World Summary --- Australia

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	AUS
Continent	Oceania
Country Name	Australia
Administrative
Admin Level Used	4
Level1 Type	States
Level2 Type	Stat. Local Area
Number of Units	1329
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1991
Ref. Year Last	1996
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	16,643
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	17,660
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	16,888
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	17,946
Difference '90	1.4 %
Difference '95	1.6 %
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	7,686,999
Resolution (km)	76
PopPerUnit ('000)	14
Resources
Web Site 1	http://www.abs.gov.au
Web Site 2	http://www.esriau.com.au
Comments	includes Cook and Christmas (Keeling) Islands

Data sources Boundaries and 1996 census data for Statistical Local Areas obtained from ESRI Australia (http://www.esriau.com.au/). SLAs are the fourth-level statistical reporting unit (States-Statistical Divisions-Statistical Subdivisions-Statistical Local Areas). P90E and P95E based on SLA figures for 1996 and population for Statistical Subdivisions for 1991 obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (www.abs.gov.au).

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