
Tokelau

(CBS)
They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Source: CIA World Fact Book

(AP)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 42% 15-64 years: 53% 65 years and over: 5%
Population growth rate: -0.018% (2007 est.)
Birth rate: NA
Death rate: NA
Net migration rate: NA
Sex ratio: NA
Infant mortality rate: total: NA male: NA female: NA
Life expectancy at birth: total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Total fertility rate: NA
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
Nationality: noun: Tokelauan(s) adjective: Tokelauan
Ethnic groups: Polynesian
Religions: Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2% note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant
Languages: Tokelauan (a Polynesian language), English
Literacy: NA

(AP)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.5 million (1993 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $NA
GDP - real growth rate: NA%
GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,000 (1993 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%
Labor force: 440 (2001)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Population below poverty line: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
Budget: revenues: $430,800 expenditures: $2.8 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (1987 est.)
Agriculture - products: coconuts, copra, breadfruit, papayas, bananas; pigs, poultry, goats; fish
Industries: small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Electricity - production: NA kWh
Electricity - consumption: NA kWh
Exports: $0 f.o.b. (2002)
Exports - commodities: stamps, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners: New Zealand (2006)
Imports: $969,200 c.i.f. (2002)
Imports - commodities: foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
Imports - partners: New Zealand (2006)
Economic aid - recipient: about $4 million annually from New Zealand
Currency (code): New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Exchange rates: New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002)
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March
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