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New Zealand

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Capital:	Wellington
Area size (Land only):	267990 sq. km Slightly larger than the United Kingdom
Time zone:	GMT+12
Currency:	New Zealand dollar
Area code:	(+) 64
Driving:	Left
Climate description:	Temperate with sharp regional contrasts

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English and Maori are the official languages, with English dominant.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	4.3 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	4.2 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	4.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	4.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	4.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	4.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	3.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	3.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	3.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
5.3 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Some 77 percent of the population are descended from European settlers, 14 percent are Maori and 6 percent are of Pacific Islands descent.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Anglican and other Protestant denominations dominate, with Catholic, Muslim and Maori church minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	86.4 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	86.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	86.2 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	86.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	86.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	85.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	85.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	85.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1893
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
99 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	21.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	21.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	22.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	22.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	22.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	23.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	79.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	79.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	79.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	78.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	78.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	77.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	77.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	77.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	76.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	74.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	81.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	81.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	81.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	80.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	80.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	80.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	5 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	5 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	6 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	6 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	6 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	6 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	6 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	9 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	7 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	19	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	20	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	19	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	18	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	20	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	19	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

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

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	<5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	<2.5 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	<2.5 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water
No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2008	414 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	417 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	424 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	421 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	443 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	448 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	446 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	466 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	473 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	1092 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1014 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	916 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	859 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	745 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	648 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	618 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	585 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	399 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	700 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	700 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	690 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	640 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	630 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	620 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	600 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	540 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	480 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	1 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	1 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	1 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	2 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	2	Transparency International
2003	3 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	2 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	3	Transparency International
2000	3 (joint)	Transparency International

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

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	27080 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	24980 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	24110 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	20560 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	16240 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	13720 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	13280 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	13760 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	135.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	108.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	108.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	100.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	85.4 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	64.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	52.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	50.9 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	3.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	3.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	2.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	3.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	2.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	3.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	3.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
2.2 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
27.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	237 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	237 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	219 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	226 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	7 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	8 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	10 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	9 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	11 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

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

2008	10	UNHCR
2007	13	UNHCR
2006	8	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	4	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

2008	2716	UNHCR
2007	2740	UNHCR
2006	4906	UNHCR
2005	5307	UNHCR
2004	5175	UNHCR
2003	5807	UNHCR
2002	5757	UNHCR
2001	5264	UNHCR
2000	4923	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

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 (2004)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	1.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	6.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	6.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	6.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	6.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	6.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	6.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	6.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	6.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	6.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	6.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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