Compare Andorra (2004) - Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2008)

Compare Andorra (2004) z Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2008)

	Andorra (2004)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2008)

Administrative divisions	7 parishes (parroquies, singular - parroquia); Andorra la Vella, Canillo, Encamp, La Massana, Escaldes-Engordany, Ordino, Sant Julia de Loria	none (territory of Australia)
Age structure	0-14 years: 15% (male 5,478; female 4,988) 15-64 years: 71.6% (male 26,268; female 23,766) 65 years and over: 13.4% (male 4,659; female 4,706) (2004 est.)	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Agriculture - products	small quantities of rye, wheat, barley, oats, vegetables; sheep	vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Airports	none	1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Area	total: 468 sq km land: 468 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 14 sq km land: 14 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Area - comparative	2.5 times the size of Washington, DC	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background	For 715 years, from 1278 to 1993, Andorrans lived under a unique co-principality, ruled by French and Spanish leaders (from 1607 onward, the French chief of state and the Spanish bishop of Urgel). In 1993, this feudal system was modified with the titular heads of state retained, but the government transformed into a parliamentary democracy. Long isolated and impoverished, mountainous Andorra achieved considerable prosperity since World War II through its tourist industry. Many immigrants (legal and illegal) are attracted to the thriving economy with its lack of income taxes.	There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island.
Birth rate	9.32 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)	NA
Budget	revenues: $385 million expenditures: $342 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1997)	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA
Capital	Andorra la Vella	name: West Island geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 50 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers	tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)	26 km
Constitution	Andorra's first written constitution was drafted in 1991; approved by referendum 14 March 1993; came into force 4 May 1993	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1955) as amended by the Territories Law Reform Act of 1992
Country name	conventional long form: Principality of Andorra conventional short form: Andorra local long form: Principat d'Andorra local short form: Andorra	conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Currency	euro (EUR)	-
Death rate	5.9 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)	NA
Debt - external	NA	-
Dependency status	-	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department
Diplomatic representation from the US	the US does not have an embassy in Andorra; the US Ambassador to Spain is accredited to Andorra; US interests in Andorra are represented by the Consulate General's office in Barcelona (Spain); mailing address: Paseo Reina Elisenda, 23, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; telephone: [34] (93) 280-2227; FAX: [34] (93) 280-6175	none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US	chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Jelena V. PIA-COMELLA chancery: 2 United Nations Plaza, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10017 telephone: [1] (212) 750-8064 FAX: [1] (212) 750-6630	none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	none	$NA
Economy - overview	Tourism, the mainstay of Andorra's tiny, well-to-do economy, accounts for roughly 80% of GDP. An estimated 9 million tourists visit annually, attracted by Andorra's duty-free status and by its summer and winter resorts. Andorra's comparative advantage has recently eroded as the economies of neighboring France and Spain have been opened up, providing broader availability of goods and lower tariffs. The banking sector, with its "tax haven" status, also contributes substantially to the economy. Agricultural production is limited - only 2% of the land is arable - and most food has to be imported. The principal livestock activity is sheep raising. Manufacturing output consists mainly of cigarettes, cigars, and furniture. Andorra is a member of the EU Customs Union and is treated as an EU member for trade in manufactured goods (no tariffs) and as a non-EU member for agricultural products.	Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry.
Electricity - consumption	NA kWh	-
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - imports	NA kWh; note - most electricity supplied by Spain and France; Andorra generates a small amount of hydropower	-
Electricity - production	NA kWh	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Riu Runer 840 m highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues	deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows contributes to soil erosion; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal	fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs
Environment - international agreements	party to: Hazardous Wastes signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements	-
Ethnic groups	Spanish 43%, Andorran 33%, Portuguese 11%, French 7%, other 6% (1998)	Europeans, Cocos Malays
Exchange rates	euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.12 (2001), 1.09 (2000), 0.94 (1999)	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)
Executive branch	chief of state: French Coprince Jacques CHIRAC (since 17 May 1995), represented by Philippe MASSONI (since 26 July 2002); Spanish Coprince Bishop Joan Enric VIVES i SICILIA (since 12 May 2003), represented by Nemesi MARQUES i OSTE (since NA) head of government: Executive Council President Marc FORNE Molne (since 21 December 1994) cabinet: Executive Council or Govern designated by the Executive Council president elections: Executive Council president elected by the General Council and formally appointed by the coprinces for a four-year term; election last held 4 March 2001 (next to be held April-May 2005) election results: Marc FORNE Molne elected executive council president; percent of General Council vote - NA%	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator (nonresident) Neil LUCAS (since 30 January 2006) cabinet: NA elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia
