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Compare Norfolk Island (2005) - Guadeloupe (2001)
Compare Norfolk Island (2005) z Guadeloupe (2001)
| Norfolk Island (2005) | Guadeloupe (2001) | |
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| Administrative divisions | none (territory of Australia) | none (overseas department of France) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 20.2%
15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2005 est.) |
0-14 years:
24.99% (male 55,030; female 52,722) 15-64 years: 66.22% (male 141,294; female 144,232) 65 years and over: 8.79% (male 15,901; female 21,991) (2001 est.) |
| Agriculture - products | Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry | bananas, sugarcane, tropical fruits and vegetables; cattle, pigs, goats |
| Airports | 1 (2004 est.) | 9 (2000 est.) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
total:
8 over 3,047 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2000 est.) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | - | total:
1 under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.) |
| Area | total: 34.6 sq km
land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km |
total:
1,780 sq km land: 1,706 sq km water: 74 sq km note: Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin |
| Area - comparative | about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC | 10 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Background | Two British attempts at establishing the island as a penal colony (1788-1814 and 1825-55) were ultimately abandoned. In 1856, the island was resettled by Pitcairn Islanders, descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. | Guadeloupe has been a French possession since 1635. The island of Saint-Martin is divided with the Netherlands (whose southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles). |
| Birth rate | NA | 16.91 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Budget | revenues: $20 million
expenditures: $20 million, including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00) |
revenues:
$225 million expenditures: $390 million, including capital expenditures of $105 million (1996) |
| Capital | Kingston | Basse-Terre |
| Climate | subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation | subtropical tempered by trade winds; moderately high humidity |
| Coastline | 32 km | 306 km |
| Constitution | Norfolk Island Act of 1979 | 28 September 1958 (French Constitution) |
| Country name | conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island
conventional short form: Norfolk Island |
conventional long form:
Department of Guadeloupe conventional short form: Guadeloupe local long form: Departement de la Guadeloupe local short form: Guadeloupe |
| Currency | - | French franc (FRF); euro (EUR) |
| Death rate | NA | 6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Debt - external | NA | $NA |
| Dependency status | territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories | overseas department of France |
| Diplomatic representation from the US | none (territory of Australia) | none (overseas department of France) |
| Diplomatic representation in the US | none (territory of Australia) | none (overseas department of France) |
| Disputes - international | none | none |
| Economic aid - recipient | NA | $NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies |
| Economy - overview | Tourism, the primary economic activity, has steadily increased over the years and has brought a level of prosperity unusual among inhabitants of the Pacific islands. The agricultural sector has become self-sufficient in the production of beef, poultry, and eggs. | The economy depends on agriculture, tourism, light industry, and services. It also depends on France for large subsidies and imports. Tourism is a key industry, with most tourists from the US; an increasingly large number of cruise ships visit the islands. The traditional sugarcane crop is slowly being replaced by other crops, such as bananas (which now supply about 50% of export earnings), eggplant, and flowers. Other vegetables and root crops are cultivated for local consumption, although Guadeloupe is still dependent on imported food, mainly from France. Light industry features sugar and rum production. Most manufactured goods and fuel are imported. Unemployment is especially high among the young. Hurricanes periodically devastate the economy. |
| Electricity - consumption | NA kWh | 1.209 billion kWh (1999) |
| Electricity - exports | - | 0 kWh (1999) |
| Electricity - imports | - | 0 kWh (1999) |
| Electricity - production | NA kWh | 1.3 billion kWh (1999) |
| Electricity - production by source | - | fossil fuel:
100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1999) |
| Elevation extremes | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Bates 319 m |
lowest point:
Caribbean Sea 0 m highest point: Soufriere 1,467 m |
| Environment - current issues | NA | NA |
| Ethnic groups | descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians | black or mulatto 90%, white 5%, East Indian, Lebanese, Chinese less than 5% |
| Exchange rates | Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000) | Euros per US dollar - 1.0659 (January 2001), 1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999); French francs per US dollar - 5.8995 (1998), 5.8367 (1997), 5.1155 (1996) |
| Executive branch | 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% |
chief of state:
President Jacques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Jean FEDINI (since NA 1996) head of government: President of the General Council Marcellin LUBETH (since NA March 1998); President of the Regional Council Lucette MICHAUX-CHEVRY (since 22 March 1992) cabinet: NA elections: French president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; the presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by the members of those councils election results: NA |
| Exports | $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY99/00) | $140 million (f.o.b., 1997) |
| Exports - commodities | postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados | bananas, sugar, rum |
| Exports - partners | Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe | France 60%, Martinique 18%, US 4% (1997) |
| Fiscal year | 1 July - 30 June | calendar year |
| Flag description | three vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green with a large green Norfolk Island pine tree centered in the slightly wider white band | three horizontal bands, a narrow green band (top), a wide red band, and a narrow green band; the green bands are separated from the red band by two narrow white stripes; a gold five-pointed star is centered in the red band toward the hoist side; the flag of France is used for official occasions |
| GDP | - | purchasing power parity - $3.7 billion (1997 est.) |
| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: NA
industry: NA services: NA |
agriculture:
15% industry: 17% services: 68% (1997 est.) |
| GDP - per capita | purchasing power parity - NA | purchasing power parity - $9,000 (1997 est.) |
