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Andorra
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BASIC FACTS


Capital
Andorra La Vella

Language
Catalan (official), French and Spanish
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Area size
450 sq. km

Area comparison
Approximately three times the size of Washington D.C.

Population
2009 0.1 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 0.1 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)


PEOPLE

Language
Catalan (official), French and Spanish
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2009 0.1 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 0.1 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 0.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Spanish 44 percent, Andorran 20 percent, Portuguese 11 percent, French 7 percent, others 7 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 92 percent; there are small Protestant, Jewish and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 89.9 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 90.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 90.6 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 91.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 91.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 91.7 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 92.1 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 92.3 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1970
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
80 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent


USEFUL INFORMATION

Time zone
GMT +1

Climate description
Temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

Currency
Euro

Telephone dialling code
(+) 376

Driving (left/right)
Right


STANDARD OF LIVING

Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality
2007 3 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 6 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 No data available per 1,000 live births
2002 No data available per 1,000 live births
2001 6 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2007 3 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 7 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 7 per 1,000 live births UNDP 2005
2002 7 per 1,000 live births UNDP 2004
2001 7 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water
2006 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 100 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones
2008 443 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 446 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 447 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 444 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 454 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 474 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 492 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 505 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 515 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers
2008 761 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 823 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 844 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 809 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 756 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 700 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 462 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 431 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 355 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Internet users
2008 720 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 791 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 562 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 447 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 310 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 151 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 106 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 106 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 106 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
2008 Not ranked
2007 Not ranked
2006 Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report


ECONOMY & AID

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent (1990-2001)

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2007 No data available current US$
2006 No data available current US$
2005 No data available current US$
2004 No data available current US$
2003 No data available current US$
2002 No data available current US$
2001 No data available current US$
2000 No data available current US$

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth
No data available percent

Annual inflation
No data available percent

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available


HEALTH

Physicians
2000-2004 370 per 100,000 people U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1990-2004 370 per 100,000 people UNDP 2006
1990-2003 No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002 No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2007 19 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2006 19 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2005 19 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2004 20 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2003 20 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2002 21 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2001 21 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2000 22 per 100,000 people WHO 2009


CONFLICT & MIGRATION

Number of refugees originating here
2008 6 UNHCR
2007 9 UNHCR
2006 10 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 9 UNHCR
2004 3 UNHCR
2003 No data available
2002 No data available
2001 No data available
2000 No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2.6 percent (2002-05)
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 4.9 percent U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2003-2004 4.9 percent UNDP 2006
2002 4.6 percent UNDP 2005
2001 No data available percent
2000 No data available percent


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