Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2004) - Palau (2008)

Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2004) z Palau (2008)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2004)	Palau (2008)

Administrative divisions	-	16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatohobei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsorol
Age structure	-	0-14 years: 26% (male 2,796/female 2,633) 15-64 years: 69.2% (male 7,767/female 6,665) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 465/female 516) (2007 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; fish
Airports	-	3 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2007)
Area	total: 412 sq km land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 458 sq km land: 458 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC	slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.	After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986, but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year, when the islands gained independence.
Birth rate	-	17.7 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $72.07 million expenditures: $72.43 million (FY04/05 est.)
Capital	-	name: Melekeok geographic coordinates: 7 29 N, 134 38 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	antarctic	tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November
Coastline	101.9 km	1,519 km
Constitution	-	1 January 1981
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands	conventional long form: Republic of Palau conventional short form: Palau local long form: Beluu er a Belau local short form: Belau former: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau District
Death rate	-	6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Debt - external	-	$0 (FY99/00)
Dependency status	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage	-
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires Mark BEZNER embassy: Koror (no street address) mailing address: P. O. Box 6028, Republic of Palau 96940 telephone: [680] 488-2920, 2990 FAX: [680] 488-2911
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	chief of mission: Ambassador Hersey KYOTA chancery: 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006 telephone: [1] (202) 452-6814 FAX: [1] (202) 452-6281 consulate(s) general: Honolulu consulate(s): Tamuning (Guam)
Disputes - international	none	maritime delineation negotiations continue with Philippines, Indonesia
Economic aid - recipient	-	$23.46 million; note - the Compact of Free Association with the US, entered into after the end of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994, provides Palau with up to $700 million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing military facilities (2005)
Economy - overview	No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands.	The economy consists primarily of tourism, subsistence agriculture, and fishing. The government is the major employer of the work force, relying heavily on financial assistance from the US. Business and tourist arrivals numbered 63,000 in 2003. The population enjoys a per capita income roughly 50% higher than that of the Philippines and much of Micronesia. Long-run prospects for the key tourist sector have been greatly bolstered by the expansion of air travel in the Pacific, the rising prosperity of leading East Asian countries, and the willingness of foreigners to finance infrastructure development.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
Environment - current issues	NA	inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing
Environment - international agreements	-	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Ethnic groups	-	Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
Exchange rates	-	the US dollar is used
Executive branch	-	chief of state: President Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. (since 19 January 2001); Vice President Camsek CHIN (since 1 January 2005); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. (since 19 January 2001); Vice President Camsek CHIN (since 1 January 2005) cabinet: NA elections: president and vice president elected on separate tickets by popular vote for four-year terms (eligible for a second term); election last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008) election results: Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. reelected president; percent of vote - Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. 64%, Polycarp BASILIUS 33%; Elias Camsek CHIN elected vice president; percent of vote - Elias Camsek CHIN 70%, Sandra PIERANTOZZI 29%
Exports	-	$5.882 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities	-	shellfish, tuna, copra, garments
Exports - partners	-	US, Japan, Singapore (2006)
Fiscal year	-	1 October - 30 September
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon) shifted slightly to the hoist side
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: 6.2% industry: 12% services: 81.8% (2003)
GDP - real growth rate	-	5.5% (2005 est.)
Geographic coordinates	53 06 S, 72 31 E	7 30 N, 134 30 E
Geography - note	-	westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	-	$107.3 million f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities	-	machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
Imports - partners	-	US, Singapore, Japan, South Korea (2006)
Independence	-	1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction, garment making
Infant mortality rate	-	total: 14.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	2.7% (2005 est.)
International organization participation	-	ACP, ADB, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, IPU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)	NA
Judicial branch	-	Supreme Court; Court of Common Pleas; Land Court
Labor force	-	9,777 (2005)
Labor force - by occupation	-	agriculture: 20% industry: NA% services: NA% (1990)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)	arable land: 8.7% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 86.95% (2005)
Languages	-	Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
Legal system	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply	based on Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws
Legislative branch	-	bicameral National Congress or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) consists of the Senate (9 seats; members elected by popular vote on a population basis to serve four-year terms) and the House of Delegates (16 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008); House of Delegates - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held in November 2008) election results: Senate - percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 9; House of Delegates - percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 16
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: 70.71 years male: 67.54 years female: 74.06 years (2007 est.)
Literacy	-	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.)
Location	islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica	Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
Map references	Antarctic Region	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols	defense is the responsibility of the US; under a Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted access to the islands for 50 years, but no military forces are stationed there (2005)
Military branches	-	no regular military forces; Palau National Police (2008)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA
National holiday	-	Constitution Day, 9 July (1979)
Nationality	-	noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan
Natural hazards	Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island	typhoons (June to December)
Natural resources	fish	forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals
Net migration rate	-	1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Political parties and leaders	-	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	NA
Population	uninhabited (July 2004 est.)	20,842 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	-	1.233% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	none; offshore anchorage only	-
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Religions	-	Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
Sex ratio	-	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.062 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.165 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.901 male(s)/female total population: 1.124 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	-	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 680; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use	-	6,700 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	1,000 (2002)
Television broadcast stations	-	1 (cable) (2005)
Terrain	Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky	varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs
Total fertility rate	-	2.46 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate	-	4.2% (2005 est.)

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