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Age structure 0-14 years:
NA%

15-64 years:
NA%

65 years and over:
NA%
0-14 years: NA


15-64 years: NA


65 years and over: NA
Airports 4 (2000 est.) 4 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways total:
1

1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (2000 est.)
total: 2


1,524 to 2,437 m: 1


914 to 1523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways total:
3

under 914 m:
3 (2000 est.)
total: 2


under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Area total:
62,049 sq km

land:
62,049 sq km

water:
0 sq km

note:
includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
total: 62,049 sq km


land: 62,049 sq km


water: 0 sq km


note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Budget revenues:
$11.5 million

expenditures:
$11.5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
revenues: $11.5 million


expenditures: $11.5 million, including capital expenditures of NA (1998 est.)
Country name conventional long form:
none

conventional short form:
Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
conventional long form: none


conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
Currency Norwegian krone (NOK) -
Dependency status territory of Norway; administered by the Ministry of Industry, Oslo, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was given to Norway territory of Norway; administered by the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice, through a governor (sysselmann) residing in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen; by treaty (9 February 1920) sovereignty was awarded to Norway
Disputes - international focus of a maritime boundary dispute between Norway and Russia despite recent discussions, Russia and Norway dispute their maritime limits in the Barents Sea and Russia's fishing rights beyond Svalbard's territorial limits within the Svalbard Treaty zone
Economy - overview Coal mining is the major economic activity on Svalbard. The treaty of 9 February 1920 gives the 41 signatories equal rights to exploit mineral deposits, subject to Norwegian regulation. Although US, UK, Dutch, and Swedish coal companies have mined in the past, the only companies still mining are Norwegian and Russian. The settlements on Svalbard are essentially company towns. The Norwegian state-owned coal company employs nearly 60% of the Norwegian population on the island, runs many of the local services, and provides most of the local infrastructure. There is also some trapping of seal, polar bear, fox, and walrus. Coal mining is the major economic activity on Svalbard. The treaty of 9 February 1920 gives the 41 signatories equal rights to exploit mineral deposits, subject to Norwegian regulation. Although US, UK, Dutch, and Swedish coal companies have mined in the past, the only companies still mining are Norwegian and Russian. The settlements on Svalbard are essentially company towns. The Norwegian state-owned coal company employs nearly 60% of the Norwegian population on the island, runs many of the local services, and provides most of the local infrastructure. There is also some hunting of seal, reindeer, and fox.
Electricity - consumption NA kWh -
Electricity - production NA kWh -
Electricity - production by source fossil fuel:
NA%

hydro:
NA%

nuclear:
NA%

other:
NA%
-
Elevation extremes lowest point:
Arctic Ocean 0 m

highest point:
Newtontoppen 1,717 m
lowest point: Arctic Ocean 0 m


highest point: Newtontoppen 1,717 m
Exchange rates Norwegian kroner per US dollar - 8.7784 (January 2001), 8.8018 (2000), 7.7992 (1999), 7.5451 (1998), 7.0734 (1997), 6.4498 (1996) Norwegian kroner per US dollar - 6.7408 (2004), 7.0802 (2003), 7.9838 (2002), 8.9917 (2001), 8.8018 (2000)
Executive branch chief of state:
King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991)

head of government:
Governor Morten RUUD (since NA November 1998) and Assistant Governor Odd Redar HUMLEGAARD (since NA)

elections:
none; the monarch is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice
chief of state: King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991)


head of government: Governor Odd Olsen INGERO (since 8 June 2001) and Assistant Governor Rune Baard HANSEN (since NA)


elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice
GDP purchasing power parity - $NA -
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $NA -
Highways total:
NA km

paved:
NA km

unpaved:
NA km
total: NA km


paved: NA km


unpaved: NA km
Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%:
NA%

highest 10%:
NA%
-
Industrial production growth rate NA% -
Infant mortality rate NA deaths/1,000 live births total: NA


male: NA


female: NA
Inflation rate (consumer prices) NA% -
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 13 (Svalbard and Jan Mayen) (2000) -
Land use arable land:
0%

permanent crops:
0%

permanent pastures:
0%

forests and woodland:
0%

other:
100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry)
arable land: 0%


permanent crops: 0%


other: 100% (no trees, and the only bushes are crowberry and cloudberry) (2001)
Languages Russian, Norwegian Norwegian, Russian
Life expectancy at birth total population:
NA years

male:
NA years

female:
NA years
total population: NA years


male: NA years


female: NA years
Literacy - NA
Maritime claims exclusive fishing zone:
200 NM unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia

territorial sea:
4 NM
territorial sea: 4 nm


exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia
Merchant marine none (2000 est.) -
Military - note demilitarized by treaty (9 February 1920) demilitarized by treaty on 9 February 1920
Natural hazards ice floes often block up the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic
Natural resources coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, phosphate, wildlife, fish
Population 2,332 (July 2001 est.) 2,701 (July 2005 est.)
Population below poverty line NA% -
Population growth rate -3.55% (2001 est.) -0.02% (2005 est.)
Radios NA -
Railways 0 km -
Sex ratio - NA%
Telephone system general assessment:
probably adequate

domestic:
local telephone service

international:
satellite earth station - 1 of unknown type (for communication with Norwegian mainland only)
general assessment: probably adequate


domestic: local telephone service


international: country code - 47-790; satellite earth station - 1 of unknown type (for communication with Norwegian mainland only)
Waterways none -
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