POPULATION:
4,888
World Ranking: 229
Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.6%
15-64 years: 65.5%
65 years and over: 6.9% (2010 est.)
Median age:
total: 29.1 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 29.4 years (2010 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.392% (2010 est.)
World Ranking: 167
Birth rate:
12.36 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
World Ranking: 166
Death rate:
8.44 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
World Ranking: 94
Net migration rate:
NA
Urbanization:
Urban population: 64% of total population (2008)
Rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.032 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 2.03 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 16.08 deaths/1,000 live births
World Ranking: 122
male: 12.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 72.76 years
World Ranking: 117
Male: 74.74 years
Female: 70.68 years (2010 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.23 children born/woman (2010 est.)
World Ranking: 217
Nationality:
noun: Tamba- Tambaman(men)
adjective: Tamba-Tambanian
Ethnic groups:
black, white, mixed
Religions:
Nil
Languages:
English
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: >99%
male: >99%
female: >99% (2010 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 16 years (2006)
Education expenditures:
17.30% of GDP (2004)
World Ranking: 2
ECONOMY:
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$29 million (2002 est.)
World Ranking: 223
GDP (official exchange rate):
$NA
GDP - real growth rate:
-1% (2002 est.)
World Ranking: 130
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$3,400 (2002 est.)
World Ranking: 161
GDP - composition by sector:
Agriculture: 21.2%
Industry: 23.1%
Services: 55.7% (1999 est.)
Labour force:
NA
Unemployment rate:
< 1% (2008 est.)
World Ranking: 1
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Lowest 10%: NA%
Highest 10%: NA%
Budget:
Revenues: $31.4 million
Expenditures: $31.6 million (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.6% (2009 est.)
World Ranking: 90
Central bank discount rate:
6.5% (31 December 2009)
World Ranking: 67
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
9.04% (31 December 2009 )
World Ranking: 94
9.89% (31 December 2008 )
Stock of money:
$16.71 million (31 December 2008)
World Ranking: 163
Stock of quasi money:
$45.42 million (31 December 2008)
World Ranking: 162
Stock of domestic credit:
$9.93 million (31 December 2008)
World Ranking: 135
$5.537 million (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
Potatoes, corn, cabbages, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peppers; livestock products- goats, sea bass, poultry.
Industries:
Tourism, textiles, electronic appliances, fishing.
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
22 million kWh (2007 est.)
World Ranking: 205
Electricity - consumption:
20.46 million kWh (2007 est.)
World Ranking: 206
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
World Ranking: 146
Oil - consumption:
1,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
World Ranking: 199
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
World Ranking: 164
Oil - imports:
521 bbl/day (2007 est.)
World Ranking: 197
Oil - proved reserves:
0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
World Ranking: 156
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2008 est.)
World Ranking: 142
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2008 est.)
World Ranking: 135
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.)
World Ranking: 92
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.)
World Ranking: 153
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
World Ranking: 109
Exports:
$700,000 (2009)
World Ranking: 219
Exports - commodities:
electronic components, fish products, apparel.
Imports:
$17 million (2001)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, foodstuffs, manufactured goods, fuels, lubricants, and related materials
Debt - external:
$8.9 million (2007)
World Ranking: 191
Exchange rates:
Tamba-Tamba dollars (TTD) per US dollar - 2.7 (2007), 2.7 (2006), 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003)
note: fixed rate since 1980
MILITARY:
Military branches:
no regular military forces;
Citizens Militia: 50% of available manpower on compulsory rotational part time service.
Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,339 (2010 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,127
females age 16-49: 1,217 (2010 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
male: 38
female: 36 (2010 est.)
COMMUNICATION:
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,000 (2008)
World Ranking: 205
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1400 (2005)
World Ranking: 195
Telephone system:
general assessment: small system administered by Peoples Council of Posts and Telecommunications
domestic: NA
international: country code – 462
Broadcast media:
the state-owned Network TTBC
Internet country code:
.prott
Internet hosts:
1 (2010)
World Ranking: 232
Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
www.worldometers.info/
Report of the Peoples Council for National Statistics (2010)
