Compare Isle of Man (2004) - Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2008)

Compare Isle of Man (2004) z Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2008)

	Isle of Man (2004)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2008)

Administrative divisions	none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections	none (territory of Australia)
Age structure	0-14 years: 17.4% (male 6,669; female 6,357) 15-64 years: 65.4% (male 24,527; female 24,302) 65 years and over: 17.1% (male 5,128; female 7,672) (2004 est.)	0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA
Agriculture - products	cereals, vegetables; cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry	vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Airports	1 (2003 est.)	1 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)
Area	total: 572 sq km land: 572 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 14 sq km land: 14 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island
Area - comparative	slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC	about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background	Part of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland, the isle came under the British crown in 1765. Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Gaelic language.	There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIE-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island.
Birth rate	11.28 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)	NA
Budget	revenues: $485 million expenditures: $463 million, including capital expenditures of NA (FY00/01 est.)	revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA
Capital	Douglas	name: West Island geographic coordinates: 12 10 S, 96 50 E time difference: UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Climate	temperate; cool summers and mild winters; overcast about one-third of the time	tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Coastline	160 km	26 km
Constitution	unwritten; note - The Isle of Man Constitution Act, 1961, does not embody the unwritten Manx Constitution	Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955 (23 November 1955) as amended by the Territories Law Reform Act of 1992
Country name	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Isle of Man	conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Currency	British pound (GBP); note - there is also a Manx pound	-
Death rate	11.35 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)	NA
Debt - external	NA	-
Dependency status	British crown dependency	non-self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (British crown dependency)	none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international	none	none
Economic aid - recipient	NA	$NA
Economy - overview	Offshore banking, manufacturing, and tourism are key sectors of the economy. The government's policy of offering incentives to high-technology companies and financial institutions to locate on the island has paid off in expanding employment opportunities in high-income industries. As a result, agriculture and fishing, once the mainstays of the economy, have declined in their shares of GDP. Trade is mostly with the UK. The Isle of Man enjoys free access to EU markets.	Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia. There is a small tourist industry.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Irish Sea 0 m highest point: Snaefell 621 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues	waste disposal (both household and industrial); transboundary air pollution	fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs
Ethnic groups	Manx (Norse-Celtic descent), Briton	Europeans, Cocos Malays
Exchange rates	Manx pounds per US dollar - 0.6125 (2003), 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000), 0.6180 (1999); the Manx pound is at par with the British pound	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)
Executive branch	chief of state: Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Lieutenant Governor Ian MACFADYEN (since 26 October 2002) head of government: Chief Minister Donald GELLING (since 14 December 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers elections: the monarch is hereditary; lieutenant governor appointed by the monarch for a five-year term; the Chief Minister is elected by the Tynwald; election last held 14 December 2004 (next to be held NA December 2010) election results: Donald GELLING elected chief minister by the Tynwald; note - Richard CORKILL resigned 2 December 2004	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator (nonresident) Neil LUCAS (since 30 January 2006) cabinet: NA elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia
Exports	NA	$NA
Exports - commodities	tweeds, herring, processed shellfish, beef, lamb	copra
Exports - partners	UK (2000)	Australia (2006)
Fiscal year	1 April - 31 March	1 July - 30 June
Flag description	red with the Three Legs of Man emblem (Trinacria), in the center; the three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee; in order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used	the flag of Australia is used
GDP	purchasing power parity - $1.6 billion (2001 est.)	-
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 1% industry: 13% services: 86% (2000 est.)	-
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2001 est.)	-
GDP - real growth rate	13.5%	-
Geographic coordinates	54 15 N, 4 30 W	12 30 S, 96 50 E
Geography - note	one small islet, the Calf of Man, lies to the southwest, and is a bird sanctuary	islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation
Highways	total: 800 km paved: 800 km unpaved: 0 km (1999)	-
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA	-
Imports	NA	$NA
