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Commonwealth of Australia
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: Michael Jeffery (2003)
Prime Minister: John Howard (1996)
Area: 2,967,893 sq mi (7,686,850 sq km)
Population (2005 est.): 20,090,437 (growth rate:
0.9%); birth rate: 12.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.7/1000;
life expectancy: 80.4; density per sq mi: 7
Capital (2003 est.): Canberra, 327,700
Largest cities: Sydney, 4,250,100; Melbourne,
3,610,800; Brisbane, 1,545,700; Perth, 1,375,200; Adelaide,
1,087,600
Monetary unit: Australian dollar
Language: English, native languages
Ethnicity/race: Caucasian 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal
(353,000) and other 1%
Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other
Christian 24.3%
Literacy rate: 100% (1980 est.)
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