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 Niue (2001)Cocos (Keeling) Islands (2004)
 NiueCocos (Keeling) Islands
Administrative divisions none; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 14 villages each with its own village council whose members are elected and serve three-year terms none (territory of Australia)
Age structure 0-14 years:
NA%

15-64 years:
NA%

65 years and over:
NA%		 0-14 years: NA


15-64 years: NA


65 years and over: NA (2004 est.)
Agriculture - products coconuts, passion fruit, honey, limes, taro, yams, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, poultry, beef cattle vegetables, bananas, pawpaws, coconuts
Airports 1 (2000 est.) 1 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)		 total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area total:
260 sq km

land:
260 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 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Background Niue's remoteness, as well as cultural and linguistic differences between its Polynesian inhabitants and those of the rest of the Cook Islands, have caused it to be separately administered. The population of the island continues to drop (from a peak of 5,200 in 1966 to 2,100 in 2000) with substantial emigration to New Zealand. There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. Annexed by the UK in 1857, they 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 NA births/1,000 population NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Budget revenues:
$NA

expenditures:
$NA, including capital expenditures of $NA		 revenues: NA


expenditures: NA, including capital expenditures of NA
Capital Alofi West Island
Climate tropical; modified by southeast trade winds tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Coastline 64 km 26 km
Constitution 19 October 1974 (Niue Constitution Act) Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Niue

former:
Savage Island		 conventional long form: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands


conventional short form: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Currency New Zealand dollar (NZD) Australian dollar (AUD)
Death rate NA deaths/1,000 population NA deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Debt - external $NA NA
Dependency status self-governing in free association with New Zealand; Niue fully responsible for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility for external affairs territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services
Diplomatic representation from the US none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (self-governing territory in free association with New Zealand) none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient $8.3 million (1995) NA
Economy - overview Government expenditures regularly exceed revenues, and the shortfall is made up by critically needed grants from New Zealand that are used to pay wages to public employees. Niue has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. The agricultural sector consists mainly of subsistence gardening, although some cash crops are grown for export. Industry consists primarily of small factories to process passion fruit, lime oil, honey, and coconut cream. The sale of postage stamps to foreign collectors is an important source of revenue. The island in recent years has suffered a serious loss of population because of migration of Niueans to New Zealand. Efforts to increase GDP include the promotion of tourism and a financial services industry. 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.
Electricity - consumption 2.8 million kWh (1999) NA kWh
Electricity - exports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - imports 0 kWh (1999) -
Electricity - production 3 million kWh (1999) NA kWh
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
100%

hydro:
0%

nuclear:
0%

other:
0% (1999)		 -
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Pacific Ocean 0 m

highest point:
unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m		 lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m


highest point: unnamed location 5 m
Environment - current issues increasing attention to conservationist practices to counter loss of soil fertility from traditional slash and burn agriculture fresh water resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs
Environment - international agreements party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification

signed, but not ratified:
Law of the Sea		 -
Ethnic groups Polynesian (with some 200 Europeans, Samoans, and Tongans) Europeans, Cocos Malays
Exchange rates New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.2502 (January 2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8629 (1998), 1.5082 (1997), 1.4543 (1996) Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.5419 (2003), 1.9354 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999)
Executive branch chief of state:
Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by New Zealand High Commissioner John BRYAN (since NA May 2000)

head of government:
Premier Sani LAKATANI (since 1 April 1999)

cabinet:
Cabinet consists of the premier and three ministers

elections:
the monarch is hereditary; premier elected by the Legislative Assembly for a three-year term; election last held 19 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2002)

election results:
Sani LAKATANI elected premier; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - NA%		 chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by the Australian governor general


head of government: Administrator (nonresident) Evan WILLIAMS (since 1 November 2003)


cabinet: NA


elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia
Exports $117,500 (f.o.b., 1989) NA
Exports - commodities canned coconut cream, copra, honey, passion fruit products, pawpaws, root crops, limes, footballs, stamps, handicrafts copra
Exports - partners NZ 89%, Fiji, Cook Islands, Australia Australia
Fiscal year 1 April - 31 March 1 July - 30 June
Flag description yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross the flag of Australia is used
GDP purchasing power parity - $4.5 million (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:
NA%

