Population: 64,587 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 5,250; female 5,101) 15-64 years:
66.7% (male 21,356; female 21,728) 65 years and over: 17.3% (male 4,622;
female 6,530) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.37% (2002 est.)

Birth rate: 9.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Death rate: 9.86 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate: 3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03
male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over:
0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: 83.01 years (2002 est.) male: Total fertility
rate: 1.36 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Channel Islander(s) adjective: Channel Islander

Ethnic groups: UK and Norman-French descent

Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Congregational, Methodist

Languages: English, French, Norman-French dialect spoken in country
districts

Literacy: definition: NA total population: NA% male: NA% female: NA%

Government Guernsey

Country name: Bailiwick of Guernsey conventional short form: Dependency
status: British crown dependency

Government type: NA

Capital: St. Peter Port

Administrative divisions: none (British crown dependency); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government,
but there are 10 parishes including St. Peter Port, St. Sampson, Vale,
Castel, St. Saviour, St. Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, St. Martin,
St. Andrew

Independence: none (British crown dependency)

National holiday: Liberation Day, 9 May (1945)

Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice

Legal system: English law and local statute; justice is administered
by the Royal Court

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) elections:
monarch; bailiff appointed by the monarch head of government: Lieutenant
Governor and Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Sir John FOLEY (since NA 2000)
and Bailiff De Vic G. CAREY (since NA) cabinet: Advisory and Finance
Committee appointed by the Assembly of the States

Legislative branch: unicam