capita (1989)

_#_Currency: Norwegian krone (plural--kroner);
1 Norwegian krone (NKr) = 100 ore

_#_Exchange rates: Norwegian kroner (NKr) per US$1--5.9060 (January
1991), 6.2597 (1990), 6.9045 (1989), 6.5170 (1988), 6.7375 (1987), 7.3947
(1986), 8.5972 (1985)

_*_Communications
_#_Ports: limited facilities--Ny-Alesund, Advent Bay

_#_Airports: 4 total, 4 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 2,439 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: 5 meteorological/radio stations;
stations--1 AM, 1 (2 relays) FM, 1 TV

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: demilitarized by treaty (9 February 1920)
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_@_Swaziland
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 17,360 km2; land area: 17,200 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey

_#_Land boundaries: 535 km total; Mozambique 105 km, South Africa
430 km

_#_Coastline: none--landlocked

_#_Maritime claims: none--landlocked

_#_Climate: varies from tropical to near temperate

_#_Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains

_#_Natural resources: asbestos, coal, clay, tin, hydropower, forests,
and small gold and diamond deposits

_#_Land use: arable land 8%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and
pastures 67%; forest and woodland 6%; other 19%; includes irrigated
2%

_#_Environment: overgrazing; soil degradation; soil erosion

_#_Note: landlocked; almost completely surrounded by South Africa

_*_People
_#_Population: 859,336 (July 1991), growth rate 2.7% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: - 5 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 101 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 51 years male, 59 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 6.2 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun--Swazi(s); adjective--Swazi

_#_Ethnic divisions: African 97%, European 3%

_#_Religion: Christian 60%, indigenous beliefs 40%

_#_Language: English and siSwati (official); government business
conducted in English

_#_Literacy: 55% (male 57%, female 54%) age 15 and over can
read and write (1976)

_#_Labor force: 195,000; over 60,000 engaged in subsistence
agriculture; about 92,000 wage earners (many only intermittently), with
agriculture and forestry 36%, community and social services 20%,
manufacturing 14%, construc