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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2024)		44^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		96.9^a,b
Capital city		Garapan
Capital city pop. (000)		4^d
Surface area (km2)		457^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		111.9^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Unemployment (% of labour force)	11.2^e,f,d	...	...
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	66.6 / 77.6^e,f,d	... / ...	... / ...
International trade: exports^g (million current US$)	1 685	1 953	2 072^c
International trade: imports^g (million current US$)	4 215	6 194	7 225^c
International trade: balance^g (million current US$)	- 2 530	- 4 241	- 5 153^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-1.4	-0.5	-1.8^a
Urban population (% of total population)	91.4	91.7^h	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.2ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	3.1	2.5	2.3^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	79.4 / 75.7	80.0 / 76.3	80.9 / 77.3^a
Population age distribution^b,j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.3 / 8.6	23.5 / 11.6	22.0 / 16.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	21.6 / 38.8	21.8 / 38.0	... / ...
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	8.4	7.3	6.1^a

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Threatened species (number)	99	105	111^k
Forested area (% of land area)	64.1	53	53^l
CO2 emission estimates^g (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 11.1	0.4 / 8.1	0.4 / 8.8^l
Energy production, primary^g (Petajoules)	...	0	0^l
Energy supply per capita^g (Gigajoules)	151	110	120^l
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	479	89	97^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	40.6	40.6	40.6^k

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
c		2022
d		2010
e		Population aged 16 years and over.
f		Break in the time series.
g		Estimate.
h		2019
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		2023
l		2021