*Tokelau, Geography

Location:
  Oceania, 3,750 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean, about
  halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
Map references:
  Oceania
Area:
 total area:
  10 km2
 land area:
  10 km2  comparative area:
  about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
  0 km
Coastline:
  101 km
Maritime claims:
 exclusive economic zone:
  200 nm
 territorial sea:
  12 nm
International disputes:
  none
Climate:
  tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November)
Terrain:
  coral atolls enclosing large lagoons
Natural resources:
  negligible
Land use:
 arable land:
  0%
 permanent crops:
  0%
 meadows and pastures:
  0%
 forest and woodland:
  0%
 other:
  100%
Irrigated land:
  NA km2
Environment:
  lies in Pacific typhoon belt

*Tokelau, People

Population:
  1,544 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
  -1.35% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
  NA births/1,000 population
Death rate:
  NA deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate:
  NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate:
  NA deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
 total population:
  NA years
 male:
  NA years  female:
  NA years
Total fertility rate:
  NA children born/woman
Nationality:
 noun:
  Tokelauan(s)
 adjective:
  Tokelauan
Ethnic divisions:
  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:
 total population:
  NA%
 male:
  NA%
 female:
  NA%
Labor force:
  NA

*Tokelau, Government

Names:
 conventional long form:
  none
 conventional short form:
  Tokelau
Digraph:
  TL
Type:
  territory of New Zealand
Capital:
  none; each atoll has its own administrative center
Administrative divisions:
  none (territory of New Zealand)
Independence:
  none (territory of New Zealand)
Constitution:
  administered under the Tokelau Islands Act of 1948, as amended in 1970
Legal system:
  British and local statutes
National holiday:
  Waitangi Day, 6 February (1840) (Treaty of Waitangi established British
  sovereignty over New Zealand)
Political parties and leaders:   NA
Suffrage:
  NA
Elections:
  NA
Executive branch:
  British monarch, administrator (appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  in New Zealand), official secretary
Legislative branch:
  unicameral Council of Elders (Taupulega) on each atoll
Judicial branch:
  High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand
Leaders:
 Chief of State:
  Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
 Head of Government:
  Administrator Graham ANSELL (since NA 1990); Official Secretary Casimilo J.
  PEREZ (since NA), Office of Tokelau Affairs; Tokelau's governing Council
  will elect its first head of government in 1993
Member of:
  SPC, WHO (associate)
Diplomatic representation in US:
  none (territory of New Zealand)
US diplomatic representation:
  none (territory of New Zealand)
Flag:
  the flag of New Zealand is used

*Tokelau, Economy

Overview:
  Tokelau's small size, isolation, and lack of resources greatly restrain
  economic development and confine agriculture to the subsistence level. The
  people must rely on aid from New Zealand to maintain public services, annual
  aid being substantially greater than GDP. The principal sources of revenue
  come from sales of copra, postage stamps, souvenir coins, and handicrafts.
  Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.
National product:
  GDP - exchange rate conversion - $1.4 million (1988 est.)
National product real growth rate:
  NA%
National product per capita:
  $800 (1988 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
  NA%
Unemployment rate:
  NA%
Budget:
  revenues $430,830; expenditures $2.8 million, including capital expenditures
  of $37,300 (FY87)
Exports:
  $98,000 (f.o.b., 1983)
 commodities:
  stamps, copra, handicrafts
 partners:
  NZ
Imports:
  $323,400 (c.i.f., 1983)
 commodities:
  foodstuffs, building materials, fuel
 partners:
  NZ
External debt:
  $0
Industrial production:
  growth rate NA%
Electricity:
  200 kW capacity; 300,000 kWh produced, 180 kWh per capita (1990)
Industries:
  small-scale enterprises for copra production, wood work, plaited craft
  goods; stamps, coins; fishing
Agriculture:
  coconuts, copra; basic subsistence crops - breadfruit, papaya, bananas;
  pigs, poultry, goats
Economic aid:
  Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $24
  million
Currency:
  1 New Zealand dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
  New Zealand dollars (NZ$) per US$1 - 1.9486 (January 1993), 1.8584 (1992),
  l.7265 (1991), 1.6750 (1990), 1.6708 (1989), 1.5244 (1988)
Fiscal year:
  1 April-31 March

*Tokelau, Communications

Ports:
  none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
  none; lagoon landings by amphibious aircraft from Western Samoa
Telecommunications:
  radiotelephone service between islands and to Western Samoa

*Tokelau, Defense Forces

Note:
  defense is the responsibility of New Zealand