Australia

Basic facts about Australia

Country name: Australia
Capital: Canberra
Country code: 206
Continent: Australia-Oceania
Currency name: Australian dollar
Independence: 1901-01-01 00:00:00
Independent from: from the federation of UK colonies
Total area (km2): 7,741,220
Land area (km2): 7,682,300
Water area (km2): 58,920
Population: 22,262,501
Population note: 22,262,501 (July 2013 est.)
Official language: National Language: English
All languages: English 78.5%, Chinese 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% (2006 Census)
Time zone: UTC+8 to UTC+10.5 - Summer (DST) (UTC+8 to +UTC11.5)
Date format: dd-mm-yyyy
Drive on: left
Calling code: +61
Domain: .au