Compare Norfolk Island (2006) - Palau (2005)

Compare Norfolk Island (2006) z Palau (2005)

	Norfolk Island (2006)	Palau (2005)

Administrative divisions	none (territory of Australia)	16 states; Aimeliik, Airai, Angaur, Hatohobei, Kayangel, Koror, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngarchelong, Ngardmau, Ngatpang, Ngchesar, Ngeremlengui, Ngiwal, Peleliu, Sonsorol
Age structure	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2006 est.)	0-14 years: 26.4% (male 2,768/female 2,601) 15-64 years: 69% (male 7,565/female 6,436) 65 years and over: 4.6% (male 443/female 490) (2005 est.)
Agriculture - products	Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry	coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes
Airports	1 (2006)	3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Area	total: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 458 sq km land: 458 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC	slightly more than 2.5 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.	After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia. A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986, but not ratified until 1993. It entered into force the following year, when the islands gained independence.
Birth rate	NA	18.37 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Budget	revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million; including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)	revenues: $57.7 million expenditures: $80.8 million, including capital expenditures of $17.1 million (FY98/99 est.)
Capital	name: Kingston geographic coordinates: 29 03 S, 167 58 E time difference: UTC+11.5 (16.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)	Koror; note - a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror
Climate	subtropical; mild, little seasonal temperature variation	tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November
Coastline	32 km	1,519 km
Constitution	Norfolk Island Act of 1979	1 January 1981
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island	conventional long form: Republic of Palau conventional short form: Palau local long form: Beluu er a Belau local short form: Belau former: Palau District (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)
Death rate	NA deaths/1,000 population	6.85 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Debt - external	$NA	$0 (FY99/00)
Dependency status	territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories	-
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	chief of mission: US ambassador to the Philippines is accredited to Palau embassy: Koror (no street address) mailing address: P. O. Box 6028, Republic of Palau 96940 telephone: [680] 488-2920, 2990 FAX: [680] 488-2911
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	chief of mission: Ambassador Hersey KYOTA chancery: 1800 K Street NW, Suite 714, Washington, DC 20006 telephone: [1] (202) 452-6814 FAX: [1] (202) 452-6281 consulate(s): Tamuning (Guam)
Disputes - international	none	border delineation disputes being negotiated with Philippines, Indonesia
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	$155.8 million ; note - the Compact of Free Association with the US, entered into after the end of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994, provides Palau with up to $700 million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing military facilities
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 consists primarily of tourism, subsistence agriculture, and fishing. The government is the major employer of the work force, relying heavily on financial assistance from the US. Business and tourist arrivals numbered 63,000 in 2003. The population enjoys a per capita income twice that of the Philippines and much of Micronesia. Long-run prospects for the key tourist sector have been greatly bolstered by the expansion of air travel in the Pacific, the rising prosperity of leading East Asian countries, and the willingness of foreigners to finance infrastructure development.
Electricity - consumption	NA kWh	-
Electricity - production	NA kWh	-
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Ngerchelchuus 242 m
Environment - current issues	NA	inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste; threats to the marine ecosystem from sand and coral dredging, illegal fishing practices, and overfishing
Environment - international agreements	-	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Ethnic groups	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian	Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003), 1.8406 (2002), 1.9334 (2001)	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 October 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 Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. (since 19 January 2001) and Vice President Camsek CHIN (since 1 January 2005); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government head of government: President Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. (since 19 January 2001) and Vice President Camsek CHIN (since 1 January 2005); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government cabinet: Cabinet elections: president and vice president elected on separate tickets by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008) election results: Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. reelected president; percent of vote - Tommy Esang REMENGESAU, Jr. 64%, Polycarp BASILIUS 33%; Elias Camsek CHIN elected vice president; percent of vote - Elias Camsek CHIN 70%, Sandra PIERANTOZZI 29%
Exports	$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY91/92)	$18 million f.o.b. (2001 est.)
Exports - commodities	postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados	shellfish, tuna, copra, garments
Exports - partners	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2004)	US, Japan, Singapore (2000)
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	light blue with a large yellow disk (representing the moon) shifted slightly to the hoist side
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - $9,000 (2001 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	-	1% (2001 est.)
Geographic coordinates	29 02 S, 167 57 E	7 30 N, 134 30 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	westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands
Highways	-	total: 61 km paved: 36 km unpaved: 25 km
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Imports	$17.9 million c.i.f. (FY91/92)	$99 million f.o.b. (2001 est.)
Imports - commodities	NA	machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
Imports - partners	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2004)	US, Guam, Japan, Singapore, South Korea (2000)
Independence	none (territory of Australia)	1 October 1994 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA
Industries	tourism, light industry, ready mixed concrete	tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction, garment making
Infant mortality rate	total: NA male: NA female: NA	total: 14.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	3.4% (2000 est.)
International organization participation	UPU	ACP, AsDB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO
Irrigated land	NA	NA
Judicial branch	Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions	Supreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas
Labor force	1,345	9,845 (2000)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 10% industry and services: 90%	agriculture 20%, industry NA, services NA (1990)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 8.7% permanent crops: 4.35% other: 86.95% (2001)
Languages	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian	Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (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	based on Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws
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)	bicameral Parliament or Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK) consists of the Senate (9 seats; members elected by popular vote on a population basis to serve four-year terms) and the House of Delegates (16 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: Senate - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008); House of Delegates - last held 2 November 2004 (next to be held November 2008) election results: Senate - percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9 (four new members elected); House of Delegates - percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 16 (one new member elected)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: NA male: NA female: NA	total population: 70.14 years male: 66.98 years female: 73.48 years (2005 est.)
Literacy	NA	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.)
Location	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia	Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
Map references	Oceania	Oceania
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia	defense is the responsibility of the US; under a Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted access to the islands for 50 years
Military branches	-	no regular military forces; Police Force
Military expenditures - dollar figure	-	NA
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	-	NA
National holiday	Bounty Day (commemorates the arrival of Pitcairn Islanders), 8 June (1856)	Constitution Day, 9 July (1979)
Nationality	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)	noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan
Natural hazards	typhoons (especially May to July)	typhoons (June to December)
Natural resources	fish	forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products, deep-seabed minerals
Net migration rate	NA	2.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Political parties and leaders	none	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	none	NA
Population	1,828 (July 2006 est.)	20,303 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA
Population growth rate	-0.01% (2006 est.)	1.39% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	Koror
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2005)	AM 1, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2002)
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 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other religion 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
Sex ratio	NA	at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2005 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: NA domestic: NA international: country code - 680; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Telephones - main lines in use	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)	6,700 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular	0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002)	1,000 (2002)
Television broadcast stations	1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005)	1 (cable) (2005)
Terrain	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains	varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs
Total fertility rate	NA	2.46 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate	0%	2.3% (2000 est.)

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