| Norfolk Island (2001) | Norfolk Island (2003) | |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 
 NA% 15-64 years: NA% 65 years and over: NA%  | 
				0-14 years: 20.2% 
 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Airports | 1 (2000 est.) | 1 (2002) | 
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 
 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.)  | 
				total: 1 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)  | 
				
| Area | total: 
 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km  | 
				total: 34.6 sq km 
 land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km  | 
				
| Birth rate | NA births/1,000 population | NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Budget | revenues: 
 $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92/93)  | 
				revenues: $4.6 million 
 expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 92/93)  | 
				
| Country name | conventional long form: 
 Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island  | 
				conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island 
 conventional short form: Norfolk Island  | 
				
| Death rate | NA deaths/1,000 population | NA deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Electricity - production by source | fossil fuel: 
 NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%  | 
				fossil fuel: 0% 
 hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2002)  | 
				
| Elevation extremes | lowest point: 
 Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m  | 
				lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m 
 highest point: Mount Bates 319 m  | 
				
| Exchange rates | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.7995 (January 2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998), 1.3439 (1997), 1.2773 (1996) | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.8406 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998) | 
| Executive branch | chief of state: 
 Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Anthony J. MESSNER (since 4 August 1997) head of government: Assembly President and Chief Minister Ronald Coane NOBBS (since 23 February 2000) cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the Administrator elections: the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia; chief minister elected by the Legislative Assembly for a term of not more than three years; election last held 23 February 2000 (next to be held by March 2003) election results: Ronald Coane NOBBS elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - NA%  | 
				chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Anthony J. MESSNER (since 4 August 1997) 
 head of government: Assembly President and Chief Minister Geoffrey Robert GARDNER (since 5 December 2001) cabinet: Executive Council is made up of four of the nine members of the Legislative Assembly; the council devises government policy and acts as an advisor to the administrator elections: the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia; chief minister elected by the Legislative Assembly for a term of not more than three years; election last held 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004) election results: Geoffrey Robert GARDNER elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - NA%  | 
				
| Exports | $1.5 million (f.o.b., FY91/92) | $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY 91/92) | 
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: 
 NA% industry: NA% services: NA%  | 
				agriculture: NA% 
 industry: NA% services: NA%  | 
				
| Geography - note | - | most of the 32-km coastline consists of almost inaccessible cliffs, but the land slopes down to the sea in one small southern area on Sydney Bay, where the capital of Kingston is situated | 
| Highways | total: 
 80 km paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2001)  | 
				total: 80 km 
 paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2001)  | 
				
| Household income or consumption by percentage share | lowest 10%: 
 NA% highest 10%: NA%  | 
				lowest 10%: NA% 
 highest 10%: NA%  | 
				
| Imports | $17.9 million (c.i.f., FY91/92) | $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY 91/92) | 
| Infant mortality rate | NA deaths/1,000 live births | total: NA% 
 male: NA% female: NA%  | 
				
| Labor force | 1,395 (1991 est.) | NA | 
| Land use | arable land: 
 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 25% forests and woodland: 0% other: 75% (1993 est.)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Legislative branch | unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-year terms)
 elections: last held 23 February 2000 (next to be held by March 2003) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9  | 
				unicameral Legislative Assembly (9 seats; members elected by electors who have nine equal votes each but only four votes can be given to any one candidate; members serve three-year terms) 
 elections: last held 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9  | 
				
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 
 NA years male: NA years female: NA years  | 
				total population: NA years 
 male: NA years female: NA years (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Literacy | - | NA | 
| Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone: 
 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM  | 
				exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				
| Merchant marine | none (2000 est.) | none (2002 est.) | 
| Nationality | noun: 
 Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)  | 
				noun: Norfolk Islander(s) 
 adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)  | 
				
| Net migration rate | NA migrant(s)/1,000 population | NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Population | 1,879 (July 2001 est.) | 1,853 (July 2003 est.) | 
| Population growth rate | -0.71% (2001 est.) | 0.01% (2003 est.) | 
| Radios | 2,500 (1996) | - | 
| Religions | Anglican 39%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 16.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 4.4%, none 9.2%, unknown 16.9%, other 2.4% (1986) | Anglican 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9% (1996) | 
| Sex ratio | - | NA (2003 est.) | 
| Telephone system | general assessment: 
 adequate domestic: NA international: radiotelephone service with Sydney (Australia)  | 
				general assessment: adequate 
 domestic: NA international: radiotelephone service with Sydney (Australia)  | 
				
| Total fertility rate | NA children born/woman | NA children born/woman (2003 est.) |