| Tokelau (2006) | Tokelau (2003) | |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 42% 
 15-64 years: 53% 65 years and over: 5% (2006 est.)  | 
				0-14 years: 42% 
 15-64 years: 53% 65 years and over: 5% (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Agriculture - products | coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats; fish | coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats | 
| Airports | - | none; lagoon landings are possible by amphibious aircraft (2002) | 
| Birth rate | NA | NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Budget | revenues: $430,800 
 expenditures: $2.8 million; including capital expenditures of NA (1987 est.)  | 
				revenues: $430,830 
 expenditures: $2.8 million, including capital expenditures of $37,300 (1987 est.)  | 
				
| Capital | none; each atoll has its own administrative center 
 time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)  | 
				none; each atoll has its own administrative center | 
| Constitution | administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948; amended in 1970 | administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970 | 
| Currency | - | New Zealand dollar (NZD) | 
| Death rate | NA deaths/1,000 population | NA deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Dependency status | self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelau and New Zealand have agreed to a draft constitution as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand; a UN sponsored referendum on self-governance, in February 2006, did not produce the two thirds majority vote necessary for changing the current political status | self-administering territory of New Zealand; note - Tokelauans are drafting a constitution and developing institutions and patterns of self-government as Tokelau moves toward free association with New Zealand | 
| Economic aid - recipient | about $4 million annually from New Zealand | from New Zealand about $4 million annually | 
| Electricity - production by source | - | fossil fuel: 100% 
 hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)  | 
				
| Exchange rates | New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001) | New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.154 (2002), 2.3776 (2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997) | 
| Executive branch | chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General of New Zealand Anand SATYANAND (since 23 August 2006); New Zealand is represented by Administrator David PAYTON (since 17 October 2006) 
 head of government: Kolouei O'BRIEN (2006); note - position rotates annually among the three Faipule (village leaders) cabinet: the Council for the Ongoing Government of Tokelau, consisting of three Faipule (village leaders) and three Pulenuku (village mayors), functions as a cabinet elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves a one-year term  | 
				chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and New Zealand are represented by Administrator Lindsay WATT (since NA March 1993) 
 head of government: Aliki Faipule Pio TUIA (since NA 2002) cabinet: the Council of Faipule, consisting of three elected leaders - one from each atoll - functions as a cabinet elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; administrator appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand; the head of government is chosen from the Council of Faipule and serves a one-year term  | 
				
| Exports | $0 f.o.b. (2002) | $98,000 f.o.b. (1983) | 
| Exports - partners | New Zealand (2004) | NZ (2000) | 
| GDP | - | purchasing power parity - $1.5 million (1993 est.) | 
| GDP - per capita | - | purchasing power parity - $1,000 (1993 est.) | 
| Highways | - | total: NA km 
 paved: NA km unpaved: NA km  | 
				
| Household income or consumption by percentage share | - | lowest 10%: NA% 
 highest 10%: NA%  | 
				
| Imports | $969,200 c.i.f. (2002) | $323,000 c.i.f. (1983) | 
| Imports - partners | New Zealand (2004) | NZ (2000) | 
| Industrial production growth rate | - | NA% | 
| Infant mortality rate | total: NA 
 male: NA female: NA  | 
				total: NA% 
 male: NA% female: NA%  | 
				
| International organization participation | PIF (observer), SPC, UNESCO (associate), UPU | SPC, UNESCO (associate), WHO (associate) | 
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) | - | 1 (2000) | 
| Irrigated land | NA | NA sq km | 
| Labor force | 440 | NA | 
| Land use | arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)  | 
				arable land: 0% (soil is thin and infertile) 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Legislative branch | unicameral General Fono (21 seats; based upon proportional representation from the three islands elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; Nukunonu has 6 seats, Fakaofo has 7 seats, Atafu has 8 seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono 
 elections: last held January 2005 (next to be held January 2008)  | 
				unicameral General Fono (48 seats; members chosen by each atoll's Council of Elders or Taupulega to serve three-year terms); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono | 
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: NA 
 male: NA female: NA  | 
				total population: NA years 
 male: 68 years female: 70 years (2003 est.)  | 
				
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm 
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm  | 
				exclusive economic zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				
| Merchant marine | - | none (2002 est.) | 
| Military expenditures - dollar figure | $66.72 million | - | 
| Net migration rate | NA | NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.) | 
| Population | 1,392 (July 2006 est.) | 1,418 (July 2003 est.) | 
| Population growth rate | -0.01% (2006 est.) | 0.01% (2003 est.) | 
| Ports and harbors | - | none; offshore anchorage only | 
| Radio broadcast stations | AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA 
 note: 1 radio station provides service to all islands (2002)  | 
				AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA 
 note: each atoll has a radio broadcast station of unknown type that broadcasts shipping and weather reports (1998)  | 
				
| Railways | - | 0 km | 
| Sex ratio | NA | NA (2003 est.) | 
| Telephone system | general assessment: modern satellite-based communications system; 
 domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: country code - 690; radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with 3 satellite earth stations  | 
				general assessment: adequate 
 domestic: radiotelephone service between islands international: radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok), with 3 satellite earth stations, established in 1997  | 
				
| Telephones - main lines in use | 300 (2002) | NA | 
| Total fertility rate | NA | NA children born/woman (2003 est.) | 
| Waterways | - | none |