| Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2005) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2008) | |
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| Country name | conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands 
 conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands  | 
				conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands 
 conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands abbreviation: HIMI  | 
				
| Dependency status | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | 
| Economy - overview | No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands. | The islands have no indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing in the surrounding waters. | 
| Land use | arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)  | 
				
| Population | uninhabited (July 2005 est.) | uninhabited | 
| Ports and harbors | none; offshore anchorage only | - |