rce
element), Civil Police, People's Militia
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 109,551; 65,250 fit for military service
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

:Svalbard Geography

Total area:
62,049 km2
Land area:
62,049 km2; includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than West Virginia
Land boundaries:
none
Coastline:
3,587 km
Maritime claims:
Exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway, not recognized by Russia
Territorial sea:
4 nm
Disputes:
focus of maritime boundary dispute in the Barents Sea between Norway and
Russia
Climate:
arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters;
North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen,
keeping water open and navigable most of the year
Terrain:
wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of
ice about half the year; fjords along west and north coasts
Natural resources:
coal, copper, iron ore, phosphate, zinc, wildlife, fish
Land use:
arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
woodland 0%; other 100%; there are no trees and the only bushes are
crowberry and cloudberry
Environment:
great calving glaciers descend to the sea
Note:
located 445 km north of Norway where the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea,
Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea meet

:Svalbard People

Population:
3,181 (July 1992), growth rate -3.9% (1992); about one-third of the
population resides in the Norwegian areas (Longyearbyen and Svea on
Vestspitsbergen) and two-thirds in the Russian areas (Barentsburg and
Pyramiden on Vestspitsbergen); about 9 persons live at the Polish research
station
Birth rate:
NA births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
NA deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
NA migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
NA deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
NA years male, NA years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
NA children born/woman (1992)
Ethnic divisions:
Russian 64%, Norwegian 35%, other 1% (1981)
Languages:
Russian, Norwegian
Literacy:
NA% (male NA%, female NA%)
Labor force:
NA
Organized labor:
none

:Svalbard Government

Long-form name:
none
Type:
territory of Norway administ