Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2005) - San Marino (2008)

Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2005) z San Marino (2008)

	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2005)	San Marino (2008)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of Australia)	9 municipalities (castelli, singular - castello); Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Montegiardino, San Marino Citta, Serravalle
Age structure	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA	0-14 years: 16.8% (male 2,573/female 2,404) 15-64 years: 66.1% (male 9,388/female 10,178) 65 years and over: 17.1% (male 2,190/female 2,882) (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts	wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
Airports	1 (2004 est.)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Area	total: 14 sq km land: 14 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island	total: 61.2 sq km land: 61.2 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC	about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. Annexed by the UK in 1857, they 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.	The third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco), San Marino also claims to be the world's oldest republic. According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marino in A.D. 301. San Marino's foreign policy is aligned with that of Italy; social and political trends in the republic also track closely with those of its larger neighbor.
Birth rate	NA	9.89 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Budget	revenues: NA expenditures: NA	revenues: $709.6 million expenditures: $672.3 million (2004)
Capital	West Island	name: San Marino geographic coordinates: 43 56 N, 12 25 E time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Climate	tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year	Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
Coastline	26 km	0 km (landlocked)
Constitution	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1953)	8 October 1600; electoral law of 1926 serves some of the functions of a constitution
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands	conventional long form: Republic of San Marino conventional short form: San Marino local long form: Repubblica di San Marino local short form: San Marino
Death rate	NA	8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Debt - external	-	$NA
Dependency status	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services	-
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	the US does not have an embassy in San Marino; the ambassador to Italy is accredited to San Marino
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	San Marino does not have an embassy in the US honorary consulate(s) general: New York, Washington, DC honorary consulate(s): Detroit, Honolulu
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	NA	$NA
Economy - overview	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.	The tourist sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 2006 more than 2.1 million tourists visited San Marino. The key industries are banking, clothing and apparel, electronics, and ceramics. Main agricultural products are wine and cheeses. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy, which supplies much of its food.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m	lowest point: Torrente Ausa 55 m highest point: Monte Titano 755 m
Environment - current issues	fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs	NA
Environment - international agreements	-	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution
Ethnic groups	Europeans, Cocos Malays	Sammarinese, Italian
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000)	euros per US dollar - 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003)
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator (nonresident) Evan WILLIAMS (since 1 November 2003) cabinet: NA elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia	chief of state: Co-chiefs of State Captain Regent Mirko TOMASSONI and Captain Regent Alberto SELVA (for the period 1 October 2007-31 March 2008) head of government: Secretary of State for Foreign and Political Affairs Fiorenzo STOLFI (since 27 July 2006) cabinet: Congress of State elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term elections: co-chiefs of state (captains regent) elected by the Great and General Council for a six-month term; election last held in September 2007 (next to be held in March 2008); secretary of state for foreign and political affairs elected by the Great and General Council for a five-year term; election last held 27 July 2006 (next to be held by 2011) election results: Mirko TOMASSONI and Alberto SELVA elected captains regent; percent of legislative vote - NA; Fiorenzo STOLFI elected secretary of state for foreign and political affairs; percent of legislative vote - NA note: the popularly elected parliament (Grand and General Council) selects two of its members to serve as the Captains Regent (co-chiefs of state) for a six-month period; they preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 10 other members, all selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 10 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has assumed some prime ministerial roles
Exports	NA	$1.291 billion (2004)
Exports - commodities	copra	building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics
Exports - partners	Australia	-
Fiscal year	1 July - 30 June	calendar year
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) flanked by a wreath, below a crown and above a scroll bearing the word LIBERTAS (Liberty)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - real growth rate	NA%	4.6% (2004 est.)
Geographic coordinates	12 30 S, 96 50 E	43 46 N, 12 25 E
Geography - note	islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation	landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines
Highways	total: 15 km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km (2003)	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	NA	$2.035 billion (2004)
Imports - commodities	foodstuffs	wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
Imports - partners	Australia	-
Independence	none (territory of Australia)	3 September AD 301
Industrial production growth rate	-	5.6% (2005 est.)
Industries	copra products and tourism	tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	total: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	-1.5% (2006)
International organization participation	none	CE, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ITU, ITUC, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WHO, WIPO
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court	Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Labor force	NA	20,470 (2004)
Labor force - by occupation	the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others	agriculture: 0.2% industry: 40.1% services: 59.7% (2006 est.)
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 39 km border countries: Italy 39 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)	arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (2005)
Languages	Malay (Cocos dialect), English	Italian
Legal system	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws	based on civil law system with Italian law influences; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Legislative branch	unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats) elections: held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held NA	unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: last held 4 June 2006 (next to be held by June 2011) election results: percent of vote by party - PDCS 32.9%, Party of Socialists and Democrats 31.9%, AP 11.9%, United Left 8.7%, New Socialist Party 5.4%, other parties 9.2%; seats by party - PDCS 21, Party of Socialists and Democrats 20, AP 7, United Left 5, New Socialist Party 3, others 4; note - following a government reshuffle on 28 NOvember 2007, a splinter party of the PDCS joined the center-left coalition formed by the Party of Socialists and Democrats, the APDS, and the United Left strengthening the government's parliamentary majority to 36 seats out of 60
Life expectancy at birth	total population: NA male: NA female: NA	total population: 81.8 years male: 78.33 years female: 85.57 years (2007 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: age 10 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 97% female: 95%
Location	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka	Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy
Map references	Southeast Asia	Europe
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	none (landlocked)
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory does have a five-person police force	defense is the responsibility of Italy
Military branches	-	no regular military forces; Voluntary Military Force (Corpi Militari Voluntar) performs ceremonial duties and limited police functions (2006)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA
National holiday	Australia Day, 26 January (1788)	Founding of the Republic, 3 September (AD 301)
Nationality	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander	noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural) adjective: Sammarinese
Natural hazards	cyclone season is October to April	NA
Natural resources	fish	building stone
Net migration rate	NA	10.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none	Communist Refoundation or RC [Ivan FOSHI]; Ideas in Movement or IM [Alessandro ROSSI]; National Alliance or AN [Glauco SANSOVINI]; New Socialist Party [Augusto CASALI]; Party of Socialists and Democrats [Claudio FELICI]; San Marino Christian Democratic Party or PDCS [Pier Marino MENICUCCI]; San Marino Popular Alliance of Democrats or AP [Roberto GIORGETTI]; San Marino Socialist Party or PSS [Alberto CECCHETTI]; Socialists for Reform or SR [Renzo GIARDI]; United Left
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	NA
Population	628 (July 2005 est.)	29,615 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	0% (2005 est.)	1.219% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	Port Refuge	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)	AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)	Roman Catholic
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.922 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.915 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Suffrage	NA	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system domestic: NA international: country code - 61-891; telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 satellite earth station of NA type (2002)	general assessment: adequate connections domestic: automatic telephone system completely integrated into Italian system; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity exceeds 130 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 378; connected to Italian international network
Telephones - main lines in use	287 (1992)	21,000 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular	note - analog cellular service available	17,390 (2006)
Television broadcast stations	NA	1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (1997)
Terrain	flat, low-lying coral atolls	rugged mountains
Total fertility rate	NA	1.34 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	60% (2000 est.)	3.8% (2004)

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