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International Comparisons of Bank Branches – An Update Appendix

Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Financial Institutions and Public Administration
April 1998

Table A1: Bank Branches and Total Entry Points
Country	Bank Branches	Entry Points	Population
1992
Australia	6,920	13,048	17,572,000
Belgium	7,263	12,507	10,050,000
Canada	7,764	13,879	28,700,000
France	14,663	42,334	57,200,000
Germany	28,895	71,686	81,000,000
Italy	14,830	35,201	56,900,000
Japan	15,138	71,062	124,500,000
Netherlands	3,112	7,468	15,200,000
Sweden	2,910	4,683	8,670,000
Switzerland	4,111	7,912	6,908,000
UK	13,259	39,184	57,800,000
USA	53,744	84,970	255,400,000
1996
Australia	6,507	12,257	18,310,700
Belgium	n.a.	11,710	10,170,000
Canada	8,125	13,712	30,100,000
France	14,609	42,425	58,500,000
Germany	46,912	66,441	82,000,000
Italy	17,713	38,993	57,500,000
Japan	15,119	72,202	125,900,000
Netherlands	2,543	6,683	15,500,000
Sweden	3,707	3,707	8,840,000
Switzerland	3,600	7,130	7,108,000
UK	12,033	35,941	58,800,000
USA	60,093	84,258	265,500,000
Sources: Australia: Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin (bank branches) and the Australian Financial Institutions Commission (building society and credit union branches). Post Office agencies are defined as Commonwealth Bank agencies. Data are as at end June. Other countries: BIS (1993), Payment Systems in the Group of Ten countries and BIS (1997), Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten countries. Data are as at end calendar year.

Table A2: Bank Branches in Australia (1983–1996)
	Number of branches			Population
	Metro	Non-Metro	Total	Metro	Non-Metro
1983	3,311	2,716	6,027	9,742,700	5,709,200
1984	3,224	2,655	5,879	9,849,300	5,706,600
1985	3,266	2,646	5,912	9,972,800	5,927,800
1986	3,496	2,769	6,265	10,114,800	6,024,200
1987	3,484	2,935	6,419	10,276,900	6,122,000
1988	3,501	2,951	6,452	10,458,300	6,238,700
1989	3,585	2,984	6,569	10,633,900	6,322,900
1990	3,796	2,779	6,575	10,776,000	6,434,800
1991	3,960	2,957	6,917	10,937,900	6,446,600
1992	4,032	2,888	6,920	11,050,400	6,521,500
1993	4,158	2,906	7,064	11,134,400	6,611,400
1994	4,105	2,685	6,790	11,229,500	6,613,800
1995	3,990	2,665	6,655	11,328,400	6,672,100
1996	3,878	2,629	6,507	11,599,400	6,711,300
1997	3,499	2,622	6,121	n.a.	n.a.
Sources: Reserve Bank of Australia. Data are as at end June. Population from Australian Bureau of Statistics Catalogue No. 3101.0

Table A5: ATMs
per million inhabitants
Country	1992	1996
Japan	870	1,051
Canada	509	617
Switzerland	386	585
USA	342	524
Germany	235	459
Italy	245	420
France	305	419
Belgium	109	414
Australia	302	389
UK	324	376
Netherlands	261	374
Sweden	254	269
Sources: Australia: The Australian Payments System Council. Data are as at end June. Other countries: BIS (1997), Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten countries. Data are as at end calendar year.

Table A6: EFTPOS terminals
per million inhabitants
Country	1992	1996
Switzerland	1,640	9,376
UK	3,806	9,354
France	9,091	9,333
Canada	1,031	8,408
Belgium	4,042	7,997
Sweden	1,647	7,579
Australia	1,497	6,373
Netherlands	753	6,196
Italy	1,094	3,758
USA	368	3,297
Germany	640	1,402
Japan	264	183
Sources: Australia: The Australian Payments System Council. Data are as at end June. Other countries: BIS (1997), Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of Ten countries. Data are as at end calendar year.