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New Zealand Facts |
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Area : Total: 99,84,670 sq km
Note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands
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Population : 39,93,817 (July 2004 est.) | |
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Age structure :
0-14 years: 21.7% (Male 4,43,211 : Female 4,22,507)
15-64 years: 66.7% (Male 13,37,383 : Female 13,25,683)
65 years and over: 11.6% (Male 2,03,084 : Female 2,61,949) (2004 est.)
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Population Growth Rate : 1.05% (2004 est.) | |
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Net Migration rate : 4.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) | |
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Sex Ratio : At birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
Under 15 years : 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years : 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over : 0.78 male(s)/female |
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Total Population : 0.99 male(s)/female (2004 est.) | |
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Life expectancy at birth : -
Total population : 78.49 years
Male : 75.5 years
Female : 81.61 years (2004 est.) | |
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Capital : Wellington | |
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Administrative divisions :
13 regions; Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Gisborne-Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui, Nelson-Marlborough, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Waikato, Wellington, West Coast | |
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National Holiday :
Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840) | |
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Constitution :
Consists of a series of legal documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments and The Constitution Act 1986 which is the principal formal charter
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Legal system :
Based on English law, with special land legislation and land courts for the Maori; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
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