Compare World (2002) - Norfolk Island (2003)

Compare World (2002) z Norfolk Island (2003)

	World (2002)	Norfolk Island (2003)

Administrative divisions	268 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries	none (territory of Australia)
Age structure	0-14 years: 29.2% (male 932,581,592; female 885,688,851) 15-64 years: 63.7% (male 2,009,997,089; female 1,964,938,201) 65 years and over: 7.1% (male 193,549,180; female 247,067,032) (2002 est.)	0-14 years: 20.2% 15-64 years: 63.9% 65 years and over: 15.9% (2003 est.)
Agriculture - products	-	Norfolk Island pine seed, Kentia palm seed, cereals, vegetables, fruit; cattle, poultry
Airports	-	1 (2002)
Airports - with paved runways	-	total: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2002)
Area	total: 510.072 million sq km land: 148.94 million sq km water: 361.132 million sq km note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land	total: 34.6 sq km land: 34.6 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	land area about 16 times the size of the US	about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	Globally, the 20th century was marked by: (a) two devastating world wars; (b) the Great Depression of the 1930s; (c) the end of vast colonial empires; (d) rapid advances in science and technology, from the first airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (US) to the landing on the moon; (e) the Cold War between the Western alliance and the Warsaw Pact nations; (f) a sharp rise in living standards in North America, Europe, and Japan; (g) increased concerns about the environment, including loss of forests, shortages of energy and water, the decline in biological diversity, and air pollution; (h) the onset of the AIDS epidemic; and (i) the ultimate emergence of the US as the only world superpower. The planet's population continues to explode: from 1 billion in 1820, to 2 billion in 1930, 3 billion in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1988, and 6 billion in 2000. For the 21st century, the continued exponential growth in science and technology raises both hopes (e.g., advances in medicine) and fears (e.g., development of even more lethal weapons of war).	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.
Birth rate	21.16 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)	NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Budget	-	revenues: $4.6 million expenditures: $4.8 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY 92/93)
Capital	-	Kingston
Climate	two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones form a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates	subtropical, mild, little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	356,000 km	32 km
Constitution	-	Norfolk Island Act of 1979
Country name	-	conventional long form: Territory of Norfolk Island conventional short form: Norfolk Island
Currency	-	Australian dollar (AUD)
Death rate	8.93 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)	NA deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Debt - external	$2 trillion for less developed countries (2001 est.)	$NA
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)
Diplomatic representation in the US	-	none (territory of Australia)
Disputes - international	-	none
Economic aid - recipient	official development assistance (ODA) $50 billion (2001 est.)	$NA
Economy - overview	Growth in global output (gross world product, GWP) fell from 4.8% in 2000 to 2.2% in 2001. The causes: slowdowns in the US economy (21% of GWP) and in the 15 EU economies (20% of GWP); continued stagnation in the Japanese economy (7.3% of GWP); and spillover effects in the less developed regions of the world. China, the second largest economy in the world (12% of GWP), proved an exception, continuing its rapid annual growth, officially announced as 7.3% but estimated by many observers as perhaps two percentage points lower. Russia (2.6% of GWP), with 5.2% growth, continued to make uneven progress, its GDP per capita still only one-third that of the leading industrial nations. The other 14 successor nations of the USSR and the other old Warsaw Pact nations again experienced widely divergent growth rates; the three Baltic nations were strong performers, in the 5% range of growth. The developing nations also varied in their growth results, with many countries facing population increases that eat up gains in output. Externally, the nation-state, as a bedrock economic-political institution, is steadily losing control over international flows of people, goods, funds, and technology. Internally, the central government often finds its control over resources slipping as separatist regional movements - typically based on ethnicity - gain momentum, e.g., in many of the successor states of the former Soviet Union, in the former Yugoslavia, in India, in Indonesia, and in Canada. In Western Europe, governments face the difficult political problem of channeling resources away from welfare programs in order to increase investment and strengthen incentives to seek employment. The addition of 80 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. Because of their own internal problems and priorities, the industrialized countries devote insufficient resources to deal effectively with the poorer areas of the world, which, at least from the economic point of view, are becoming further marginalized. The introduction of the euro as the common currency of much of Western Europe in January 1999, while paving the way for an integrated economic powerhouse, poses economic risks because of varying levels of income and cultural and political differences among the participating nations. The terrorist attacks on the US on 11 September 2001 accentuate a further growing risk to global prosperity, illustrated, for example, by the reallocation of resources away from investment to anti-terrorist programs. (For specific economic developments in each country of the world in 2001, see the individual country entries.)	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.
Electricity - consumption	-	NA kWh
Electricity - production	-	NA kWh
Electricity - production by source	fossil fuel: NA% hydro: NA% nuclear: NA% other: NA%	fossil fuel: 0% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2002)
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m note: in the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean highest point: Mount Everest 8,850 m (1999 est.)	lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Bates 319 m
Environment - current issues	large areas subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion	NA
Ethnic groups	-	descendants of the Bounty mutineers, Australian, New Zealander, Polynesians
Exchange rates	-	Australian dollars per US dollar - 1.8406 (2002), 1.9320 (2001), 1.7173 (2000), 1.5497 (1999), 1.5888 (1998)
Executive branch	-	chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); the UK and Australia are represented by Administrator Anthony J. MESSNER (since 4 August 1997) 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 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004) election results: Geoffrey Robert GARDNER elected chief minister; percent of Legislative Assembly vote - NA%
Exports	$6.3 trillion f.o.b. (2001 est.)	$1.5 million f.o.b. (FY 91/92)
