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	Guernsey (2004)	Guernsey (2003)

Age structure	0-14 years: 15.6% (male 5,161; female 5,013) 15-64 years: 66.7% (male 21,497; female 21,897) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male 4,812; female 6,651) (2004 est.)	0-14 years: 15.8% (male 5,216; female 5,061) 15-64 years: 66.8% (male 21,433; female 21,835) 65 years and over: 17.4% (male 4,705; female 6,568) (2003 est.)
Airports	2 (2003 est.)	2 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002)
Birth rate	9.16 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)	9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Budget	revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)	revenues: $381.3 million expenditures: $368.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Death rate	9.87 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)	9.84 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Debt - external	NA	$NA
Economic aid - recipient	NA	$NA
Economy - overview	Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the environment under which Guernsey operates.	Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance, etc. - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny Channel Island economy. Tourism, manufacturing, and horticulture, mainly tomatoes and cut flowers, have been declining. Light tax and death duties make Guernsey a popular tax haven. The evolving economic integration of the EU nations is changing the rules of the game under which Guernsey operates.
Electricity - production by source	-	fossil fuel: 0% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0%
Ethnic groups	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries	UK and Norman-French descent
Executive branch	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) head of government: Chief Minister Laurie MORGAN (since 1 May 2004) cabinet: Policy Council elected by the States of Deliberation elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; chief minister is elected by States of Delibertion election results: Laurie MORGAN elected chief minister, percent of vote of the States of Deliberation NA	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000) and Bailiff de Vic Graham CAREY (since NA 1999) cabinet: Advisory and Finance Committee appointed by the Assembly of the States elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch
Exports	NA	$NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	NA	$NA
Industrial production growth rate	NA	NA%
Infant mortality rate	total: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)	total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	4% (2000 est.)	3.99% (2000 est.)
International organization participation	UPU	none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	-	NA
Labor force	31,320 (2000)	31,322 (2000)
Land use	arable land: NA permanent crops: NA other: NA (2001)	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%
Legislative branch	unicameral States of Deliberation (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote for 4 years); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments elections: last held 21 April 2004 (next to be held NA 2008) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats - all independents	unicameral Assembly of the States; consists of the bailiff, 10 Douzaine (parish council) representatives, 45 people's deputies elected by popular vote, 2 representatives from Alderney, Her Majesty's Procureur (Attorney General), Her Majesty's Comptroller (Solicitor General) and Her Majesty's Greffier (Court Recorder and Registrar General); note - Alderney and Sark have their own parliaments elections: last held 12 April 2000 (next to be held NA 2004) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - all independents
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 80.17 years male: 77.17 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)	total population: 80.04 years male: 77.04 years female: 83.14 years (2003 est.)
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Merchant marine	none	none (2002 est.)
Net migration rate	3.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)	3.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Population	65,031 (July 2004 est.)	64,818 (July 2003 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA	NA%
Population growth rate	0.31% (2004 est.)	0.34% (2003 est.)
Railways	-	5 km
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2004 est.)	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use	55,000 (2001)	44,000 (1996)
Telephones - mobile cellular	31,500 (2001)	12,000 (1997)
Total fertility rate	1.38 children born/woman (2004 est.)	1.37 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Waterways	-	none

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