Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
6 (2022 est.)
Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total
7,000 (2022 est.)
Communications: Broadcast media
no TV broadcast stations; each state has a multi-channel cable service with TV transmissions carrying roughly 95% imported programming and 5% local programming; about half a dozen radio stations (2009)
Communications: Internet country code
.fm
Communications: Internet users: percent of population
39.52% (2024 est.)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
6 (2022 est.)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions
7,000 (2021 est.)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
19 (2021 est.)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions
22,000 (2021 est.)
Economy: Agricultural products
coconuts, cassava, vegetables, sweet potatoes, bananas, pork, plantains, fruits, beef, eggs (2023)
Economy: Budget: expenditures
$111.963 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Budget: revenues
$137.795 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2013
-$2.2 million (2013 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2014
$22.408 million (2014 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2016
$11 million (2016 est.)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2017
$12 million (2017 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates
1.0000 (2024 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Currency
United States dollar
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2013
1.0000 (2013 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2014
1.0000 (2014 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2015
1.0000 (2015 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2016
1.0000 (2016 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2017
1.0000 (2017 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2018
1.0000 (2018 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2019
1.0000 (2019 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2020
1.0000 (2020 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2021
1.0000 (2021 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2022
1.0000 (2022 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2023
1.0000 (2023 est.)
Economy: Exchange rates: Exchange rates 2024
1.0000 (2024 est.)
Economy: Exports - commodities
fish, diamonds, garments (2023)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2011
$77.0 million (2011 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2014
$102.0 million (2014 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2015
$86.0 million (2015 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2016
$92.0 million (2016 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2017
$110.0 million (2017 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2018
$143.0 million (2018 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2019
$105.0 million (2019 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2020
$64.0 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2021
$79.0 million (2021 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2022
$90.466 million (2022 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2023
$125.789 million (2023 est.)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2024
$129.5 million (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture
23.3% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: industry
5% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: services
69.2% (2023 est.)
Economy: GDP - per capita (PPP)
$4,347 (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP (official exchange rate)
$471.425 million (2024 est.)
Economy: GDP (purchasing power parity) - real
$491.9 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Imports - commodities
poultry, fish, plastic products, cars, prepared meat (2023)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2010
$244.0 million (2010 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2015
$248.0 million (2015 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2016
$242.0 million (2016 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2017
$261.0 million (2017 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2018
$263.0 million (2018 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2019
$272.0 million (2019 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2020
$253.0 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2021
$263.0 million (2021 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2022
$274.334 million (2022 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2023
$310.669 million (2023 est.)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2024
$325.9 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Industrial production growth rate
0.8% (2023 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2015
-0.30% (2015 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2016
-1.04% (2016 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2017
0.58% (2017 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2018
1.50% (2018 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019
1.92% (2019 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020
0.55% (2020 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021
3.19% (2021 est.)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022
5.41% (2022 est.)
Economy: Population below poverty line
41.20% (2013 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2013
26.69% (2013 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2014
23.78% (2014 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2016
25.96% (2016 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2017
31.60% (2017 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2018
23.70% (2018 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2019
24.15% (2019 est.)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2020
27.80% (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2014
$339.2 million (2014 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2015
$357.6 million (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2016
$364.4 million (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2017
$379.0 million (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019
$410.1 million (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020
$408.6 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021
$440.5 million (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022
$427.529 million (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023
$429.59 million (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
$432.679 million (2024 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2015
4.43% (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2016
0.94% (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2017
2.18% (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2018
0.00% (2018 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2019
4.08% (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2020
-1.67% (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2021
3.10% (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2022
-2.91% (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2023
0.45% (2023 est.)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024
0.72% (2024 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2014
$3,130 (2014 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2015
$3,289 (2015 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2016
$3,340 (2016 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2017
$3,461 (2017 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2019
$3,719 (2019 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2020
$3,684 (2020 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2021
$3,946 (2021 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2022
$4,087 (2022 est.)
