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Background Stats: compare key data on Australia & Guam

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  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
STAT Australia Guam
Overview <p>Australia ranks as one of the best places to live in the world by all indices of income, human development, healthcare and civil rights. The sixth-largest country in the world by land mass, its comparatively small population is concentrated in the highly-urbanised east of the Australian continent. </p> <p>The political entity that is modern Australia began to come into being with the arrival of British settlers in 1788. Many of the first settlers were convicts, but freemen started to arrive in increasing numbers after the discovery of gold in the mid-19th century. </p> <p>Aboriginal Australians, who had inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years prior to British colonisation, numbered a few hundred thousand. Two centuries of discrimination and expropriation cut their population drastically, and now they make up less than 3% of Australia&#039;s approximately 23 million people.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15674351">Full Article</a> <p>The tropical island of Guam, a US territory in the western Pacific, is a keystone of American military strategy in the region.</p> <p>Tourism and the growing military presence on the island are the bedrock of its economy. </p> <p>Guam is an important staging post, allowing rapid access to potential flashpoints in the Koreas and in the Taiwan Strait.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16517384">Full Article</a>

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