Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006) - Norfolk Island (2007)

Compare Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006) z Norfolk Island (2007)

	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2006)	Norfolk Island (2007)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of Australia)	none (territory of Australia)
Age structure	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA (2006 est.)	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts	Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Airports	1 (2006)	1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
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: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC	about 0.2 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.	Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
Birth rate	NA	NA
Budget	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA	revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million (FY99/00)
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: Kingston geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours 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	subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	26 km	32 km
Constitution	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1955) as amended by the Territories Law Reform Act of 1992	Norfolk Island Act of 1979, as amended in 2005
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands	conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island
Death rate	NA deaths/1,000 population	NA
Debt - external	-	$NA
Dependency status	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services	self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Transport and Regional Services
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (territory of Australia)
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.	Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs.
Electricity - consumption	-	NA kWh
Electricity - production	-	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Environment - current issues	fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs	NA
Ethnic groups	Europeans, Cocos Malays	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001)	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002)
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: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003) cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia
Exports	$NA	$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)
Exports - commodities	copra	postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Exports - partners	Australia (2004)	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)
Fiscal year	1 July - 30 June	1 July - 30 June
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band
Geographic coordinates	12 30 S, 96 50 E	29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography - note	islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation	most of the 32 km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated
Imports	$NA	$17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)
Imports - commodities	foodstuffs	NA
Imports - partners	Australia (2004)	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)
Independence	none (territory of Australia)	none (territory of Australia)
Industries	copra products and tourism	tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	total: NA male: NA female: NA
International organization participation	none	UPU
Irrigated land	NA	NA
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court	Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Labor force	NA	NA
Labor force - by occupation	note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others	agriculture: 10% industry and services: 90%
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Languages	Malay (Cocos dialect), English	English (official), Norfolk - a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
Legal system	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws	based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law
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 Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: NA male: NA female: NA	total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Literacy	NA	NA
Location	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references	Southeast Asia	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force	defense is the responsibility of Australia
National holiday	Australia Day, 26 January (1788)	Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)
Nationality	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Natural hazards	cyclone season is October to April	typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources	fish	fish
Net migration rate	NA	NA
Political parties and leaders	none	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	none
Population	574 (July 2006 est.)	2,114 (July 2007 est.)
Population growth rate	0% (2006 est.)	0.006% (2007 est.)
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)
Religions	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)	Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.2%, none 18.1% (2001 census)
Sex ratio	-	NA
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: adequate domestic: free local calls international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite earth station
Telephones - main lines in use	287 (1992)	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular	note - analog cellular service available	0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002)
Television broadcast stations	NA	1 (local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite) (2005)
Terrain	flat, low-lying coral atolls	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Total fertility rate	NA	NA
Unemployment rate	60% (2000 est.)	-

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