Economy: Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2023
$4,234 (2023 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2013
$22.0 million (2013 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2014
$23.3 million (2014 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2021
6% of GDP (2021 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2022
5.6% of GDP (2022 est.)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2023
5.3% of GDP (2023 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2015
$135.1 million (2015 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2016
$157.0 million (2016 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017
$203.7 million (2017 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018
$203.5 million (2018 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2019
$397.158 million (2019 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2020
$451.913 million (2020 est.)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2021
$497.434 million (2021 est.)
Economy: Taxes and other revenues
7% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - rural areas
79.4%
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - total population
85.3% (2022 est.)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - urban areas
98.6%
Energy: Petroleum: refined petroleum consumption
800 bbl/day (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: from petroleum and other liquids
121,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions
121,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Environment: Climate
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
Environment: Environmental issues
overfishing; sea-level rise; water and toxic pollution from mining; solid waste disposal
Environment: International environmental agreements: party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection
Environment: International environmental agreements: signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements
Environment: Land use: agricultural land
7.1% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 2.9% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 4.3% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: forest
92.2% (2023 est.)
Environment: Land use: other
0.7% (2023 est.)
Environment: Particulate matter emissions
8.1 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Environment: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
1.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Environment: Urbanization: urban population
22.46% (2024 est.)
Environment: Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually
26,000 tons (2024 est.)
Environment: Waste and recycling: percent of municipal solid waste recycled
15.2% (2022 est.)
Geography: Area - comparative
four times the size of Washington, D.C. (land area only)
Geography: Area: land
702 sq km
Geography: Area: water
0 sq km (fresh water only)
Geography: Coastline
6,112 km
Geography: Elevation: highest point
Nanlaud on Pohnpei 782 m
Geography: Elevation: lowest point
Pacific Ocean 0 m
Geography: Geographic coordinates
6 55 N, 158 15 E
Geography: Geography - note
composed of four major island groups totaling 607 islands
Geography: Irrigated land
0 sq km (2022)
Geography: Land boundaries: total
0 km
Geography: Land use: agricultural land
7.1% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 2.9% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0% (2022 est.)
Geography: Land use: agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 4.3% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: forest
92.2% (2023 est.)
Geography: Land use: other
0.7% (2023 est.)
Geography: Map references
Oceania
Geography: Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Geography: Maritime claims: territorial sea
12 nm
Geography: Natural hazards
typhoons (June to December)
Geography: Population distribution
the majority of the population lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas
Geography: Terrain
islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk
Government: Administrative divisions
4 states; Chuuk (Truk), Kosrae (Kosaie), Pohnpei (Ponape), Yap
Government: Capital: geographic coordinates
6 55 N, 158 09 E
Government: Capital: time difference
UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Government: Capital: time zone note
Micronesia has two time zones
Government: Citizenship: citizenship by birth
no
Government: Citizenship: citizenship by descent only
at least one parent must be a citizen of FSM
Government: Citizenship: dual citizenship recognized
no
Government: Citizenship: residency requirement for naturalization
5 years
Government: Constitution: amendment process
proposed by Congress, by a constitutional convention, or by public petition; passage requires approval by at least three-fourths majority vote in at least three fourths of the states
Government: Constitution: history
drafted June 1975, ratified 1 October 1978, entered into force 10 May 1979
Government: Country name: abbreviation
FSM
Government: Country name: conventional short form
none
Government: Country name: etymology
the name is a 19th-century construct of two Greek words, mikros (small) and nesoi (islands), and refers to its thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean
Government: Country name: former
New Philippines; Caroline Islands; Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Ponape, Truk, and Yap Districts
Government: Country name: local long form
Federated States of Micronesia
Government: Country name: local short form
none
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission
Ambassador Jennifer L. JOHNSON (since 13 September 2023)
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: email address and website
koloniaacs@state.gov https://fm.usembassy.gov/
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: embassy
1286 US Embassy Place, Kolonia, Pohnpei, FM 96941
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: FAX
[691] 320-2186
