Compare Bermuda (2006) - Tokelau (2002)

Compare Bermuda (2006) z Tokelau (2002)

	Bermuda (2006)	Tokelau (2002)

Administrative divisions	9 parishes and 2 municipalities; Devonshire, Hamilton, Hamilton, Paget, Pembroke, Saint George, Saint George's, Sandys, Smith's, Southampton, Warwick*	none (territory of New Zealand)
Age structure	0-14 years: 18.6% (male 6,146/female 6,098) 15-64 years: 69.2% (male 22,562/female 22,954) 65 years and over: 12.2% (male 3,479/female 4,534) (2006 est.)	0-14 years: 42% 15-64 years: 53% 65 years and over: 5% (1996 est.)
Agriculture - products	bananas, vegetables, citrus, flowers; dairy products, honey	coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Airports	1 (2006)	none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2001)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2006)	-
Area	total: 53.3 sq km land: 53.3 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 10 sq km land: 10 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about one-third the size of Washington, DC	about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background	Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for Virginia. Tourism to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. Although a referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995, the present government has reopened debate on the issue.	Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Birth rate	11.4 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)	NA births/1,000 population
Budget	revenues: $738 million expenditures: $665 million (FY04/05)	revenues: $430,830 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300
Capital	name: Hamilton geographic coordinates: 32 17 N, 64 46 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October	none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Climate	subtropical; mild, humid; gales, strong winds common in winter	tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Coastline	103 km	101 km
Constitution	8 June 1968; amended 1989 and 2003	administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bermuda former: Somers Islands	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tokelau
Currency	-	New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Death rate	7.74 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)	NA deaths/1,000 population
Debt - external	$160 million (FY99/00)	$0
Dependency status	overseas territory of the UK	self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution, developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: Consul General Gregory W. SLAYTON consulate(s) general: Crown Hill, 16 Middle Road, Devonshire DVO3 mailing address: P. O. Box HM325, Hamilton HMBX; American Consulate General Hamilton, US Department of State, 5300 Hamilton Place, Washington, DC 20520-5300 telephone: [1] (441) 295-1342 FAX: [1] (441) 295-1592, [1] (441) 296-9233	none (territory of New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	from New Zealand about $4 million annually
Economy - overview	Bermuda enjoys the highest per capita income in the world, more than 50% higher than that of the US. Its economy is primarily based on providing financial services for international business and luxury facilities for tourists. A number of reinsurance companies relocated to the island following 11 September 2001 and again after Hurricane Katrina, contributing to the expansion of an already robust international business sector. Bermuda's tourism industry - which derives over 80% of its visitors from the US - continues to struggle but remains the island's number two industry. Most capital equipment and food must be imported. Bermuda's industrial sector is small, although construction continues to be important; the average cost of a house in June 2003 had risen to $976,000. Agriculture is limited with only 20% of the land being arable.	Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people rely heavily on aid from New Zealand - about $4 million annually - to maintain public services, annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
Electricity - consumption	616.7 million kWh (2005)	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2005)	-
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2005)	-
Electricity - production	682.5 million kWh (2005)	NA kWh
Electricity - production by source	-	fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Town Hill 76 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues	sustainable development	very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
Ethnic groups	black 54.8%, white 34.1%, mixed 6.4%, other races 4.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2000 census)	Polynesian
Exchange rates	Bermudian dollar per US dollar - 1.0000 (fixed rate pegged to the US dollar)	New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.3535 (January 2002), 2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor Sir John VEREKER (since 11 April 2002) head of government: Premier Ewart BROWN (since 30 October 2006); Deputy Premier Paula COX cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the premier, appointed by the governor elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed premier by the governor	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by Administrator Lindsay WATT (since NA March 1993) head of government: Aliki Faipule Pio TUIA (since NA 2002) cabinet: the Council of Faipule, consisting of three elected leaders - one from each atoll - functions as a cabinet elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves a one-year term
Exports	0 bbl/day NA bbl/day	$98,000 f.o.b. (1983)
Exports - commodities	reexports of pharmaceuticals	stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners	France 65.6%, Spain 11.7%, US 4.5% (2005)	NZ
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March	1 April - 31 March
Flag description	red, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Bermudian coat of arms (white and green shield with a red lion holding a scrolled shield showing the sinking of the ship Sea Venture off Bermuda in 1609) centered on the outer half of the flag	the flag of New Zealand is used
GDP	-	purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 1% industry: 10% services: 89% (2002 est.)	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $1,000 (1993 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	4.6% (2004 est.)	NA%
