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 Norfolk Island (2005)Guam (2005)
 Norfolk IslandGuam
Administrative divisions none (territory of Australia) none (territory of the US)
Age structure 0-14 years: 20.2%


15-64 years: 63.9%


65 years and over: 15.9% (2005 est.)
0-14 years: 29.4% (male 25,645/female 23,887)


15-64 years: 64.1% (male 55,115/female 52,935)


65 years and over: 6.5% (male 5,157/female 5,825) (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry fruits, copra, vegetables; eggs, pork, poultry, beef
Airports 1 (2004 est.) 5 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total: 1


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
total: 4


over 3,047 m: 2


2,438 to 3,047 m: 1


914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways - total: 1


under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area total: 34.6 sq km


land: 34.6 sq km


water: 0 sq km
total: 549 sq km


land: 549 sq km


water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC three 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. Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installation on the island is one of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
Birth rate NA 19.03 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget revenues: $20 million


expenditures: $20 million, including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)
revenues: $340 million


expenditures: $445 million, including capital expenditures of NA (2000 est.)
Capital Kingston Hagatna (Agana)
Climate subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline 32 km 125.5 km
Constitution Norfolk Island Act of 1979 Organic Act of 1 August 1950
Country name conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island


conventional short form: Norfolk Island
conventional long form: Territory of Guam


conventional short form: Guam


local long form: Guahan
Death rate NA 4.41 deaths/1,000 population (2005 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 organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Diplomatic representation from the US none (territory of Australia) none (territory of the US)
Diplomatic representation in the US none (territory of Australia) none (territory of the US)
Disputes - international none none
Economic aid - recipient NA Guam receives large transfer payments from the US Federal Treasury ($143 million in 1997) into which Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guam Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes paid by military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam (2001 est.)
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 US military spending, tourism, and the export of fish and handicrafts. Total US grants, wage payments, and procurement outlays amounted to $1 billion in 1998. Over the past 20 years, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, creating a construction boom for new hotels and the expansion of older ones. More than 1 million tourists visit Guam each year. The industry had recently suffered setbacks because of the continuing Japanese slowdown; the Japanese normally make up almost 90% of the tourists. Most food and industrial goods are imported. Guam faces the problem of building up the civilian economic sector to offset the impact of military downsizing.
Electricity - consumption NA kWh 776.6 million kWh (2002)
Electricity - exports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - imports - 0 kWh (2002)
Electricity - production NA kWh 835 million kWh (2002)
Elevation extremes lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m


highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Environment - current issues NA extirpation of native bird population by the rapid proliferation of the brown tree snake, an exotic, invasive species
Ethnic groups descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians Chamorro 37.1%, Filipino 26.3%, other Pacific islander 11.3%, white 6.9%, other Asian 6.3%, other ethnic origin or race 2.3%, mixed 9.8% (2000 census)
Exchange rates Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001), 1.7248 (2000) the US dollar is used
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 George W. BUSH of the US (since 20 January 2001); Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (since 20 January 2001)


head of government: Governor Felix P. P. CAMACHO (since 6 January 2003) and Lieutenant Governor Kaleo MOYLAN (since 6 January 2003)


cabinet: executive departments; heads appointed by the governor with the consent of the Guam legislature


elections: US president and vice president elected on the same ticket for a four-year term; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year term; election last held 5 November 2002 (next to be held November 2006)


election results: Felix P. P. CAMACHO elected governor; percent of vote - Felix P. P. CAMACHO (Republican Party) 55.4%, Robert A. UNDERWOOD (Democratic Party) 44.6%
Exports $1.5 million f.o.b. (FY99/00) NA
Exports - commodities postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products; construction materials, fish, food and beverage products
Exports - partners Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe Japan 66.1%, South Korea 9.9%, Singapore 8.4% (2004)
Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June 1 October - 30 September
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 territorial flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters; US flag is the national flag
GDP - composition by sector agriculture: NA


industry: NA


services: NA
agriculture: 7%


industry: 15%


services: 78% (2002 est.)
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - NA purchasing power parity - $21,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate NA NA
Geographic coordinates 29 02 S, 167 57 E 13 28 N, 144 47 E
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 largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean
Highways total: 80 km


paved: 53 km


unpaved: 27 km (2001)
total: 977 km


paved: 962 km


unpaved: 15 km (2004)
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) NA
Imports - commodities NA petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods
Imports - partners Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe Singapore 39.5%, South Korea 20.8%, Japan 19%, Hong Kong 9%, Philippines 4.3% (2004)
Independence none (territory of Australia) none (territory of the US)
Industrial production growth rate NA NA
Industries tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete US military, tourism, construction, transshipment services, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles
Infant mortality rate total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
total: 6.94 deaths/1,000 live births


male: 7.61 deaths/1,000 live births


female: 6.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA 0% (1999 est.)
International organization participation UPU Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU
Irrigated land NA NA
Judicial branch Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions Federal District Court (judge is appointed by the president); Territorial Superior Court (judges appointed for eight-year terms by the governor)
Labor force 1,345 60,000 (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation tourism 90%, subsistence agriculture 10% private 74% (industry 10%, trade 24%, other services 40%), federal and territorial government 26% (2000 est.)
Land boundaries 0 km 0 km
Land use arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (2001)
arable land: 9.09%


permanent crops: 16.36%


other: 74.55% (2001)
Languages English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian English 38.3%, Chamorro 22.2%, Philippine languages 22.2%, other Pacific island languages 6.8%, Asian languages 7%, other languages 3.5% (2000 census)
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 modeled on US; US federal laws apply
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 Legislature (15 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)


elections: last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2006)


election results: percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Democratic Party 6, Republican Party 9


note: Guam elects one nonvoting delegate to the US House of Representatives; election last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2006); results - Madeleine BORDALLO (Democratic Party) was elected as delegate; percent of vote by party - Democratic Party 64.6%, Republican Party 35.4%; seats by party - Democratic Party 1
Life expectancy at birth total population: NA


male: NA


female: NA
total population: 78.4 years


male: 75.34 years


female: 81.64 years (2005 est.)
Literacy NA definition: age 15 and over can read and write


total population: 99%


male: 99%


female: 99% (1990 est.)
Location Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines
Map references Oceania Oceania
Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm


exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note defense is the responsibility of Australia defense is the responsibility of the US
National holiday Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856) Discovery Day, first Monday in March (1521)
Nationality noun: Norfolk Islander(s)


adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
noun: Guamanian(s)


adjective: Guamanian
Natural hazards typhoons (especially May to July) frequent squalls during rainy season; relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (June - December)
Natural resources fish fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)
Net migration rate NA 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Political parties and leaders none Democratic Party [leader Michael PHILLIPS]; Republican Party (controls the legislature) [leader Philip J. FLORES]
Political pressure groups and leaders none NA
Population 1,828 (July 2005 est.) 168,564 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line NA 23% (2001 est.)
Population growth rate -0.01% (2005 est.) 1.46% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade Apra Harbor
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005) AM 4, FM 7, shortwave 2 (2003)
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 85%, other 15% (1999 est.)
Sex ratio NA at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female


under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female


15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female


65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female


total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal 18 years of age; universal; US citizens, but do not vote in US presidential elections
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: modern system, integrated with US facilities for direct dialing, including free use of 800 numbers


domestic: modern digital system, including cellular mobile service and local access to the Internet


international: country code - 1-671; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); submarine cables to US and Japan (Guam is a trans-Pacific communications hub for MCI, Sprint, AT&T, IT&E, and GTE, linking the US and Asia)
Telephones - main lines in use 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) 84,134 (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular 0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002) 32,600 (2001)
Television broadcast stations 1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005) 5 (1997)
Terrain volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in south
Total fertility rate NA 2.6 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate 0% 15% (2000 est.)
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