Federated States of Micronesia: People & Society#
Population | 104,719 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Micronesian(s) adjective: Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese |
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.) |
Languages | English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi |
Religions | Roman Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 41.1% (includes Congregational 38.5%, Baptist 1.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 0.8%, Assembly of God 0.7%), Mormon 1.5%, other 1.9%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 30.81% (male 16,401/female 15,863) 15-24 years: 19.8% (male 10,406/female 10,326) 25-54 years: 38.8% (male 19,667/female 20,966) 55-64 years: 6.87% (male 3,532/female 3,659) 65 years and over: 3.72% (male 1,753/female 2,146) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 62.4% youth dependency ratio: 55.3% elderly dependency ratio: 7.1% potential support ratio: 14.1% (2015 est.) |
Median age | 24total: 24.7 years male: 24 years female: 25.3 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | -0.49% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 20.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 4.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -20.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 22.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.27% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | PALIKIR (capital) 7,000 (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 100 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.9 years male: 70.8 years female: 75 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 2.45 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Health expenditures | 13.7% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density | 3.2 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 94.8% of population rural: 87.4% of population total: 89% of population unimproved: urban: 5.2% of population rural: 12.6% of population total: 11% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 85.1% of population rural: 49% of population total: 57.1% of population unimproved: urban: 14.9% of population rural: 51% of population total: 42.9% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 33.2% (2014) |
Education expenditures | NA |