_#_GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate NA%
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
_#_Unemployment rate: 0%
_#_Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
_#_Exports: $NA;
commodities—phosphate;
partners—Australia, NZ
_#_Imports: $NA;
commodities—NA;
partners—NA
_#_External debt: $NA
_#_Industrial production: growth rate NA%
_#_Electricity: 11,000 kW capacity; 30 million kWh produced, 13,170 kWh per capita (1990)
_#_Industries: phosphate extraction (near depletion)
_#_Agriculture: NA
_#_Economic aid: none
_#_Currency: Australian dollar (plural—dollars); 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents
_#_Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1—1.2834 (January 1991), 1.2799 (1990), 1.2618 (1989), 1.2752 (1988), 1.4267 (1987), 1.4905 (1986), 1.4269 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
_*Communications #_Ports: Flying Fish Cove
_#_Airports: 1 usable with permanent-surface runway 1,220–2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: 4,000 radios (1982)
_*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia % @Clipperton Island (French possession) *Geography #_Total area: 7 km2
_#_Comparative area: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 11.1 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: claimed by Mexico
_#_Climate: tropical
_#_Terrain: coral atoll
_#_Natural resources: none
_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other (coral) 100%
_#_Environment: reef about 8 km in circumference
_#_Note: located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean; also called Ile de la Passion
_*People #_Population: uninhabited
_*Government #_Long-form name: none
_#_Type: French possession administered from French Polynesia by High Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT; note—may have become a dependency of French Polynesia
_*Economy #_Overview: only economic activity is a tuna fishing station
_*Communications #_Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
_*Defense Forces #Note: defense is the responsibility of France % @Cocos (Keeling) Islands (territory of Australia) *Geography #_Total area: 14 km2; land area: 14 km2; main islands are West Island and Home Island
_#_Comparative area: about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 42.6 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 3 nm
_#_Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall
_#_Terrain: flat, low-lying coral atolls
_#_Natural resources: fish
_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%
_#_Environment: two coral atolls thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation
_#_Note: located 1,070 km southwest of Sumatra (Indonesia) in the Indian Ocean about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka
_*People #_Population: 684 (July 1991), growth rate NEGL% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: NA migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: NA years male, NA years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Cocos Islander(s); adjective—Cocos Islander(s)
_#_Ethnic divisions: mostly Europeans on West Island and Cocos Malays on Home Island
_#_Religion: almost all Sunni Muslims
_#_Language: English
_#_Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
_#_Labor force: NA
_#_Organized labor: none
_*Government #_Long-form name: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
_#_Type: territory of Australia
_#_Capital: West Island
_#_Administrative divisions: none (territory of Australia)
_#_Independence: none (territory of Australia)
_#_Constitution: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act of 1955
_#_Legal system: based upon the laws of Australia and local laws
_#_National holiday: NA
_#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor general of Australia, administrator, chairman of the Islands Council
_#_Legislative branch: unicameral Islands Council
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952);
Head of Government—Administrator D. LAWRIE (since NA 1989);
Chairman of the Islands Council Parson Bin YAPAT (since NA)
_#_Suffrage: NA
_#_Elections: NA
_#_Member of: none
_#_Diplomatic representation: none (territory of Australia)
_#_Flag: the flag of Australia is used
_*Economy #_Overview: Grown throughout the islands, coconuts are the sole cash crop. Copra and fresh coconuts are the major export earners. Small local gardens and fishing contribute to the food supply, but additional food and most other necessities must be imported from Australia.
_#_GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate NA%
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA%
_#_Unemployment: NA
_#_Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
_#_Exports: $NA;
commodities—copra;
partners—Australia
_#_Imports: $NA;
commodities—foodstuffs;