Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006) - Martinique (2006)

Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006) z Martinique (2006)

	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006)	Martinique (2006)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas department of France)
Age structure	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA (2006 est.)	0-14 years: 22.1% (male 48,988/female 47,525) 15-64 years: 67.3% (male 147,082/female 146,470) 65 years and over: 10.6% (male 20,791/female 25,275) (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products	vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts	pineapples, avocados, bananas, flowers, vegetables, sugarcane
Airports	1 (2006)	2 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)	total: 1 over 3,047 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006)
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: 1,100 sq km land: 1,060 sq km water: 40 sq km
Area - comparative	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC	slightly more than six 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 French began to settle this island in 1635, overcoming resistance from the local Carib inhabitants. In 1660, the suviving natives were rounded up and permanently expelled. The island has subsequently remained a French possession except for three brief periods of foreign occupation.
Birth rate	NA	13.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Budget	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA	revenues: $317.5 million expenditures: $317.5 million; including capital expenditures of $140 million (1996)
Capital	name: West Island geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 55 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)	name: Fort-de-France geographic coordinates: 14 36 N, 61 05 W time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year	tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid
Coastline	26 km	350 km
Constitution	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1955) as amended by the Territories Law Reform Act of 1992	4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands	conventional long form: Department of Martinique conventional short form: Martinique local long form: Departement de la Martinique local short form: Martinique
Death rate	NA deaths/1,000 population	6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Debt - external	-	$180 million (1994)
Dependency status	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services	overseas department of France
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas department of France)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas department of France)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	$NA; note - substantial annual aid from France (1998)
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 economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry. Agriculture accounts for about 6% of GDP and the small industrial sector for 11%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism, which employs more than 11,000 people, has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange.
Electricity - consumption	-	1.12 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity - exports	-	0 kWh (2003)
Electricity - imports	-	0 kWh (2003)
Electricity - production	-	1.205 billion kWh (2003)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m	lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Montagne Pelee 1,397 m
Environment - current issues	fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs	NA
Ethnic groups	Europeans, Cocos Malays	African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian and Chinese less than 5%
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001)	euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001)
Executive branch	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	chief of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995); Prefect Yves DASSONVILLE (since 14 January 2004); note - took office 8 February 2004 head of government: President of the General Council Claude LISE (since 22 March 1992); President of the Regional Council Alfred MARIE-JEANNE (since NA March 1998) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils for six-year terms
Exports	$NA	NA bbl/day
Exports - commodities	copra	refined petroleum products, bananas, rum, pineapples
Exports - partners	Australia (2004)	France 45%, Guadeloupe 28% (2004)
Fiscal year	1 July - 30 June	calendar year
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	unofficial flag, derives from the civil ensign flown by French merchant ships and dates to 1766; a blue field quartered by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white, coiled snake representing the venomous Fer-de-lance; the flag of France is used for official occasions
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 6% industry: 11% services: 83% (1997 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	NA%
Geographic coordinates	12 30 S, 96 50 E	14 40 N, 61 00 W
Geography - note	islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation	the island is dominated by Mount Pelee, which on 8 May 1902 erupted and completely destroyed the city of Saint Pierre, killing 30,000 inhabitants
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Illicit drugs	-	transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for the US and Europe
Imports	$NA	NA bbl/day
Imports - commodities	foodstuffs	petroleum products, crude oil, foodstuffs, construction materials, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods
Imports - partners	Australia (2004)	France 62%, Venezuela 6%, Germany 4%, Italy 4%, US 3% (2004)
Independence	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas department of France)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	copra products and tourism	construction, rum, cement, oil refining, sugar, tourism
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	total: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	NA
International organization participation	none	UPU, WCL, WFTU
Irrigated land	NA	70 sq km (2003)
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court	Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
Labor force	NA	165,900 (1998)
Labor force - by occupation	note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others	agriculture: 10% industry: 17% services: 73% (1997)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 9.09% permanent crops: 10% other: 80.91% (2005)
Languages	Malay (Cocos dialect), English	French, Creole patois
Legal system	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws	French legal system
Legislative branch	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)	unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) elections: General Council - last held March 2000 (next to be held in 2006); Regional Council - last held on 28 March 2004 (next to be held by March 2010) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - left-wing candidates 13, PPM 11, RPR 6, right-wing candidates 5, PCM 3, UDF 3, PMS 2, independents 2; note - the PPM won a plurality; Regional Council (second round) - percent of vote by party - MIM 53.8%, PPM 30.6%; seats by party - MIM 28, PPM 9, other 4 note: Martinique elects 2 seats to the French Senate; elections last held September 2004 (next to be held September 2008); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PPM 1, left-wing candidate 1; Martinique also elects 4 seats to the French National Assembly; elections last held, first round - 9 June 2002, second round - 16 June 2002 (next to be held not later than June 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP-RPR 1, PMS 1, MIM 1, left-wing candidate 1 (candidacy of the left-wing candidate was found invalid by the Constitutional Council; new elections will be called)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: NA male: NA female: NA	total population: 79.18 years male: 79.5 years female: 78.85 years (2006 est.)
Literacy	NA	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 97.4% female: 98.1% (2003 est.)
Location	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Map references	Southeast Asia	Central America and the Caribbean
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force	defense is the responsibility of France
Military branches	-	no regular military forces; Gendarmerie
National holiday	Australia Day, 26 January (1788)	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Nationality	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander	noun: Martiniquais (singular and plural) adjective: Martiniquais
Natural hazards	cyclone season is October to April	hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years)
Natural resources	fish	coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land
Net migration rate	NA	-0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none	Martinique Communist Party or PCM [Georges ERICHOT]; Martinique Independence Movement or MIM [Alfred MARIE-JEANNE]; Martinique Progressive Party or PPM [Pierre SUEDILE]; Martinique Socialist Party or PMS [Ernest WAN-AJOUHU]; Movement of Democrats and Ecologists for a Sovereign Martinique or Modemas [Garcin MALSA]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Michel CHARLONE]; Socialist Revolution Group or GRS [Philippe PIERRE-CHARLES]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Jean MAREN]
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance or ARC; Central Union for Martinique Workers or CSTM [Marc PULVAR]; Frantz Fanon Circle; League of Workers and Peasants; Proletarian Action Group or GAP
Population	574 (July 2006 est.)	436,131 (July 2006 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	0% (2006 est.)	0.72% (2006 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)	AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 (1998)
Religions	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)	Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997)
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Suffrage	NA	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	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	general assessment: domestic facilities are adequate domestic: NA international: country code - 596; microwave radio relay to Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Saint Lucia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use	287 (1992)	172,000 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular	note - analog cellular service available	319,900 (2002)
Television broadcast stations	NA	11 (plus nine repeaters) (1997)
Terrain	flat, low-lying coral atolls	mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano
Total fertility rate	NA	1.79 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate	60% (2000 est.)	27.2% (1998)

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