_#_Natural resources: nickel, chrome, iron, cobalt, manganese, silver, gold, lead, copper
_#_Land use: arable land NEGL%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 14%; forest and woodland 51%; other 35%
_#_Environment: typhoons most frequent from November to March
_#_Note: located 1,750 km east of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean
_*People #_Population: 171,559 (July 1991), growth rate 1.9% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 23 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 17 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 76 years female (1991)