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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2020)		169
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		312.5
Capital city		HagÂtÒa
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		146.9^b
Surface area (km2)		549^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		101.8
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	0.3	0.3^c	0.2^c
Employment in industry (% of employed)	15.1	14.8^c	14.3^c
Employment in services (% employed)	84.6	84.9^c	85.5^c
Unemployment^c (% of labour force)	8.2	6.9	5.7
Labour force participation rate^c (female/male pop. %)	54.7 / 78.4	53.4 / 77.0	52.2 / 76.2
CPI: Consumer Price Index^d (2010=100)	100	106	120^e,f
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	95	79	78^g

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.1	0.3	0.8
Urban population (% of total population)	94.1	94.5	94.9^f
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.2	0.4	...
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	2.5	2.4	2.3
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	80.3 / 74.7	81.8 / 75.5	83.3 / 76.5
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	27.5 / 11.1	25.5 / 13.1	23.9 / 15.2
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	75.4 / 47.3	76.1 / 47.0	79.8 / 47.7^f
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	11.4	10.1	8.7
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.9	2.5ⁱ	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet^c (per 100 inhabitants)	54	73.1	80.5^a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.3^j	...	...
Threatened species (number)	34	95	107
Forested area^c (% of land area)	46.3	46.3	46.3^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	...	0	0^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	...	0	1^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 197	1 409	1 549^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	40.2	40.2	40.2^f

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2018
c		Estimate.
d		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
e		Monthly average for quarter or index for quarter.
f		2019
g		2016
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		2011
j		2005