- Official name
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Capital
- Canberra
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 25 million
- Area
- 7,692,024 km²
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD)
- Neighbours
- None — island or sea borders only
- Internet / phone
- .au · +61
Where it is
Notable facts
- Australia is the only country that is also a continent, and the sixth largest country in the world.
- The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system on Earth, visible from space and made of thousands of individual reefs.
- About 80% of its mammals, reptiles and flowering plants are found nowhere else, including all the monotremes.
- Australia has more than 10,000 beaches — enough to visit a different one every day for over 27 years.
World Heritage 21 sites
National dish
Meat pie A hand-sized pie of minced beef and gravy, eaten with tomato sauce.
Nothing official. Roast lamb has been promoted as the national dish, and Vegemite on toast is the food most identified with Australia abroad.