Australia

Official name:: Australia
Native name:: Australia
Capital:: Canberra

ISO country code: AU
Nat. statistical agency:: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Population (2010-07-01):: 21,515,754 (CIA)
Area:: 7,686,850 sq.km.
Region:: Australia and New Zealand

Census Results

1881-04-03 : 2,250,194
1891-04-05 : 3,174,392
1901-03-31 : 3,773,801
1911-04-02 : 4,455,005
1921-04-04 : 5,435,734
1933-06-30 : 6,629,839
1947-06-30 : 7,579,358
1954-06-30 : 8,986,530
1961-06-30 : 10,508,186
1966-06-30 : 11,550,462
1971-06-30 : 12,755,638
1976-06-30 : 13,548,448
1981-06-30 : 14,576,328
1986-06-30 : 15,602,156
1991-06-30 : 16,847,310
1996-08-09 : 17,892,423
2001-08-07 : 18,769,249
2006-08-08 : 19,855,288

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Australia

Administrative units

state	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-06-30 estimate	population 2009-06-30 estimate
source: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Australia Capital Territory	Canberra	2,351.5	319,317	352,189
New South Wales	Sydney	801,321.7	6,575,217	7,134,421
Northern Territory	Darwin	1,352,187.6	197,768	225,938
Queensland	Brisbane	1,734,218.7	3,628,946	4,425,103
South Australia	Adelaide	985,288.7	1,511,728	1,623,590
Tasmania	Hobart	67,914.3	471,795	503,292
Victoria	Melbourne	227,417.5	4,804,726	5,443,228
Western Australia	Perth	2,531,572.0	1,901,159	2,245,057
Other Territories	-	218.6	2,584	2,438
total		7,702,490.6	19,413,240	21,955,256

Main cities

name	population 1996-06-30 estimate	population 2001-06-30 estimate	population 2009-06-30 estimate	latitude / longitude
Sydney	3,881,100	4,128,272	4,504,469	-33.88/151.22
Melbourne	3,283,300	3,471,625	3,995,537	-37.82/144.97
Brisbane	1,520,000	1,663,120	2,004,262	-27.50/153.02
Perth	1,295,100	1,393,002	1,658,992	-31.93/115.83
Adelaide	1,078,400	1,107,986	1,187,466	-34.93/138.60
Gold Coast-Tweed	354,100	441,879	582,565	-28.00/153.43
Newcastle	463,400	492,549	540,796	-32.92/151.75
Canberra-Queanbeyan	345,100	360,915	403,439	-35.27/149.08
Wollongong	255,700	269,597	288,984	-34.43/150.88
Sunshine Coast	156,400	186,391	245,309	-26.50/153.00
Hobart	195,700	197,282	212,019
Geelong	152,200	159,503	175,803	-38.16/144.35
Townsville	122,400	134,073	168,402	-19.25/146.80
Cairns	106,700	112,932	147,118	-16.92/145.77
Toowoomba	102,000	109,449	128,600
Darwin	95,800	106,842	124,760
Launceston	98,800	98,526	105,445
Albury-Wodonga	92,700	95,621	104,609
Ballarat	79,100	83,599	94,088
Bendigo	74,200	79,673	89,995
Mackay	..	64,767	83,680
Burnie-Devonport	79,200	77,480	82,102
Latrobe Valley	75,500	74,996	79,964
Rockhampton	..	67,369	77,017
source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. note: population figures for cities are based on statistical districts/divisions.

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