic Properties

GDP: $1.553 trillion/yr (2021 estimate, World Rank: 13th)
GDP at Parity: $1.446 trillion/yr (2021 estimate, World Rank: 19th)
Real GDP: $1.524 trillion/yr (2021 estimate, World Rank: 12th)
GDP per Capita: $60443/yr/person (2021 estimate, World Rank: 17th)
GDP Real Growth: 2.236%/yr (2021 estimate, World Rank: 157th)
Gini Index: 0.343 (2018 estimate, World Rank: 55th)
Consumer Price Inflation: 2.86%/yr (2021 estimate, World Rank: 110th)

Employment

Total Employment: 13.1 million people (2021 estimate, World Rank: 46th)

Employment by Sector (2019 estimate) :
- Agriculture: 329961 people (2.56% of total employment, World Rank: 102nd)
- Industry: 2.46 million people (19.1% of total employment, World Rank: 42nd)
- Services: 10.1 million people (78.4% of total employment, World Rank: 33rd)

Business Information

New Businesses Registered: 236447/yr (14.02% of total businesses, 2020 estimate, World Rank: 5th)
Total Registered Businesses: 641538 (2007 estimate, World Rank: 14th)

Business Operating Costs (2019 estimate) :
- Typical cost of business start-up procedures: 0.7% of GNI per capita (World Rank: 18th lowest)
- Firing cost: 4 weeks (2009 estimate, World Rank: 161st)

Media and Telecommunications

Telecommunications (2021 estimate) :
- Telephone lines: 4.6 million (World Rank: 30th)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions: 27.09 million (World Rank: 47th)
- Internet usage: 22.99 million people (89.6% of population, 2020 estimate, World Rank: 36th)
- Fixed broadband internet subscribers: 9.083 million people (World Rank: 25th)
- Average broadband upload rate: 1.27 Mb/s (2011 estimate, World Rank: 76th)
- Average broadband download rate: 8.53 Mb/s (2011 estimate, World Rank: 43rd)
- Secure internet servers: 1.022 million (2020 estimate, World Rank: 14th)
- IP addresses: 55.96 million (2022 estimate, World Rank: 11th)

Media (2004 estimate) :
- Daily newspaper circulation: 3.091 million (World Rank: 23rd)
- Radio stations: 608 (1998 estimate, World Rank: 16th)
- FM radio stations: 345 (1998 estimate, World Rank: 16th)
- Television receivers: 10.15 million (1997 estimate, World Rank: 20th)
- Television stations: 104 (1997 estimate, World Rank: 26th)

Education

Students (2002 estimate) :
- Total: 5.46 million people (World Rank: 53rd)
- Primary school: 2.269 million people (35% of all students, 2020 estimate, World Rank: 64th)
- Secondary school: 2.517 million people (45% of all students, 2020 estimate, World Rank: 45th)
- College: 1.324 million people (20% of all students, 2011 estimate, World Rank: 29th)

Teachers (1999 estimate) :
- Primary school: 105469 people (World Rank: 54th)
- Secondary school: 104110 people (1992 estimate, World Rank: 54th)
- Total: 202065 people (1992 estimate, World Rank: 56th)

Student/Teacher Ratio:
- Primary school: 17.88 (1999 estimate, World Rank: 100th)
- Secondary school: 12.58 (1995 estimate, World Rank: 80th)

Health Care

Health Spending (2006 estimate) :
- Total: $64.93 billion/yr (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)
- Per capita: $3198.00/yr/person (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)
- Fraction of GDP: 9.15%
- Public sector: $43.98 billion/yr (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)
- Private sector: $20.95 billion/yr (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)

Personal Expenditure Categories (2006 estimate) :
- Medical services: $47.27 billion/yr (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)
- Prescription medicine: $6.789 billion/yr (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)
- Over-the-counter medicine: $2.13 billion/yr (USD, purchasing power parity adjusted)

Health Care Indicators:
- Physicians per capita: 2.5 physicians/1000 people
- DTP immunization: 92% (one-year-olds immunized with 3 doses)
- Births attended by skilled health personnel: 100%
- Improved drinking water sources: 100% (population with sustainable access)
- Current tobacco use among adults: 24.8% (age ≥15) (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 estimates)

UN Human Development Index

Human Development Index (2015 estimate) : 0.939 (World Rank: 2nd)