general data about Australia

states and territories
	Australian Capital Territory	area: 2.366 km² inhabitants: 308.411^*	6 pictures
	New South Wales	area: 802.000 km² inhabitants: 6.340.000^*	72 pictures
	Northern Territory	area: 1.350.000 km² inhabitants: 189.900^*	63 pictures	nationalparks
	Queensland	area: 1.727.000 km² inhabitants: 3.460.000^*	51 pictures
	South Australia	area: 984.277 km² inhabitants: 1.480.000^*	40 pictures	nationalparks
	Tasmania	area: 67.800 km² inhabitants: 471.885^*	77 pictures	nationalparks
	Victoria	area: 227.420 km² inhabitants: 4.600.000^*	53 pictures	nationalparks
	Western Australia	area: 2.525.500 km² inhabitants: 1.800.000^*	136 pictures	nationalparks
	Australia (total, islands incl.)	area: 7,74 Mio km² inhabitants: 18,7 Mio^**		nationalparks
^* year 2000 ^** year 2001

economic and social data
language	Englisch
currency	1 Australian Dollar (A$) = 100 Cents
urbanisation	85%
inhabitants per km²	2
gross national product (GNP) per person	20640 US$^*
population growth per year	1,0%
infant mortality	0,6%
literacy	99%
inhabitants per doctor	438
unemployment rate	6,9%^**
^* year 1998 ^** year 1999

im- and exports, trade volume
Australian imports from Germany	6,4 bill. A$^* mainly cars and car equipment, chemical, pharmaceutical and electrical products, synthetic material, special-purpose machines, paper
Australian exports to Germany	1,5 bill. A$^* mainly coal, ore, elektronic devices, wool and food
Australian trade volume referring to the European Union	40,6 bill. A$^* export products: coal (12,5% of the total volume), wool (33%), wine (50%) import products: drugs, cars, communication technology products
Australian trade volume referring to Japan	39,2 bill. A$^*
Australian trade volume referring to the USA	33,8 bill. A$^*
^* January, 2002