Tokelau
http://www.humantruth.info/tokelau.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2013
| Tokelau |  |
|---|---|
| Status | Dependency (Territory) |
| Sovereignty | New Zealand |
| Capital | |
| Land Area | |
| Location | Australasia, Polynesia |
| Groupings | Small Islands |
| Population | |
| GNI | |
| ISO3166-1 Codes | TK, TKL, 7721 |
| Internet Domain | .tk2 |
| Currency | Dollar (NZD)3 |
| Telephone | +6904 |
1. Overview
“Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.”
CIA's The World Factbook (2013)5
As a territory of New Zealand I do not have many specific statistics for this territory in its own right.
2. Religion and Beliefs
#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism
Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below6:
| Christian | 99% |
| Muslim | 0.1% |
| Hindu | 0.1% |
| Buddhist | 0.1% |
| Folk Religion | 0.1% |
| Jewish | 0.1% |
| Unaffiliated | 0.1% |
The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Congregational Christian Church 70%, Roman Catholic 28%, other 2%. note: on Atafu, all Congregational Christian Church of Samoa; on Nukunonu, all Roman Catholic; on Fakaofo, both denominations, with the Congregational Christian Church predominant7.
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There isn't much information in the database for Tokelau, most likely because it is either a part of another country (i.e., a territory or possession) and therefore most international statistics are counted for the country as a whole, or, this is such an exotic place that little data exists about it.