Compare Dominican Republic (2002) - Norfolk Island (2008)

Compare Dominican Republic (2002) z Norfolk Island (2008)

	Dominican Republic (2002)	Norfolk Island (2008)

Administrative divisions	29 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 district* (distrito); Azua, Baoruco, Barahona, Dajabon, Distrito Nacional*, Duarte, Elias Pina, El Seibo, Espaillat, Hato Mayor, Independencia, La Altagracia, La Romana, La Vega, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monsenor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, Puerto Plata, Salcedo, Samana, Sanchez Ramirez, San Cristobal, San Juan, San Pedro de Macoris, Santiago, Santiago Rodriguez, Valverde	none (territory of Australia)
Age structure	0-14 years: 33.7% (male 1,503,344; female 1,439,157) 15-64 years: 61.3% (male 2,720,308; female 2,621,539) 65 years and over: 5% (male 206,556; female 230,690) (2002 est.)	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	sugarcane, coffee, cotton, cocoa, tobacco, rice, beans, potatoes, corn, bananas; cattle, pigs, dairy products, beef, eggs	Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Airports	29 (2001)	1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 13 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1 (2002)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	total: 17 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 10 (2002)	-
Area	total: 48,730 sq km land: 48,380 sq km water: 350 sq km	total: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which in 1804 became Haiti. The remainder of the island, by then known as Santo Domingo, sought to gain its own independence in 1821, but was conquered and ruled by the Haitians for 22 years; it finally attained independence as the Dominican Republic in 1844. A legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of its subsequent history was brought to an end in 1966 when Joaquin BALAGUER became president. He maintained a tight grip on power for most of the next 30 years when international reaction to flawed elections forced him to curtail his term in 1996. Since then, regular competitive elections have been held in which opposition candidates have won the presidency. The Dominican economy has had one of the fastest growth rates in the hemisphere.	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	24.4 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)	NA
Budget	revenues: $2.9 billion expenditures: $3.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.1 billion (2001 est.)	revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million (FY99/00)
Capital	Santo Domingo	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 maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall	subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	1,288 km	32 km
Constitution	28 November 1966	Norfolk Island Act of 1979, as amended in 2005
Country name	conventional long form: Dominican Republic conventional short form: none local long form: Republica Dominicana local short form: none	conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island
Currency	Dominican peso (DOP)	-
Death rate	4.68 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)	NA
Debt - external	$5.4 billion (2001 est.)	$NA
Dependency status	-	self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department
Diplomatic representation from the US	chief of mission: Ambassador Hans H. HERTELL embassy: corner of Calle Cesar Nicolas Penson and Calle Leopoldo Navarro, Santo Domingo mailing address: Unit 5500, APO AA 34041-5500 telephone: [1] (809) 221-2171 FAX: [1] (809) 686-7437	none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US	chief of mission: Ambassador Hugo GUILIANI Cury chancery: 1715 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 332-6280 FAX: [1] (202) 265-8057 consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Jacksonville, Mayaguez (Puerto Rico), Miami, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico) consulate(s): Mobile and Ponce (Puerto Rico)	none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	$239.6 million (1995) (1995)	$NA
Economy - overview	The Dominican economy experienced dramatic growth over the last decade, even though the economy was hit hard by Hurricane Georges in 1998. Although the country has long been viewed primarily as an exporter of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, in recent years the service sector has overtaken agriculture as the economy's largest employer, due to growth in tourism and free trade zones. The country suffers from marked income inequality; the poorest half of the population receives less than one-fifth of GNP, while the richest 10% enjoy 40% of national income. A US $500 million foreign bond issue in September 2001 will contribute to increased public investment spending.	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	8,812.029 million kWh (2000)	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2000)	-
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2000)	-
Electricity - production	9.475 billion kWh (2000)	NA kWh
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: 87% hydro: 13% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2000)	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Lago Enriquillo -46 m highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Environment - current issues	water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation; Hurricane Georges damage	NA
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea	-
Ethnic groups	white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73%	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian
Exchange rates	Dominican pesos per US dollar - 17.310 (January 2002), 16.952 (2001), 16.415 (2000), 16.033 (1999), 15.267 (1998), 14.265 (1997)	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)
Executive branch	chief of state: President Rafael Hipolito MEJIA Dominguez (since 16 August 2000); Vice President Milagros ORTIZ-BOSCH (since 16 August 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Rafael Hipolito MEJIA Dominguez (since 16 August 2000); Vice President Milagros ORTIZ-BOSCH (since 16 August 2000); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the president elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 16 May 2000 (next to be held NA May 2004) election results: Raphael Hipolito MEJIA Dominguez elected president; percent of vote - Rafael Hipolito MEJIA Dominguez (PRD) 49.87%, Danilo MEDINA (PLD) 24.95%, Joaquin BALAGUER (PRSC) 24.6%	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	$5.5 billion f.o.b. (2001 est.)	$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)
Exports - commodities	ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods	postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Exports - partners	US 87.3%, Netherlands 1.1%, Canada 0.7%, France 0.7% (2000 est.)	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)
Fiscal year	calendar year	1 July - 30 June
Flag description	a centered white cross that extends to the edges divides the flag into four rectangles - the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue; a small coat of arms is at the center of the cross	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
