Full name: New Zealand
Nationality
noun: New Zealander(s)
adjective: New Zealand
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Area
total: 268,680 sq km note: includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands water: NA land: 268,021 sq km
Population: 4,035,461 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
New Zealand European 74.5%
Maori 9.7% other European 4.6% Pacific Islander 3.8% Asian and others 7.4%
Capital: Wellington, population 350,000
Largest Cities
Oakland – 1,110,000
Hamilton – 170,000 Dunedin – 115,000
Official Language
English (official)
Maori (official)
Religion
Anglican 24%
Presbyterian 18% Roman Catholic 15% Methodist 5% Baptist 2% other Protestant 3% unspecified or none 33% (1986)
Political Status: Sovereign constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations
Political system: parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $92.51 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $23,200 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 4.8% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 4.6%
industry: 27.4% services: 68% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 2.4% (2004 est.)