New Zealand 
Facts
Population:
3,864,129 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
22.36% (male 442,738; female 421,462)
15-64 years:
66.11% (male 1,281,781; female 1,272,674)
65 years and over:
11.53% (male 193,895; female 251,579) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.14% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
14.28 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.56 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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:
0.77 male(s)/female
total population:
0.99 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
6.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
77.99 years
male:
75.01 years
female:
81.1 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.8 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.06% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
1,200 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
New Zealander(s)
adjective:
New Zealand
Ethnic groups:
New Zealand European 74.5%, Maori 9.7%, other European 4.6%, Pacific Islander 3.8%, Asian and others 7.4%
Religions:
Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33% (1986)
Languages:
English (official), Maori (official)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99% (1980 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $67.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $17,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
8%
industry:
23%
services:
69% (1999)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
0.3%
highest 10%:
29.8% (1991 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.4% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
1.88 million (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:
services 65%, industry 25%, agriculture 10% (1995)
Unemployment rate:
6.3% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$19.2 billion
expenditures:
$19.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
food processing, wood and paper products, textiles, machinery, transportation equipment, banking and insurance, tourism, mining
Industrial production growth rate:
6.2% (2000)
Electricity - production:
37.952 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
30.49%
hydro:
61.42%
nuclear:
0%
other:
8.09% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
35.295 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, potatoes, pulses, fruits, vegetables; wool, beef, dairy products; fish
Exports:
$14.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
dairy products, meat, fish, wool, forestry products, manufactures
Exports - partners:
Australia 22%, US 14%, Japan 13%, UK 7% (1999)
Imports:
$14.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, consumer goods, plastics
Imports - partners:
Australia 24%, US 17%, Japan 12%, UK 4% (1999)
Debt - external:
$30.8 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $123 million (1995)
Currency:
New Zealand dollar (NZD)
Currency code:
NZD
Exchange rates:
New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 2.2502 (January 2001), 2.1863 (2000), 1.8886 (1999), 1.8632 (1998), 1.5083 (1997), 1.4543 (1996)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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Christchurch Star
(Conservative), Christchurch
(Independent), Wellington
http://www.dompost.co.nz/
Dominion Sunday Times, The
(Conservative weekly), Wellington
(Conservative), Blenheim
http://www.marlboroughexpress.co.nz/
Metro
(Independent monthly), Auckland
National Business Review, The
(Independent), Auckland
(Independent), Motueka
http://www.nelsonmail.co.nz/
New Zealand in the News
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New Zealand’s ruling Labor Party will have to stitch together a loose coalition with minority parties to rule for a third term despite winning a narrow victory in last week’s general election.
The conservative New Zealand Herald assesses the effects intelligence failings before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the Iraq war will have on the intelligence agencies.
World Press Review correspondents report on how journalists from newspapers around the world are reporting the war in Iraq.
The New Zealand Listener profiles British director Ken Loach.
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