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: mailing address
4120 Kolonia Place, Washington, D.C. 20521-4120
Government: Diplomatic representation from the US: telephone
[691] 320-2187
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: chancery
1725 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission
Ambassador Jackson T. SORAM (since 27 February 2024)
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: consulate(s) general
Honolulu, Portland (OR), Tamuning (Guam)
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: email address and website
dcmission@fsmembassy.fm https://fsmembassy.fm/
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: FAX
[1] (202) 223-4391
Government: Diplomatic representation in the US: telephone
[1] (202) 223-4383
Government: Executive branch: cabinet
Cabinet includes the vice president and the heads of the 8 executive departments
Government: Executive branch: chief of state
President Wesley W. SIMINA (since 12 May 2023)
Government: Executive branch: election/appointment process
president and vice president indirectly elected by Congress from among the 4 'at large' senators for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term)
Government: Executive branch: expected date of next election
2027
Government: Executive branch: head of government
President Wesley W. SIMINA (since 12 May 2023)
Government: Executive branch: most recent election date
12 May 2023
Government: Flag
description: light blue with four five-pointed white stars centered and arranged in a diamond pattern meaning: blue stands for the Pacific Ocean, and the stars for the four island groups of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap
Government: International law organization participation
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt
Government: International organization participation
ACP, ADB, AOSIS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IMF, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, WHO, WMO
Government: Judicial branch: highest court(s)
Federated States of Micronesia Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and not more than 5 associate justices and organized into appellate and criminal divisions)
Government: Judicial branch: judge selection and term of office
justices appointed by the FSM president with the approval of two-thirds of Congress; justices appointed for life
Government: Judicial branch: subordinate courts
the highest state-level courts are: Chuuk Supreme Court; Korsae State Court; Pohnpei State Court; Yap State Court
Government: Legal system
mixed system of common and customary law
Government: Legislative branch: electoral system
plurality/majority
Government: Legislative branch: expected date of next election
March 2027
Government: Legislative branch: legislative structure
unicameral
Government: Legislative branch: legislature name
Congress
Government: Legislative branch: most recent election date
3/4/2025
Government: Legislative branch: number of seats
14 (all directly elected)
Government: Legislative branch: percentage of women in chamber
21.4%
Government: Legislative branch: scope of elections
partial renewal
Government: Legislative branch: term in office
2 years
Government: National anthem(s): history
adopted 1991
Government: National anthem(s): lyrics/music
unknown
Government: National color(s)
light blue, white
Government: National heritage: selected World Heritage Site locales
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Center of Eastern Micronesia
Government: National heritage: total World Heritage Sites
1 (cultural)
Government: National holiday
Constitution Day, 10 May (1979)
Government: National symbol(s)
four five-pointed white stars on a light blue field, hibiscus flower
Government: Political parties
no formal parties
Government: Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Introduction: Background
Each of the four states that compose the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -- Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap -- has its own unique history and cultural traditions. The first humans arrived in what is now the FSM in the second millennium B.C. In the 800s A.D., construction of the artificial islets at the Nan Madol complex in Pohnpei began, with the main architecture being built around 1200. At its height, Nan Madol united the approximately 25,000 people of Pohnpei under the Saudeleur Dynasty. By 1250, Kosrae was united in a kingdom centered in Leluh. Yap’s society became strictly hierarchical, with chiefs receiving tributes from islands up to 1,100 km (700 mi) away. Widespread human settlement in Chuuk began in the 1300s, and the different islands in the Chuuk Lagoon were frequently at war with one another. Portuguese and Spanish explorers visited a few of the islands in the 1500s, and Spain began exerting nominal, but not day-to-day, control over some of the islands -- which they named the Caroline Islands -- in the 1600s. In 1899, Spain sold all of the FSM to Germany. Japan seized the islands in 1914 and was granted a League of Nations mandate to administer them in 1920. During WWII, Japan built military bases across most of the islands and headquartered their Pacific naval operations in Chuuk. The US bombed Chuuk in 1944 but largely bypassed the other islands in its leapfrog campaign across the Pacific. In 1947, the FSM came under US administration as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which comprised six districts: Chuuk, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pohnpei, and Yap; Kosrae was separated from Pohnpei into a separate district in 1977. In 1979, Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap ratified the FSM Constitution and declared independence while the other three districts opted to pursue separate political status. There are significant inter-island rivalries stemming from their different histories and cultures. Chuuk, the most populous but poorest state, has pushed for secession, but an independence referendum has been repeatedly postponed.
