Micronesia

Graeme Villeret

8 years ago

Official name	Federated States of Micronesia
Name in local language	Federated States of Micronesia (en)
Continent	Oceania
Subcontinent	Oceania
Population (ranking: 210^e)	103,196 inhabitants (2019)
Population growth	-0.49 % / year
Area	725 km²
Density	142.34 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 231^e)	0.345 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking)	3,058 $USD (2018)
GDP growth	1.40 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking)	67.80 years (2018)
Birth rate	20.30 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate	2.45 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking)	4.20 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	20.50 ‰ (2016)
Literacy rate	98.00 % (2016)
Official languages	English
Currency	United States dollar ($ USD)
HDI (ranking: 174^e)	0.614 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking)	0.00 (2018)
Government	Federated presidential republic
Head of State	President Peter Christian
National Day	10 May (Day of the Federated States of Micronesia)
ISO Codes	FM, FSM
Demonym	Micronesian
Tourists (ranking)	30,000 people (2016)

Too much dependence on the outside

Micronesia is a federal state of the Western Pacific located in part of the archipelago of the Caroline Islands. It is composed of four states. A small country in area (607 islands and 725 km² in total) located on a huge area of the Pacific (2900 km long, with an exclusive economic zone of 2,992,415 km²), its neighbors are Palau to the west, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands to the north, Marshall Islands to the east, Nauru and Papua New Guinea to the south.

Atoll in Micronesia. Photo: Monde du Voyage

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Urban areas (2010)

Urban areas	Population
Weno	13,802 inhabitants
Kolonia Maps: Kolonia-Palikir – routière Kolonia-Palikir – satellite Kolonia – topographique	6,828 inhabitants
Palikir Maps: Kolonia-Palikir – routière Kolonia-Palikir – satellite	6,783 inhabitants
Colonia	3,072 inhabitants
Tofol	1,896 inhabitants

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Administrative divisions

States	Population	Area
Chuuk	48,654 inhabitants	122 km²
Kosrae	6,616 inhabitants	111 km²
Pohnpei	36,196 inhabitants	372 km²
Yap	11,377 inhabitants	120 km²