| GDP - real growth rate | NA | NA% |
| Geographic coordinates | 29 02 S, 167 57 E | 16 15 N, 61 35 W |
| 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:
2,560 km paved: 965 km unpaved: 1,595 km (1996) |
| 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) | $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997) |
| Imports - commodities | NA | foodstuffs, fuels, vehicles, clothing and other consumer goods, construction materials |
| Imports - partners | Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe | France 63%, Germany 4%, US 3%, Japan 2%, Netherlands Antilles 2% (1997) |
| Independence | none (territory of Australia) | none (overseas department of France) |
| Industrial production growth rate | NA | NA% |
| Industries | tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete | construction, cement, rum, sugar, tourism |
| Infant mortality rate | total: NA
male: NA female: NA |
9.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) | NA | NA |
| International organization participation | UPU | FZ, WCL, WFTU |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | - | 3 (2000) |
| Irrigated land | NA | 30 sq km (1993 est.) |
| Judicial branch | Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions | Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique |
| Labor force | 1,345 | 125,900 (1997) |
| Labor force - by occupation | tourism 90%, subsistence agriculture 10% | NA |
| Land boundaries | 0 km | total:
10.2 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km |
| Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001) |
arable land:
14% permanent crops: 4% permanent pastures: 14% forests and woodland: 39% other: 29% (1993 est.) |
| Languages | English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian | French (official) 99%, Creole patois |
| Legal system | based on the laws of Australia, local ordinances and acts; English common law applies in matters not covered by either Australian or Norfolk Island law | French legal system |
| 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 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties) |
unicameral General Council or Conseil General (42 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: General Council - last held 22 March 1998 (next to be held by NA 2004); Regional Council - last held 15 March 1998 (next to be held NA 2004) election results: General Council - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - diverse left parties 11, PS 8, RPR 8, PPDG 6, diverse right parties 5, PCG 3, UDF 1; Regional Council - percent of vote by party - RPR 48.03%, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 24.49%, PCG 5.29%, diverse right parties 5.73%; seats by party - RPR 25, PS/PPDG/diverse left parties 12, PCG 2, diverse right parties 2 note: Guadeloupe elects two representatives to the French Senate; elections last held NA September 1995 (next to be held NA September 2004); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RPR 1, FGPS 1; Guadeloupe elects four representatives to the French National Assembly; elections last held 25 May - 1 June 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FGPS 2, RPR 1, PPDG 1 |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
total population:
77.16 years male: 74.01 years female: 80.48 years (2001 est.) |
| Literacy | NA | definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90% male: 90% female: 90% (1982 est.) |
| Location | Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia | Caribbean, islands in the eastern Caribbean Sea, southeast of Puerto Rico |
| Map references | Oceania | Central America and the Caribbean |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm |
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM |
| Merchant marine | - | total:
1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,240 GRT/109 DWT ships by type: passenger 1 (2000 est.) |
| Military - note | defense is the responsibility of Australia | defense is the responsibility of France |
| Military branches | - | French Forces, Gendarmerie |
| National holiday | Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856) | Bastille Day, 14 July (1789) |
| Nationality | noun: Norfolk Islander(s)
adjective: Norfolk Islander(s) |
noun:
Guadeloupian(s) adjective: Guadeloupe |
| Natural hazards | typhoons (especially May to July) | hurricanes (June to October); Soufriere is an active volcano |
| Natural resources | fish | cultivable land, beaches and climate that foster tourism |
| Net migration rate | NA | -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Political parties and leaders | none | Communist Party of Guadeloupe or PCG [Christian CELESTE]; Progressive Democratic Party or PPDG [Henri BANGOU]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Aldo BLAISE]; Socialist Party or PS [Georges LOUISOR]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Marcel ESDRAS] |
| Political pressure groups and leaders | none | Christian Movement for the Liberation of Guadeloupe or KLPG; General Federation of Guadeloupe Workers or CGT-G; General Union of Guadeloupe Workers or UGTG; Movement for Independent Guadeloupe or MPGI |
| Population | 1,828 (July 2005 est.) | 431,170 (July 2001 est.) |
| Population below poverty line | NA | NA% |
| Population growth rate | -0.01% (2005 est.) | 1.07% (2001 est.) |
| Ports and harbors | none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade | Basse-Terre, Gustavia (on Saint Barthelemy), Marigot, Pointe-a-Pitre |
| Radio broadcast stations | AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005) | AM 1, FM 17, shortwave 0 (1998) |
| Radios | - | 113,000 (1997) |
| Railways | - | total:
NA km; privately owned, narrow-gauge plantation lines |
| Religions | 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) | Roman Catholic 95%, Hindu and pagan African 4%, Protestant 1% |
| Sex ratio | NA | at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.) |
| Suffrage | 18 years of age; universal | 18 years of age; universal |
| Telephone system | general assessment: adequate
domestic: free local calls international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; satellite earth station |
general assessment:
domestic facilities inadequate domestic: NA international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay to Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Martinique |
| Telephones - main lines in use | 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) | 171,000 (1996) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) | NA |
| Television broadcast stations | 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005) | 5 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997) |
| Terrain | volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains | Basse-Terre is volcanic in origin with interior mountains; Grande-Terre is low limestone formation; most of the seven other islands are volcanic in origin |
| Total fertility rate | NA | 1.93 children born/woman (2001 est.) |
| Unemployment rate | 0% | 27.8% (1998) |
| Waterways | - | none |
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