Imports - commodities	timber, fertilizers, fish	foodstuffs
Imports - partners	UK (2000)	Australia (2006)
Independence	none (British crown dependency)	none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate	3.2% (FY96/97)	-
Industries	financial services, light manufacturing, tourism	copra products and tourism
Infant mortality rate	total: 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)	total: NA male: NA female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	3.6% (March 2003 est.)	-
International organization participation	UPU	none
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)	NA
Judicial branch	High Court of Justice (justices are appointed by the Lord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenant governor)	Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Labor force	36,610 (1998)	NA
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture, forestry and fishing 3%, manufacturing 11%, construction 10%, transport and communication 8%, wholesale and retail distribution 11%, professional and scientific services 18%, public administration 6%, banking and finance 18%, tourism 2%, entertainment and catering 3%, miscellaneous services 10%	note: the Cocos Islands Cooperative Society Ltd. employs construction workers, stevedores, and lighterage workers; tourism employs others
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 9% permanent crops: 0% other: 91% (permanent pastures, forests, mountain, and heathland) (2002)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Languages	English, Manx Gaelic	Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Legal system	English common law and Manx statute	based upon the laws of Australia and local laws
Legislative branch	bicameral Tynwald consists of the Legislative Council (an 11-member body composed of the President of Tynwald, the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, a nonvoting attorney general, and 8 others named by the House of Keys) and the House of Keys (24 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: House of Keys - last held 22 November 2001 (next to be held NA November 2006) election results: House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Man Labor Party 17.3%, Alliance for Progressive Government 14.6%; seats by party - Man Labor Party 2, Alliance for Progressive Government 3, independents 19	unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats) elections: held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held in May 2005 (next to be held in May 2007)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 78.16 years male: 74.8 years female: 81.7 years (2004 est.)	total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Literacy	definition: NA total population: NA male: NA female: NA	NA
Location	Western Europe, island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland	Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka
Map references	Europe	Southeast Asia
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine	total: 226 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,055,436 GRT/9,972,459 DWT by type: bulk 25, cargo 40, chemical tanker 25, combination bulk 2, container 19, liquefied gas 31, multi-functional large load carrier 1, petroleum tanker 59, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 17, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 5 foreign-owned: Australia 3, Cyprus 4, Denmark 30, Estonia 3, France 1, Germany 57, Greece 8, Hong Kong 11, Iceland 1, Italy 6, Monaco 4, Netherlands 2, New Zealand 1, Norway 10, Singapore 2, Sweden 3, United Kingdom 80, United States 1 registered in other countries: 9 (2004 est.)	-
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of the UK	defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory has a five-person police force
National holiday	Tynwald Day, 5 July	Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
Nationality	noun: Manxman (men), Manxwoman (women) adjective: Manx	noun: Cocos Islander(s) adjective: Cocos Islander
Natural hazards	NA	cyclone season is October to April
Natural resources	none	fish
Net migration rate	5.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)	NA
Political parties and leaders	Man Labor Party [leader NA]; Alliance for Progressive Government [leader NA]; Man Nationalist Party [leader NA] note: most members sit as independents	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	none
Population	74,655 (July 2004 est.)	596 (July 2007 est.)
Population below poverty line	NA	-
Population growth rate	0.53% (2004 est.)	0% (2007 est.)
Ports and harbors	Castletown, Douglas, Peel, Ramsey	-
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)	AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)
Railways	total: 61 km (35 km electrified) (2003)	-
Religions	Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends	Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.)	-
Suffrage	18 years of age; universal	NA
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: landline, telefax, mobile cellular telephone system international: fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, satellite earth station, submarine cable	general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system domestic: NA international: country code - 61; telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 INTELSAT satellite earth station (2001)
Telephones - main lines in use	51,000 (1999)	287 (1992)
Telephones - mobile cellular	NA	-
Television broadcast stations	0 (receives broadcasts from the UK and satellite) (1999)	NA
Terrain	hills in north and south bisected by central valley	flat, low-lying coral atolls
Total fertility rate	1.65 children born/woman (2004 est.)	NA
Unemployment rate	0.7% (March 2003)	60% (2000 est.)

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