GDP	purchasing power parity - $50 billion (2001 est.)	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 11% industry: 34% services: 55% (2000) (2000)	-
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $5,800 (2001 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	1.5% (2001 est.)	-
Geographic coordinates	19 00 N, 70 40 W	29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography - note	shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti (eastern two-thirds is the Dominican Republic, western one-third is Haiti)	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
Highways	total: 12,600 km paved: 6,224 km unpaved: 6,376 km (1996)	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 40% (1989) (1989)	-
Illicit drugs	transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor the Dominican Republic for illicit financial transactions	-
Imports	$8.7 billion f.o.b. (2001 est.)	$17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)
Imports - commodities	foodstuffs, petroleum, cotton and fabrics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals	NA
Imports - partners	US 60.5%, Japan 10.4%, Mexico 4.7%, Venezuela 3% (2000 est.)	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)
Independence	27 February 1844 (from Haiti)	none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate	2% (2001 est.)	-
Industries	tourism, sugar processing, ferronickel and gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco	tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete
Infant mortality rate	33.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	5% (2001 est.)	-
International organization participation	ACP, Caricom (observer), ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (subscriber), ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, OPCW (signatory), PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIK, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO	UPU
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	24 (2000)	-
Irrigated land	2,590 sq km (1998 est.)	NA
Judicial branch	Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are elected by a Council made up of members of the legislative and executive branches with the president presiding)	Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Labor force	2.3 million - 2.6 million	NA
Labor force - by occupation	services and government 59%, industry 24%, agriculture 17% (1998 est.)	agriculture: 10% industry and services: 90%
Land boundaries	total: 360 km border countries: Haiti 360 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 21.08% permanent crops: 9.92% other: 69% (1998 est.)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Languages	Spanish	English (official), Norfolk - a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
Legal system	based on French civil codes	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	bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate or Senado (30 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara de Diputados (149 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 16 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2006); Chamber of Deputies - last held 16 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2006) election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRD 24, PLD 3, PRSC 3; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - PRD 83, PLD 49, PRSC 17	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: 73.68 years male: 71.57 years female: 75.91 years (2002 est.)	total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 82.1% male: 82% female: 82.2% (1995 est.)	NA
Location	Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references	Central America and the Caribbean	Oceania
Maritime claims	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 6 NM	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine	total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,587 GRT/1,165 DWT ships by type: cargo 1 (2002 est.)	-
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of Australia
Military branches	Army, Navy, Air Force, National Police	-
Military expenditures - dollar figure	$180 million (FY98)	-
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.1% (FY98)	-
Military manpower - availability	males age 15-49: 2,323,088 (2002 est.)	-
Military manpower - fit for military service	males age 15-49: 1,455,887 (2002 est.)	-
Military manpower - military age	18 years of age (2002 est.)	-
Military manpower - reaching military age annually	males: 87,404 (2002 est.)	-
National holiday	Independence Day, 27 February (1844)	Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)
Nationality	noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Natural hazards	lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts	typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources	nickel, bauxite, gold, silver	fish
Net migration rate	-3.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)	NA
Pipelines	crude oil 96 km; petroleum products 8 km	-
Political parties and leaders	Dominican Liberation Party or PLD [Leonel FERNANDEZ Reyna]; Dominican Revolutionary Party or PRD [Hatuey DE CAMPS]; Social Christian Reformist Party or PRSC [Joaquin BALAGUER Ricardo]	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	Collective of Popular Organizations or COP	none
Population	8,721,594 (July 2002 est.)	2,114 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	25%	-
Population growth rate	1.61% (2002 est.)	0.006% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	Barahona, La Romana, Manzanillo, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)
Radios	1.44 million (1997)	-
Railways	total: 757 km standard gauge: 375 km 1.435-m gauge (Central Romana Railroad) narrow gauge: 142 km 0.762-m gauge (Dominican Republic Government Railway) miscellaneous gauge: 240 km operated by sugar companies in various gauges (0.558-m, 0.762-m, 1.067-m gauges) (2000 est.)	-
Religions	Roman Catholic 95%	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	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2002 est.)	NA
Suffrage	18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age note: members of the armed forces and police cannot vote	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: relatively efficient system based on islandwide microwave radio relay network international: 1 coaxial submarine cable; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)	general assessment: adequate domestic: free local calls international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia and New Zealand; satellite earth station
Telephones - main lines in use	709,000 (1997)	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular	130,149 (1997)	0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002)
Television broadcast stations	25 (1997)	1 (local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite) (2005)
Terrain	rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Total fertility rate	2.94 children born/woman (2002 est.)	NA
Unemployment rate	15% (2001 est.)	-
Waterways	none	-

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