Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2007) - Tokelau (2005)

Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2007) z Tokelau (2005)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2007)	Tokelau (2005)

Administrative divisions	-	none (territory of New Zealand)
Age structure	-	0-14 years: 42% 15-64 years: 53% 65 years and over: 5% (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats
Airports	-	none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2004 est.)
Area	total: 412 sq km land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 10 sq km land: 10 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC	about 17 times the size of The Mall in 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.	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	-	NA
Budget	-	revenues: $430,800 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)
Capital	-	none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Climate	antarctic	tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Coastline	101.9 km	101 km
Constitution	-	administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948; amended in 1970
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands abbreviation: HIMI	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Tokelau
Death rate	-	NA
Debt - external	-	$0
Dependency status	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage	self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution and developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (territory of New Zealand)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	-	from New Zealand about $4 million annually
Economy - overview	The islands have no indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing in the surrounding waters.	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
Electricity - production	-	NA kWh
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: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues	NA	very limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand
Ethnic groups	-	Polynesian
Exchange rates	-	New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000)
Executive branch	-	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General of New Zealand Dame Silvia CARTWRIGHT (since 4 April 2001); New Zealand is represented by Administrator Neil WALTER (since 1 March 2003) head of government: Pio TUIA (since February 2005); 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	-	$98,000 f.o.b. (1983)
Exports - commodities	-	stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners	-	New Zealand (2000)
Fiscal year	-	1 April - 31 March
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	the flag of New Zealand is used
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $1,000 (1993 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	NA
Geographic coordinates	53 06 S, 72 31 E	9 00 S, 172 00 W
Geography - note	-	consists of three atolls, each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over three meters above sea level
Highways	-	total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Imports	-	$323,000 c.i.f. (1983)
Imports - commodities	-	foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Imports - partners	-	New Zealand (2000)
Independence	-	none (territory of New Zealand)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA%
Industries	-	small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Infant mortality rate	-	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	NA%
International organization participation	-	UNESCO (associate), UPU
Irrigated land	0 sq km	NA sq km
Judicial branch	-	Supreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminal jurisdiction in Tokelau
Labor force	-	NA
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)
Languages	-	Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Legal system	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply	New Zealand and local statutes
Legislative branch	-	unicameral General Fono (21 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Nukunonu has 6 seats, Fakaofo has 7 seats, Atafu has 8 seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held January 2002 (next to be held January 2005)
Life expectancy at birth	-	total population: NA male: -9 years female: -9 years (2005 est.)
Literacy	-	NA
Location	islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica	Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Map references	Antarctic Region	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols	defense is the responsibility of New Zealand
National holiday	-	Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
Nationality	-	noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan
Natural hazards	Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island	lies in Pacific typhoon belt
Natural resources	fish	NEGL
Net migration rate	-	NA
Political parties and leaders	-	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	none
Population	uninhabited	1,405 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA
Population growth rate	-	-0.01% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	none; offshore anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations	-	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA note: 1 radio station provides service to all islands (2002)
Religions	-	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	-	NA
Suffrage	-	21 years of age; universal
Telephone system	-	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, established in 1997
Telephones - main lines in use	-	300 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	-	0 (2001)
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	low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Total fertility rate	-	NA
Unemployment rate	-	NA%

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