| Bassas da India (2005) | Bassas da India (2002) | |
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| Dependency status | possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion | 
| Land use | arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (2001)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (all rock) (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm 
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm  | 
				exclusive economic zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				
| Population | uninhabited (July 2005 est.) | uninhabited (July 2002 est.) | 
| Waterways | - | none |