Geographic coordinates	32 20 N, 64 45 W	9 00 S, 172 00 W
Geography - note	consists of about 138 coral islands and islets with ample rainfall, but no rivers or freshwater lakes; some land was leased by US Government from 1941 to 1995	consists of three atolls, each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over three meters above sea level
Highways	-	total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	NA bbl/day	$323,000 c.i.f. (1983)
Imports - commodities	clothing, fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, chemicals, food and live animals	foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Imports - partners	Kazakhstan 51%, France 19%, South Korea 10.2%, US 7.6% (2005)	NZ
Independence	none (overseas territory of the UK)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	NA%
Industries	international business, tourism, light manufacturing	small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Infant mortality rate	total: 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.85 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)	38 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	2.8% (November 2005)	NA%
International organization participation	Caricom (associate), ICFTU, Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU, WCO	SPC, UNESCO (associate), WHO (associate)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	1 (2000)
Irrigated land	NA	NA sq km
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts	Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau
Labor force	38,360 (2004)	NA
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture and fishing 3%, laborers 17%, clerical 19%, professional and technical 21%, administrative and managerial 15%, sales 7%, services 19% (2004 est.)	-
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 20% permanent crops: 0% other: 80% (55% developed, 45% rural/open space) (2005)	arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)
Languages	English (official), Portuguese	Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Legal system	English law	New Zealand and local statutes
Legislative branch	bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (an 11-member body appointed by the governor, the premier, and the opposition) and the House of Assembly (36 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve up to five-year terms) elections: last general election held 24 July 2003 (next to be held not later than July 2008) election results: percent of vote by party - PLP 51.7%, UBP 48%; seats by party - PLP 22, UBP 14	unicameral General Fono (48 seats; members chosen by each atoll's Council of Elders or Taupulega to serve three-year terms); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 77.96 years male: 75.85 years female: 80.1 years (2006 est.)	total population: NA years male: 68 years (2001) female: 70 years (2001)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 99% (2005 est.)	NA
Location	North America, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of South Carolina (US)	Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Map references	North America	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	total: 132 ships (1000 GRT or over) 7,873,728 GRT/8,688,692 DWT by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 1, container 24, liquefied gas 23, passenger 19, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 13, roll on/roll off 5 foreign-owned: 116 (Australia 3, Belgium 4, France 1, Germany 21, Greece 2, Hong Kong 10, Indonesia 1, Ireland 1, Israel 3, Monaco 2, Nigeria 11, Norway 5, Sweden 14, Switzerland 2, UK 9, US 27) registered in other countries: 6 (Liberia 1, Marshall Islands 4, Panama 1) (2006)	none (2002 est.)
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK	defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
Military branches	no regular military forces	-
Military expenditures - dollar figure	$4.03 million (2001)	-
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	0.11% (FY00/01)	-
National holiday	Bermuda Day, 24 May	Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Nationality	noun: Bermudian(s) adjective: Bermudian	noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan
Natural hazards	hurricanes (June to November)	lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Natural resources	limestone, pleasant climate fostering tourism	NEGL
Net migration rate	2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Political parties and leaders	Progressive Labor Party or PLP [Ewart BROWN]; United Bermuda Party or UBP [Wayne FURBERT]	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	Bermuda Employer's Union [Eddie SAINTS]; Bermuda Industrial Union or BIU [Derrick BURGESS]; Bermuda Public Services Union or BPSU [Ed BALL]; Bermuda Union of Teachers [Michael CHARLES]	none
Population	65,773 (July 2006 est.)	1,431 (July 2002 est.)
Population below poverty line	19% (2000)	NA%
Population growth rate	0.61% (2006 est.)	-0.92% (2002 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations	AM 5, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)
Radios	-	1,000 (1997)
Railways	-	0 km
Religions	Anglican 23%, Roman Catholic 15%, African Methodist Episcopal 11%, other Protestant 18%, other 12%, unaffiliated 6%, unspecified 1%, none 14% (2000 census)	Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2% note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2006 est.)	NA
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	21 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: good domestic: fully automatic digital telephone system; fiber optic trunk lines international: country code - 1-441; submarine cables - 3 (fiber optic); satellite earth stations - 3 (2005)	general assessment: adequate domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with 3 satellite earth stations, established in 1997
Telephones - main lines in use	56,000 (2002)	NA
Telephones - mobile cellular	49,000 (2004)	0 (2001)
Television broadcast stations	3 (2005)	-
Terrain	low hills separated by fertile depressions	low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Total fertility rate	1.89 children born/woman (2006 est.)	NA children born/woman
Unemployment rate	2.1% (2004 est.)	NA%
Waterways	-	none

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