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Australia: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 25,687,041 (2020)
Population Growth Rate 1.259 annual % (2020)
Age Dependency Ratio 55.052 % of working-age population (2020)
Urban Population 86.241 % of total (2020)
Infant Mortality Rate 3.1 per 1,000 live births (2019)
Life Expectancy at Birth 82.9 years (2019)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2020)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 243.309 billion kWh (2020) #20
Consumption 237.388 billion kWh (2019) #19
Exports 0 billion kWh (2020) #98
Imports 0 billion kWh (2020) #116
Renewable Electricity Generation 59.927 billion kWh (2020) #19

Oil

Ranking
Production 486.329 thousand bbl/day (2020) #29
Consumption 1,021.989 thousand bbl/day (2020) #20
Exports (Refined) [3] 248.4 thousand bbl/day (2013) #29
Imports (Refined) [3] 332.8 thousand bbl/day (2013) #26
Proved Reserves (Crude) 2.446 billion bbl (2021) #35

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 2,384.328 billion cu ft (2015) #16
Consumption (Dry) 1,788.5 billion cu ft (2019) #17
Exports (Dry) 3,547.718 billion cu ft (2019) #5
Imports (Dry) 180.27 billion cu ft (2019) #34
Proved Reserves 114 trillion cu ft (2021) #13

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 480 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 28,279,000 (2018 est.)
Highways 873,573 km (2015)
Internet Users 20,288,409 (2016 est.)
Railways 33,343 km (2015)
Telephones 8,090,000 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationOceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
Total Area7,741,220 sq. km
Land Area7,682,300 sq. km
Water Area58,920 sq. km
Coastline25,760 km
Climategenerally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Terrainmostly low plateau with deserts; fertile plain in southeast
Lowest PointLake Eyre -15 m
Highest Point Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 10/3/2021
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020