Compare Norfolk Island (2008) - Norfolk Island (2005)

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	Norfolk Island (2008)	Norfolk Island (2005)

Age structure	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2007 est.)	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2005 est.)
Airports	1 (2007)	1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2007)	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Budget	revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million (FY99/00)	revenues: $20 million expenditures: $20 million, including capital expenditures of $2 million (FY99/00)
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)	Kingston
Constitution	Norfolk Island Act of 1979, as amended in 2005	Norfolk Island Act of 1979
Debt - external	$NA	NA
Dependency status	self governing territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Attorney-General's Department	territory of Australia; Canberra administers Commonwealth responsibilities on Norfolk Island through the Department of Environment, Sport, and Territories
Economic aid - recipient	$NA	NA
Ethnic groups	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesian	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians
Exchange rates	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004), 1.5419 (2003)	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); represented by the Australian governor general head of government: Administrator Grant TAMBLING (since 1 November 2003) 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: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the governor general of Australia and represents the monarch and Australia	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. (FY91/92)	$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY99/00)
Exports - partners	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe
GDP - composition by sector	-	agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA
GDP - per capita	-	purchasing power parity - NA
GDP - real growth rate	-	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	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)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	-	lowest 10%: NA highest 10%: NA
Imports - partners	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe (2006)	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe
Industrial production growth rate	-	NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	-	NA
Labor force	NA	1,345
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 10% industry and services: 90%	tourism 90%, subsistence agriculture 10%
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)
Languages	English (official), Norfolk - a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
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; to serve three-year terms) elections: last held 20 October 2004 (next to be held by December 2007) election results: seats - independents 9 (note - no political parties)	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)
Population	2,114 (July 2007 est.)	1,828 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA
Population growth rate	0.006% (2007 est.)	-0.01% (2005 est.)
Ports and harbors	-	none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
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 15.2%, none 18.1% (2001 census)	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)
Telephone system	general assessment: adequate domestic: free local calls international: country code - 672; undersea coaxial cable links with Australia and New Zealand; satellite earth station	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 - mobile cellular	0; note - proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum (2002)	0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August 2002 island referendum) (2002)
Television broadcast stations	1 (local programming station plus 2 repeaters that air Australian programs by satellite) (2005)	1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (2005)
Unemployment rate	-	0%

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