(1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 28

Televisions: 3.8 million (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Police Force

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 23,739,192
males fit for military service: 13,587,780
males reach military age (18) annually: 1,065,410 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $172 million,
about 1% of GDP (1992)

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@Niue
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(free association with New Zealand)

Map
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Location: 19 02 S, 169 52 W -- Oceania, island in the South
Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga

Flag
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Description: yellow with the flag of the UK in the upper
hoist-side quadrant; the flag of the UK bears five yellow
five-pointed stars - a large one on a blue disk in the center and a
smaller one on each arm of the bold red cross

Geography
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Location: Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Tonga

Geographic coordinates: 19 02 S, 169 52 W

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 260 sq km
land area: 260 sq km
comparative area: 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 64 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds

Terrain: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location near Mutalau settlement 68 m

Natural resources: fish, arable land

Land use:
arable land: 61%
permanent crops: 4%
meadows and pastures: 4%
forest and woodland: 19%
other: 12%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: traditional methods of burning brush and trees to
clear land for agriculture have threatened soil supplies which are
not naturally very abundant
natural hazards: typhoons
international agreements: signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea

Geographic note: one of world's largest coral islands

People
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Population: 2,174 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: NA
15-64 years: NA
65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate: -0.62% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population

Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio:
at