COUNTRY PROFILE

Full name: The Commonwealth of Australia
Population: 21,007,310 (July 2008 est.)
Capital: Canberra
Area: 7,686,850 sq km
Official languages: English
Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
GDP (2008): USD 824.9 billion (20th in the world)
GDP per capita (2008): $39,300 (23d in the world)
Main Export Trading Partners: Japan, China, South Korea, US, India, NZ, UK
Main Import Trading Partners: China, US, Japan, Singapore, Germany, UK, Thailand

United Company in Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, a major island of Tasmania, and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia is the world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country in the world approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Since 1990, Australia’s real economy has grown by an average of around 3.3 per cent a year. Australia’s GDP in 2007 was over USD 765 billion. The country is the major exporter of agricultural products, minerals, metals, and fossil fuels.

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