| Tromelin Island (2001) | Tromelin Island (2002) | |
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| Airports | 1 (2000 est.) | 1 (2001) | 
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 
 1 under 914 m: 1 (2000 est.)  | 
				total: 1 
 under 914 m: 1 (2002)  | 
				
| Area | total: 
 1 sq km land: 1 sq km water: 0 sq km  | 
				total: 1 sq km 
 land: 1 sq km water: 0 sq km  | 
				
| Country name | conventional long form: 
 none conventional short form: Tromelin Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Tromelin  | 
				conventional long form: none 
 conventional short form: Tromelin Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Tromelin  | 
				
| Elevation extremes | lowest point: 
 Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 7 m  | 
				lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m 
 highest point: unnamed location 7 m  | 
				
| Geography - note | climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones; wildlife sanctuary | climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones; wildlife sanctuary (seabirds, tortoises) | 
| Irrigated land | 0 sq km (1993) | 0 sq km (1998 est.) | 
| Land use | arable land: 
 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (scattered bushes)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (grasses; scattered bushes) (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Maritime claims | continental shelf: 
 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation 
 exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				
| Population | uninhabited (July 2001 est.) | uninhabited, except for visits by scientists (July 2002 est.) | 
| Terrain | low, flat, and sandy | low, flat, and sandy; likely volcanic |