1. SNAPSHOT OF THE AUSTRALIA ECONOMY AND THE MAJOR 5 MEMBERS OF ASEAN ECONOMICS
Item Australia Indonesia Philippine Thailand Malaysia Singapore
Population（2006） 20,434,176 245,452,739 89,468,677 64,631,595 24,385,858 4,492,150
Population growth rate （2006） 0.8% 1.4% 1.8% 0.7% 1.8% 1.4%
Population density per sq mi: (2006) 7 351 777 327 192 18,645
Annual inflation rate(2006) 3.3 10.4 6.3 4.8 2.9 1
Unemployment rate(2006) 4.9 12.5 7.9 2.1 3.5 3.1
GDP growth rate(2006) 2.7 5.5 5.4 4.8 5.9 7.9
Exports as a % of GDP(2006) 15 27.7 40.4 58.8 100.2 205.3
Current account balance as a % of GDP(2006) -5.4 0.7 4.3 0.3 3.6 6.1
Saving rate as a % of GDP(2005) 20 27 19.8 23.5 17.1 23
Official interest rate(2006) 6.5 9.7 5.1 3.25-4.75 3.2 0.6
A representative commercial interest rate(6/7 months term deposit) 7.0
10.0 5.5 4.5 3.5 1.0
Urbanisation rate(2005) 88.2 48.1 62.7 32.3 67.3 100
Exchange rate ->$US(2007 Aug) 1.25 9358 46.73 34.67 3.49 1.52
The % change in the......
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