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Compare Arctic Ocean (2001) z Jersey (2004)

 Arctic Ocean (2001)Jersey (2004)
 Arctic OceanJersey
Administrative divisions - none (British crown dependency)
Age structure - 0-14 years: 17.7% (male 8,268; female 7,716)


15-64 years: 67.1% (male 30,237; female 30,490)


65 years and over: 15.2% (male 6,016; female 7,775) (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products - potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes; beef, dairy products
Airports - 1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways - total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area total:
14.056 million sq km

note:
includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
total: 116 sq km


land: 116 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US about two-thirds the size of Washington, DC
Background The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently delimited Southern Ocean). The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two important seasonal waterways. A sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes circumscribes the Arctic Ocean. The island of Jersey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy that held sway in both France and England. These islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.
Birth rate - 10.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Budget - revenues: $601 million


expenditures: $588 million, including capital expenditures of $98 million (2000 est.)
Capital - Saint Helier
Climate polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain or snow temperate; mild winters and cool summers
Coastline 45,389 km 70 km
Constitution - unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice
Country name - conventional long form: Bailiwick of Jersey


conventional short form: Jersey
Currency - British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Jersey pound
Death rate - 9.17 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Debt - external - none
Dependency status - British crown dependency
Diplomatic representation from the US - none (British crown dependency)
Diplomatic representation in the US - none (British crown dependency)
Disputes - international some maritime disputes (see littoral states) none
Economic aid - recipient - none
Economy - overview Economic activity is limited to the exploitation of natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, fish, and seals. The economy is based largely on international financial services, agriculture, and tourism. Potatoes, cauliflower, tomatoes, and especially flowers are important export crops, shipped mostly to the UK. The Jersey breed of dairy cattle is known worldwide and represents an important export income earner. Milk products go to the UK and other EU countries. In 1996 the finance sector accounted for about 60% of the island's output. Tourism, another mainstay of the economy, accounts for 24% of GDP. In recent years, the government has encouraged light industry to locate in Jersey, with the result that an electronics industry has developed alongside the traditional manufacturing of knitwear. All raw material and energy requirements are imported, as well as a large share of Jersey's food needs. Light taxes and death duties make the island a popular tax haven.
Electricity - imports - NA kWh; note - electricity supplied by France
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Fram Basin -4,665 m

highest point:
sea level 0 m
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location 143 m
Environment - current issues endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack NA
Ethnic groups - UK and Norman-French descent
Exchange rates - Jersey pounds per US dollar - 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound
Executive branch - chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)


head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief Air Chief Marshall Sir John CHESHIRE (since 24 January 2001) and Bailiff Philip Martin BAILHACHE (since NA February 1995)


cabinet: committees appointed by the Assembly of the States


elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch
Exports - NA
Exports - commodities - light industrial and electrical goods, foodstuffs, textiles
Exports - partners - UK
Fiscal year - 1 April - 31 March
Flag description - white with a diagonal red cross extending to the corners of the flag; in the upper quadrant, surmounted by a yellow crown, a red shield with the three lions of England in yellow
GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.2 billion (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector - agriculture: 5%


industry: 2%


services: 93% (1996)
GDP - per capita - purchasing power parity - $24,800 (1999 est.)
GDP - real growth rate - NA
Geographic coordinates 90 00 N, 0 00 E 49 15 N, 2 10 W
Geography - note major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and western Russia; floating research stations operated by the US and Russia; maximum snow cover in March or April about 20 to 50 centimeters over the frozen ocean; snow cover lasts about 10 months largest and southernmost of Channel Islands; about 30% of population concentrated in Saint Helier
Highways - total: 577 km


paved: NA km


unpaved: NA km
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA
Imports - NA
Imports - commodities - machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, foodstuffs, mineral fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners - UK
Independence - none (British crown dependency)
Industrial production growth rate - NA
Industries - tourism, banking and finance, dairy
Infant mortality rate - total: 5.33 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) - 4.7% (1998)
Irrigated land - NA sq km
Judicial branch - Royal Court (judges elected by an electoral college and the bailiff)
Labor force - 57,050 (1996)
Land boundaries - 0 km
Land use - arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)
Languages - English (official), French (official), Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts
Legal system - English law and local statute; justice is administered by the Royal Court
Legislative branch - unicameral Assembly of the States (55 voting members - 12 senators (elected for 6-year terms), 12 constables or heads of parishes (elected for 3-year terms), 29 deputies (elected for 3-year terms); the bailiff and the deputy bailiff; and 3 non-voting members - the Dean of Jersey, the Attorney General, and the Solicitor General all appointed by the monarch)


elections: last held NA (next to be held NA)


election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 52
Life expectancy at birth - total population: 79.09 years


male: 76.63 years


female: 81.74 years (2004 est.)
Literacy - definition: NA


total population: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Location body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle Western Europe, island in the English Channel, northwest of France
Map references Arctic Region Europe
Maritime claims - territorial sea: 3 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm
Military - note - defense is the responsibility of the UK
National holiday - Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)
Nationality - noun: Channel Islander(s)


adjective: Channel Islander
Natural hazards ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; ships subject to superstructure icing from October to May NA
Natural resources sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) arable land
Net migration rate - 2.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Political parties and leaders - none; all independents
Political pressure groups and leaders - none
Population - 90,502 (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line - NA
Population growth rate - 0.36% (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US) Gorey, Saint Aubin, Saint Helier
Radio broadcast stations - AM NA, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions - Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Congregational New Church, Methodist, Presbyterian
Sex ratio - at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female


total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Suffrage - NA years of age; universal adult
Telephone system - general assessment: NA


domestic: NA


international: 3 submarine cables
Telephones - main lines in use - 73,900 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular - 61,400 (2001)
Television broadcast stations - 2 (1997)
Terrain central surface covered by a perennial drifting polar icepack that averages about 3 meters in thickness, although pressure ridges may be three times that size; clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyral Stream, but nearly straight-line movement from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland); the icepack is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and Lomonosov Ridge) gently rolling plain with low, rugged hills along north coast
Total fertility rate - 1.57 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate - 0.7% (1998 est.)
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