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location:
southwestern europe. between france and spain
geographic coordinates:
42 30 n. 1 30 e
map references:
europe
area:
total: 468 sq km land: 468 sq km water: 0 sq km
area - comparative:
2.5 times the size of washington. dc
land boundaries:
total: 120.3 km border countries: france 56.6 km. spain 63.7 km
coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
climate:
temperate; snowy. cold winters and warm. dry summers
terrain:
rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys
elevation extremes:
lowest point: riu runer 840 m highest point: coma pedrosa 2.946 m
natural resources:
hydropower. mineral water. timber. iron ore. lead
land use:
arable land: 2.22% permanent crops: 0% other: 97.78% (2001)
irrigated land:
na sq km
natural hazards:
avalanches
environment - current issues:
deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows contributes to soil erosion; air pollution; wastewater treatment and solid waste disposal
environment - international agreements:
party to: hazardous wastes signed. but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
geography - note:
landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in the pyrenees
population:
70.549 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 14.8% (male 5.471/female 4.995) 15-64 years: 71.5% (male 26.463/female 23.977) 65 years and over: 13.7% (male 4.780/female 4.863) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 40.34 years male: 40.63 years female: 40.02 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
0.95% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
9 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
6.07 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
6.53 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.98 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 4.05 deaths/1.000 live births male: 4.38 deaths/1.000 live births female: 3.69 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 83.51 years male: 80.6 years female: 86.6 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
1.29 children born/woman (2005 est.)
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate:
na%
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids:
na
hiv/aids - deaths:
na
nationality:
noun: andorran(s) adjective: andorran
ethnic groups:
spanish 43%. andorran 33%. portuguese 11%. french 7%. other 6% (1998)
religions:
roman catholic (predominant)
languages:
catalan (official). french. castilian. portuguese
literacy:
definition: na total population: 100% male: na% female: na%
country name:
conventional long form: principality of andorra conventional short form: andorra local long form: principat d'andorra local short form: andorra
government type:
parliamentary democracy (since march 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president of france and bishop of seo de urgel. spain. who are represented locally by coprinces' representatives
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