Military and Security: Military - note
defense is the responsibility of the US; in 1982, the FSM signed a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the US, which granted the FSM financial assistance and access to many US domestic programs in exchange for exclusive US military access and defense responsibilities; the COFA entered into force in 1986; Micronesians can serve in the US armed forces the FSM has a "shiprider" agreement with the US, which allows local maritime law enforcement officers to embark on US Coast Guard (USCG) and US Navy (USN) vessels, including to board and search vessels suspected of violating laws or regulations within the FSM's designated exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or on the high seas; "shiprider" agreements also enable USCG personnel and USN vessels with embarked USCG law enforcement personnel to work with host nations to protect critical regional resources (2025)
Military and Security: Military and security forces
no military forces; Federated States of Micronesia National Police (includes a maritime wing)
People and Society: Age structure: 0-14 years
27% (male 13,673/female 13,239)
People and Society: Age structure: 15-64 years
67.3% (male 32,527/female 34,487)
People and Society: Age structure: 65 years and over
5.7% (2024 est.) (male 2,508/female 3,169)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: beer
0.92 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: other alcohols
0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: spirits
0.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: total
1.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Alcohol consumption per capita: wine
0.13 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
People and Society: Birth rate
17.55 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Current health expenditure
12.88% (2023 est.)
People and Society: Currently married women (ages 15-49)
51.7% (2023 est.)
People and Society: Death rate
4.23 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: elderly dependency ratio
8.5 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: potential support ratio
11.8 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio
48.6 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Dependency ratios: youth dependency ratio
40.2 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP)
11.6% of GDP (2020 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% national budget)
18.6% national budget (2020 est.)
People and Society: Education expenditures
11.56% (2020 est.)
People and Society: Ethnic groups
Chuukese/Mortlockese 49.3%, Pohnpeian 29.8%, Kosraean 6.3%, Yapese 5.7%, Yap outer islanders 5.1%, Polynesian 1.6%, Asian 1.4%, other 0.8% (2010 est.)
People and Society: Gross reproduction rate
1.06 (2025 est.)
People and Society: Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
11% of GDP (2021)
People and Society: Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
1.9% of national budget (2022 est.)
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: female
17.8 deaths/1,000 live births
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: male
23.8 deaths/1,000 live births
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: total
20.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: female
71.3 years (2024 est.)
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: male
63.6 years (2024 est.)
People and Society: Major urban areas - population
7,000 PALIKIR (capital) (2018)
People and Society: Maternal mortality ratio
129 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
People and Society: Median age: female
29.1 years
People and Society: Median age: male
27.3 years
People and Society: Nationality: adjective
Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese
People and Society: Net migration rate
-20.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
People and Society: Obesity - adult prevalence rate
45.8% (2016)
People and Society: Physician density
0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
People and Society: Population
113,160 (2024 est.)
People and Society: Population distribution
the majority of the population lives in the coastal areas of the high islands; the mountainous interior is largely uninhabited; less than half of the population lives in urban areas
People and Society: Population growth rate
-0.77% (2025 est.)
People and Society: Population: female
50,895
People and Society: Population: male
48,708
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: improved: total
total: 88.3% of population
People and Society: Sex ratio: 0-14 years
1.03 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: 15-64 years
0.94 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: 65 years and over
0.79 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: at birth
1.05 male(s)/female
People and Society: Sex ratio: total population
0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
People and Society: Total fertility rate
2.74 children born/woman (2024 est.)
People and Society: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
1.52% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
People and Society: Urbanization: urban population
22.46% (2024 est.)
Transportation: Airports
7 (2025)
Transportation: Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
V6
Transportation: Merchant marine: by type
general cargo 17, oil tanker 4, other 17
Transportation: Merchant marine: total
38 (2023)
Transportation: Ports: key ports
Colonia, Lele Harbor, Moen, Pohnpei Harbor
Transportation: Ports: large
0
Transportation: Ports: medium
0
Transportation: Ports: ports with oil terminals
3
Transportation: Ports: small
1
Transportation: Ports: total ports
4 (2024)
Transportation: Ports: very small
3
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