Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It's about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per cent larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometre. The Population is 22.3 million. The Government type is Constitutional monarchy, Democratic, Federal-State system and became an independent country on Febuary 1, 1901.
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