Exports - commodities	the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services	postage stamps, seeds of the Norfolk Island pine and Kentia palm, small quantities of avocados
Exports - partners	in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe
Fiscal year	-	1 July - 30 June
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
GDP	GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $47 trillion (2001 est.)	purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 4% industry: 32% services: 64% (2001 est.)	agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $7,600 (2001 est.)	purchasing power parity - $NA
GDP - real growth rate	2.2% (2001 est.)	NA%
Geographic coordinates	-	29 02 S, 167 57 E
Geography - note	the world is now thought to be about 4.55 billion years old, just about one-third of the 13-billion-year age estimated for the universe	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: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km	total: 80 km paved: 53 km unpaved: 27 km (2001)
Household income or consumption by percentage share	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%	lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%
Imports	$6.3 trillion f.o.b. (2001 est.)	$17.9 million c.i.f. (FY 91/92)
Imports - commodities	the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services	NA
Imports - partners	in value, about 75% of imports into the developed countries	Australia, other Pacific island countries, NZ, Asia, Europe
Independence	-	none (territory of Australia)
Industrial production growth rate	6% (2000 est.)	NA%
Industries	dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems	tourism
Infant mortality rate	51.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)	total: NA% male: NA% female: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 60% typically (2001 est.); national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in several Third World countries	NA%
International organization participation	-	none
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)	10,350 (2000 est.)	2 (2000)
Irrigated land	2,714,320 sq km (1998 est.)	NA sq km
Judicial branch	-	Supreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Labor force	NA	NA
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%	tourism NA%, subsistence agriculture NA%
Land boundaries	the land boundaries in the world total 250,472 km (not counting shared boundaries twice)	0 km
Land use	arable land: 10.58% permanent crops: 1% other: 88.42% (1998 est.)	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)
Languages	Chinese, Mandarin 14.37%, Hindi 6.02%, English 5.61%, Spanish 5.59%, Bengali 3.4%, Portuguese 2.63%, Russian 2.75%, Japanese 2.06%, German, Standard 1.64%, Korean 1.28%, French 1.27% (2000 est.) note: percents are for "first language" speakers only	English (official), Norfolk a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian
Legal system	all members of the UN plus Switzerland are parties to the statute that established the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or World Court	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
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 29 November 2001 (next to be held by December 2004) election results: percent of vote - NA%; seats - independents 9
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 63.94 years male: 62.28 years female: 65.67 years (2002 est.)	total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2003 est.)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77% male: 83% female: 71% (1995 est.)	NA
Location	-	Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
Map references	Physical Map of the World, Political Map of the World, Standard Time Zones of the World	Oceania
Maritime claims	a variety of situations exist, but in general, most countries make the following claims: contiguous zone - 24 NM; continental shelf - 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation, or 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin; exclusive fishing zone - 200 NM; exclusive economic zone - 200 NM; territorial sea - 12 NM; boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 NM; 43 nations and other areas that are landlocked include Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Merchant marine	-	none (2002 est.)
Military - note	-	defense is the responsibility of Australia
Military expenditures - dollar figure	aggregate real expenditure on arms worldwide in 1999 remained at approximately the 1998 level, about three-quarters of a trillion dollars (1999 est.)	-
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	roughly 2% of gross world product (1999 est.)	-
National holiday	-	Pitcairners Arrival Day, 8 June (1856)
Nationality	-	noun: Norfolk Islander(s) adjective: Norfolk Islander(s)
Natural hazards	large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions)	typhoons (especially May to July)
Natural resources	the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address	fish
Net migration rate	-	NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Political parties and leaders	-	none
Political pressure groups and leaders	-	none
Population	6,233,821,945 (July 2002 est.)	1,853 (July 2003 est.)
Population below poverty line	-	NA%
Population growth rate	1.23% (2002 est.)	0.01% (2003 est.)
Ports and harbors	Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, Mina' al Ahmadi (Kuwait), New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama	none; loading jetties at Kingston and Cascade
Radio broadcast stations	AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA	AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios	NA	-
Railways	total: 1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's Societe Nationale des Chemins-de-Fer Francais (SNCF) Le Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) - Atlantique line broad gauge: 251,153 km standard gauge: 710,754 km narrow gauge: 239,430 km	0 km
Religions	Christians 32.88% (of which Roman Catholics 17.39%, Protestants 5.62%, Orthodox 3.54%, Anglicans 1.31%), Muslims 19.54%, Hindus 13.34%, Buddhists 5.92%, Sikhs 0.38%, Jews 0.24%, other religions 12.6%, non-religious 12.63%, atheists 2.47% (2000 est.)	Anglican 37.4%, Uniting Church in Australia 14.5%, Roman Catholic 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.1%, none 12.2%, unknown 17.4%, other 3.9% (1996)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2002 est.)	NA (2003 est.)
Suffrage	-	18 years of age; universal
Telephone system	general assessment: NA domestic: NA international: NA	general assessment: adequate domestic: NA international: radiotelephone service with Sydney (Australia)
Telephones - main lines in use	NA	1,087 (1983)
Telephones - mobile cellular	NA	0 (1983)
Television broadcast stations	NA	1 (local programming station plus two repeaters that bring in Australian programs by satellite) (1998)
Terrain	the greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at 10,924 m in the Pacific Ocean	volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains
Total fertility rate	2.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)	NA children born/woman (2003 est.)
Unemployment rate	30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 4%-12% unemployment (2001 est.)	NA%
Waterways	-	none

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