Exports	$58 million f.o.b. (1998)	$NA
Exports - commodities	tobacco products, furniture	copra
Exports - partners	Spain 58%, France 34% (2000)	Australia (2006)
Fiscal year	calendar year	1 July - 30 June
Flag description	three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the coat of arms features a quartered shield; similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national emblem	the flag of Australia is used
GDP	purchasing power parity - $1.3 billion (2000 est.)	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA	-
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $19,000 (2000 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	3.8% (2000 est.)	-
Geographic coordinates	42 30 N, 1 30 E	12 30 S, 96 50 E
Geography - note	landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in the Pyrenees	islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation
Highways	total: 269 km paved: 198 km unpaved: 71 km (1994)	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA	-
Imports	$1.077 billion (1998)	$NA
Imports - commodities	consumer goods, food, electricity	foodstuffs
Imports - partners	Spain 48%, France 35%, US 2.3% (2000)	Australia (2006)
Independence	1278 (was formed under the joint suzerainty of the French count of Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel)	none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate	NA	-
Industries	tourism (particularly skiing), cattle raising, timber, banking	copra products and tourism
Infant mortality rate	total: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	4.3% (2000)	-
International organization participation	CE, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFRCS, Interpol, IOC, ITU, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNESCO, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WToO, WTrO (observer)	none
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA
Judicial branch	Tribunal of Judges or Tribunal de Batlles; Tribunal of the Courts or Tribunal de Corts; Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de Justicia d'Andorra; Supreme Council of Justice or Consell Superior de la Justicia; Fiscal Ministry or Ministeri Fiscal; Constitutional Tribunal or Tribunal Constitucional	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Labor force	33,000 (2001 est.)	NA
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture 1%, industry 21%, services 78% (2000 est.)	note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
Land boundaries	total: 120.3 km border countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 2.22% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.78% (2001)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Languages	Catalan (official), French, Castilian, Portuguese	Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Legal system	based on French and Spanish civil codes; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws
Legislative branch	unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de las Valls (28 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote, 14 from a single national constituency and 14 to represent each of the 7 parishes; members serve four-year terms) elections: last held 4 March 2001 (next to be held NA March-April 2005) election results: percent of vote by party - PLA 46.1%, PSD 30%, PD 23.8%, other 0.1%; seats by party - PLA 15, PSD 6, PD 5, other 2	unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats) elections: held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held in May 2005 (next to be held in May 2007)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 83.5 years male: 80.59 years female: 86.59 years (2004 est.)	total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Literacy	definition: NA total population: 100% male: NA female: NA	NA
Location	Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka
Map references	Europe	Southeast Asia
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of France and Spain	defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force
Military branches	no regular military forces, Police Service of Andorra	-
National holiday	Our Lady of Meritxell Day, 8 September (1278)	Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
Nationality	noun: Andorran(s) adjective: Andorran	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander
Natural hazards	avalanches	cyclone season is October to April
Natural resources	hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead	fish
Net migration rate	6.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)	NA
Political parties and leaders	Andorran Democratic Center Party or CDA (formerly Democratic Party or PD) [leader NA]; Liberal Party of Andorra or PLA (formerly Liberal Union or UL) [Albert PINTAT]; Social Democratic Party or PS (formerly part of National Democratic Group or AND) [leader NA]	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	NA	none
Population	69,865 (July 2004 est.)	596 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA	-
Population growth rate	1% (2004 est.)	0% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	none	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 0, FM 15, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)
Religions	Roman Catholic (predominant)	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female total population: 1.09 male(s)/female (2004 est.)	-
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	NA
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: modern system with microwave radio relay connections between exchanges international: country code - 376; landline circuits to France and Spain	general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system domestic: NA international: country code - 61; telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 INTELSAT satellite earth station (2001)
Telephones - main lines in use	35,000 (2001)	287 (1992)
Telephones - mobile cellular	23,500 (2001)	-
Television broadcast stations	0 (1997)	NA
Terrain	rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys	flat, low-lying coral atolls
Total fertility rate	1.28 children born/woman (2004 est.)	NA
Unemployment rate	0% (1996 est.)	60% (2000 est.)

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