| Norfolk Island (2003) | Norfolk Island (2005) | |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 20.2% 
 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2003 est.)  | 
				0-14 years: 20.2% 
 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2005 est.)  | 
				
| Airports | 1 (2002) | 1 (2004 est.) | 
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 1 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)  | 
				total: 1 
 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)  | 
				
| Birth rate | NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.) | NA | 
| Budget | revenues: $4.6 million 
 expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 92/93)  | 
				revenues: $20 million 
 expenditures: $20 million, including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)  | 
				
| Climate | subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation | subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation | 
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | - | 
| Death rate | NA deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) | NA | 
| Debt - external | $NA | NA | 
| Economic aid - recipient | $NA | NA | 
| Electricity - production by source | fossil fuel: 0% 
 hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2002)  | 
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| Exchange rates | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.8406 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998) | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000) | 
| 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 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%  | 
				chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003) 
 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 20 Ocotber 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: Geoffrey Robert GARDNER elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - 17.2%  | 
				
| Exports | $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY 91/92) | $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY99/00) | 
| GDP | purchasing power parity - $NA | - | 
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: NA% 
 industry: NA% services: NA%  | 
				agriculture: NA 
 industry: NA services: NA  | 
				
| GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - $NA | purchasing power parity - NA | 
| GDP - real growth rate | NA% | NA | 
| 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. (FY 91/92) | $17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92) | 
| Industrial production growth rate | NA% | NA | 
| Industries | tourism | tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete | 
| Infant mortality rate | total: NA% 
 male: NA% female: NA%  | 
				total: NA 
 male: NA female: NA  | 
				
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | NA% | NA | 
| International organization participation | none | UPU | 
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | 2 (2000) | - | 
| Irrigated land | NA sq km | NA | 
| Labor force | NA | 1,345 | 
| Labor force - by occupation | tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA% | tourism 90%, subsistence agriculture 10% | 
| Land use | arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)  | 
				
| 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 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004) 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 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties)  | 
				
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: NA years 
 male: NA years female: NA years (2003 est.)  | 
				total population: NA 
 male: NA female: NA  | 
				
| Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				territorial sea: 12 nm 
 exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm  | 
				
| Merchant marine | none (2002 est.) | - | 
| National holiday | Pitcairners Arrival Day, 8 June (1856) | Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856) | 
| Net migration rate | NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) | NA | 
| Population | 1,853 (July 2003 est.) | 1,828 (July 2005 est.) | 
| Population below poverty line | NA% | NA | 
| Population growth rate | 0.01% (2003 est.) | -0.01% (2005 est.) | 
| Radio broadcast stations | AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998) | AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005) | 
| Railways | 0 km | - | 
| Religions | 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) | Anglican 34.9%, Roman Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church in Australia 11.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 2.8%, Australian Christian 2.4%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 2.7%, unspecified 15.3%, none 18.1% (2001 census) | 
| Sex ratio | NA (2003 est.) | NA | 
| Telephone system | general assessment: adequate 
 domestic: NA international: radiotelephone service with Sydney (Australia)  | 
				general assessment: adequate 
 domestic: free local calls international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite earth station  | 
				
| Telephones - main lines in use | 1,087 (1983) | 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) | 
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 0 (1983) | 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) | 
| Television broadcast stations | 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998) | 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005) | 
| Total fertility rate | NA children born/woman (2003 est.) | NA | 
| Unemployment rate | NA% | 0% | 
| Waterways | none | - |