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General Information

Region		Micronesia
Population (000, 2025)		169^a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		312.4^a,b
Capital city		Hagåtña
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		146.9^d
Surface area (km2)		541^c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		102.5^a,b
National currency		US Dollar (USD)

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	0.3	0.2	0.2^c
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	14.3	13.6	13.1^c
Employment in services^e (% employed)	85.4	86.1	86.6^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	6.9	6.2^e	5.8^e
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	56.3 / 68.5	54.9 / 66.7	56.4 / 68.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	106	123	155^g

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	-0.4	1	0.7^a
Urban population (% of total population)	94.5	94.9^h	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.4ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	2.9	2.9	2.7^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	80.7 / 72.7	80.3 / 71.5	81.7 / 73.9^a
Population age distribution^b,j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.1 / 13.0	25.8 / 15.9	25.9 / 18.6^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	76.1 / 46.1	80.5 / 49.6	84.2 / 50.2^g
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	13.3	13.3	11.4^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.4^l	4.3^h	...

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^e (per 100 inhabitants)	73.1	80.5^m	...
Threatened species (number)	95	107	174^g
Forested area (% of land area)	46.3	51.9	51.9ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	0	0	0^e,n
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	1	2	2^e,n
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^o (000)	1 409	328	328ⁿ
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	2.4	2.4	2.4^g

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		For statistical purposes, the data for United States of America do not include this area.
c		2023
d		2018
e		Estimate.
f		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
g		2024
h		2019
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		For statistical purposes, the foreign-born population includes persons born in the 50 states of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
l		2011
m		2017
n		2022
o		Air and sea arrivals.