world fact book

Today in Human Geo we discussed the world fact book and I think it is interesting because it shows a multitude of information all in one website. I decided to write about Australia because I have always wanted to visit there because it is on the opposite side of the world. Australia has 23,232,413 people in their country, which I thought was important to note and it is the 56th largest country in the world. People living in Australia are predicted to live for about 82.3 years, I found it is longer than the average for the United States. Australia's economy is mostly based off of natural resources, energy, and food. They are known for extensive reserves of coal, iron, copper, gold, and natural gas. My final fact that intrigued me is that the area of Australia is 7,741,220 sq km and it is the seventh largest country in comparison to the world. I think that the world fact book will be very helpful to me in the future when I have research papers about certain countries or areas around the world.