industry:
NA%

services:
NA%		 agriculture: NA


industry: NA


services: NA (2001 est.)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $2,800 (1997 est.) purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - real growth rate NA% NA
Geographic coordinates 19 02 S, 169 52 W 12 30 S, 96 50 E
Geography - note one of world's largest coral islands islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation
Highways total:
234 km

paved:
86 km

unpaved:
148 km (106 km of which is access and plantation road) (2001)		 total: 15 km


paved: NA km


unpaved: NA km (2003)
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%		 lowest 10%: NA


highest 10%: NA
Imports $4.1 million (c.i.f., 1989) NA
Imports - commodities food, live animals, manufactured goods, machinery, fuels, lubricants, chemicals, drugs foodstuffs
Imports - partners NZ 59%, Fiji 20%, Japan 13%, Samoa, Australia, US Australia
Independence on 19 October 1974, Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate NA% NA
Industries tourism, handicrafts, food processing copra products and tourism
Infant mortality rate NA deaths/1,000 live births total: NA


male: NA


female: NA (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 1% (1995) NA
International organization participation ACP, ESCAP (associate), FAO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Sparteca, SPC, SPF, UNESCO, WHO, WMO none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 1 (2000) -
Irrigated land NA sq km NA sq km
Judicial branch Supreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court
Labor force 450 (1992 est.) NA
Labor force - by occupation most work on family plantations; paid work exists only in government service, small industry, and the Niue Development Board 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:
19%

permanent crops:
8%

permanent pastures:
4%

forests and woodland:
19%

other:
50% (1993 est.)		 arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)
Languages Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan, English Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Legal system English common law based upon the laws of Australia and local laws
Legislative branch unicameral Legislative Assembly (20 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; six elected from a common roll and 14 are village representatives)

elections:
last held 19 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2002)

election results:
percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - NPP 9, independents 11		 unicameral Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council (7 seats)


elections: held every two years with half the members standing for election; last held NA
Life expectancy at birth total population:
NA years

male:
NA years

female:
NA years		 total population: NA years


male: NA years


female: NA years (2004 est.)
Literacy definition:
NA

total population:
95%

male:
NA%

female:
NA%		 -
Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka
Map references Oceania Southeast Asia
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone:
200 NM

territorial sea:
12 NM		 territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) -
Military - note defense is the responsibility of New Zealand defense is the responsibility of Australia; the territory does have a five-person police force
Military branches Police Force -
National holiday Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840) Australia Day, 26 January (1788)
Nationality noun:
Niuean(s)

adjective:
Niuean		 noun: Cocos Islander(s)


adjective: Cocos Islander
Natural hazards typhoons cyclone season is October to April
Natural resources fish, arable land fish
Net migration rate NA migrant(s)/1,000 population NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Political parties and leaders Niue People's Action Party or NPP [Sani LAKATANI] none
Political pressure groups and leaders NA none
Population 2,124 (July 2001 est.) 629 (July 2004 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% NA
Population growth rate 0.5% (2001 est.) 0.002% (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only none; lagoon anchorage only
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0 (2004)
Radios 1,000 (1997) -
Railways 0 km -
Religions Ekalesia Niue (Niuean Church - a Protestant church closely related to the London Missionary Society) 75%, Latter-Day Saints 10%, other 15% (mostly Roman Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventist) Sunni Muslim 80%, other 20% (2002 est.)
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal NA
Telephone system general assessment:
primitive system

domestic:
single-line telephone system connects all villages on island

international:
NA		 general assessment: connected within Australia's telecommunication system


domestic: NA


international: country code - 61-891; telephone, telex, and facsimile communications with Australia and elsewhere via satellite; 1 satellite earth station of NA type (2002)
Telephones - main lines in use 376 (1991) 287 (1992)
Telephones - mobile cellular 0 (1991) note - analog cellular service available
Television broadcast stations 1 (1997) NA
Terrain steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau flat, low-lying coral atolls
Total fertility rate NA children born/woman NA children born/woman (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate NA% 60% (2000 est.)
Waterways none -
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