Australia

Population (million)21.77 [2011]
Urban population (%)89.00 [2010]
Labor force (million)11.620 [2010]
ICT sector workforce (million)0.295 [2006]
Median age (years)37.7 [2010]
GDP (PPP) USD billion889.60 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD41,300 [2010]
Exchange rates (1 USD = )1.090 AU$ [2010]
Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)222.0 [2007]
Telecommunication services revenue 
Trade in ICT goods 
ICT industry Revenue 
ICT investment  
R&D expenditure by ICT industries 
Telephones - main lines (million)9.020 [2009]
Telephones - mobile cellular (million)24.220 [2009]
Internet hosts (million)13.361 [2010]
Internet users (million)15.810 [2009]
Broadband Users (million) 
Fixed Internet subscribers (million)6.100 [2009]
Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million)17.480 [2009]
Business use of broadband 
Personal Computers (million) 
Households with a home computer (million) 

Area (sq km)7,741,220
Climategenerally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
Ethnic groupswhite 92%, Asian 7%, aboriginal and other 1%
ReligionsCatholic 25.8%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 5.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3%, Eastern Orthodox 2.7%, other Christian 7.9%, Buddhist 2.1%, Muslim 1.7%, other 2.4%, unspecified 11.3%, none 18.7% (2006 Census)

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook