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Andorra
 
Capital: Andorra La Vella
Area size: 450 sq. km Approximately three times the size of Washington D.C.
Time zone: GMT +1
Currency: Euro
Area code: (+) 376
Driving: Right
Climate description: Temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Catalan (official), French and Spanish
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2007 0.1 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Spanish 44 percent, Andorran 20 percent, Portuguese 11 percent, French 7 percent, others 7 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 92 percent; there are small Protestant, Jewish and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 89.9 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 90.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 90.6 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 91.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 91.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 91.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 92.1 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 92.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1970
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent


Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality
2006 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 6 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 No data available per 1,000 live births
2002 No data available per 1,000 live births
2001 6 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2006 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 7 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 7 per 1,000 live births UNDP 2005
2002 7 per 1,000 live births UNDP 2004
2001 7 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water
2004 100 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
2004 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones
2006 528 per 1,000 people International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007
2005 528 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 524 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 528 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 526 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 522 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 519 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Cellular telephone subscribers
2006 961 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2005 961 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 872 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 778 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 494 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 445 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 357 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Internet users
2006 No data available per 1,000 people
2005 327 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2004 310 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2003 151 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2002 106 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2001 106 per 1,000 people ITU 2007
2000 106 per 1,000 people ITU 2007

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
2007 Not ranked
2006 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent (1990-2001)

GNI per capita, Atlas method
No data available current US$

GDP
No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth
No data available percent

Annual inflation
No data available percent

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians
2000-2004 370 per 100,000 people U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1990-2004 370 per 100,000 people UNDP 2006
1990-2003 No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002 No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2006 19 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2005 19 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2004 20 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2003 20 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2002 21 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2001 21 per 100,000 people WHO 2008
2000 22 per 100,000 people WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2006 10 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 9 UNHCR
2004 3 UNHCR
2003 No data available
2002 No data available
2001 No data available
2000 No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2.6 percent (2002-05)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 4.9 percent U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2003-2004 4.9 percent UNDP 2006
2002 4.6 percent UNDP 2005
2001 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent


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