Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)     [118]
(Territory of Ecuador)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: EC
LAND AREA: 7845 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	1	5	0	0	0	15	21

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 6119 (1982)
  DENSITY: 1 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 69.3 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 89.6%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 47 per/1000 (1994), versus 124 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.775

ECONOMY
  Income/Capita: $0

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

Fishes: 437 species of freshwater and marine fishes,                    
including 41 group endemics.                                            
                                                                        

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: