Compare Guernsey (2005) - Tokelau (2007)

Compare Guernsey (2005) z Tokelau (2007)

	Guernsey (2005)	Tokelau (2007)

Administrative divisions	none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson, Vale, Castel, Saint Saviour, Saint Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, Saint Martin, Saint Andrew	none (territory of New Zealand)
Age structure	0-14 years: 15.4% (male 5,084/female 4,937) 15-64 years: 66.9% (male 21,611/female 22,002) 65 years and over: 17.8% (male 4,882/female 6,712) (2005 est.)	0-14 years: 42% 15-64 years: 53% 65 years and over: 5%
Agriculture - products	tomatoes, greenhouse flowers, sweet peppers, eggplant, fruit; Guernsey cattle	coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats; fish
Airports	2 (2004 est.)	-
Airports - with paved runways	total: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)	-
Area	total: 78 sq km land: 78 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and some other smaller islands	total: 10 sq km land: 10 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about one-half the size of Washington, DC	about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background	The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.	Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Birth rate	9.01 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)	NA
Budget	revenues: $539.2 million expenditures: $448.3 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2002 est.)	revenues: $430,800 expenditures: $2.8 million (1987 est.)
Capital	Saint Peter Port	none; each atoll has its own administrative center time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	temperate with mild winters and cool summers; about 50% of days are overcast	tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Coastline	50 km	101 km
Constitution	unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice	administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948; amended in 1970
Country name	conventional long form: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Guernsey	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tokelau
Death rate	9.95 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)	NA
Debt - external	$NA	-
Dependency status	British crown dependency	self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self governance in October 2007 did not produce the two-thirds majority vote necessary for changing the political status
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Disputes - international	none	Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island (Olohega) in its 2006 draft constitution
Economic aid - recipient	NA	NA
Economy - overview	Financial services - banking, fund management, insurance - account for about 55% of total income in this tiny, prosperous 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.	Tokelau's small size (three villages), isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The people rely heavily on aid from New Zealand - about $4 million annually - to maintain public services with annual aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts. Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
Electricity - consumption	NA kWh	NA kWh
Electricity - exports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - imports	0 kWh (2002)	-
Electricity - production	NA kWh	NA kWh
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Sark 114 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues	NA	limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
Ethnic groups	UK and Norman-French descent with small percentages from other European countries	Polynesian
Exchange rates	Guernsey pounds per US dollar - 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000) note: the Guernsey pound is at par with the British pound	New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002)
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); represented by Governor General of New Zealand Anand SATYANAND (since 23 August 2006); New Zealand is represented by Administrator David PAYTON (since 17 October 2006) head of government: Kolouei O'BRIEN (2006); note - position rotates annually among the three Faipule (village leaders) cabinet: the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau, consisting of three Faipule (village leaders) and three Pulenuku (village mayors), functions as a cabinet elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves a one-year term
Exports	$NA	$0 f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities	tomatoes, flowers and ferns, sweet peppers, eggplant, other vegetables	stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners	UK (regarded as internal trade)	New Zealand (2006)
Fiscal year	calendar year	1 April - 31 March
Flag description	white with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) extending to the edges of the flag and a yellow equal-armed cross of William the Conqueror superimposed on the Saint George cross	the flag of New Zealand is used
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 3% industry: 10% services: 87% (2000)	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $40,000 (2003 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	3% (2003 est.)	NA%
Geographic coordinates	49 28 N, 2 35 W	9 00 S, 172 00 W
Geography - note	large, deepwater harbor at Saint Peter Port	consists of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level
Highways	total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	-
Imports	$NA	$969,200 c.i.f. (2002)
Imports - commodities	coal, gasoline, oil, machinery and equipment	foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Imports - partners	UK (regarded as internal trade)	New Zealand (2006)
Independence	none (British crown dependency)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Industrial production growth rate	NA%	-
Industries	tourism, banking	small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Infant mortality rate	total: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	4.9% (2004 est.)	NA%
International organization participation	UPU	PIF (observer), SPC, UNESCO (associate), UPU
Irrigated land	NA sq km	NA
Judicial branch	Royal Court	Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau
Labor force	32,290 (2001)	440 (2001)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% other: NA%	arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Languages	English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country districts	Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Legal system	English law and local statutes; justice is administered by the Royal Court	New Zealand and local statutes
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 General Fono (21 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Nukunonu has six seats, Fakaofo has seven seats, Atafu has eight seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held January 2005 (next to be held January 2008)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 80.3 years male: 77.3 years female: 83.41 years (2005 est.)	total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%	NA
Location	Western Europe, islands in the English Channel, northwest of France	Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Map references	Europe	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK	defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
National holiday	Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)	Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Nationality	noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander	noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan
Natural hazards	NA	lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Natural resources	cropland	NEGL
Net migration rate	3.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)	NA
Political parties and leaders	none; all independents	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	none
Population	65,228 (July 2005 est.)	1,449 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA%	NA%
Population growth rate	0.29% (2005 est.)	-0.018% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	Saint Peter Port, Saint Sampson	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (one radio station provides service to all islands) (2002)
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist	Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2% note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
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: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2005 est.)	NA
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	21 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: 1 submarine cable	general assessment: modern satellite-based communications system domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: country code - 690; radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with 3 satellite earth stations
Telephones - main lines in use	55,000 (2001)	300 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	31,500 (2001)	-
Television broadcast stations	1 (1997)	-
Terrain	mostly level with low hills in southwest	low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Total fertility rate	1.38 children born/woman (2005 est.)	NA
Unemployment rate	0.5% (1999 est.)	NA%

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