People of Micronesia
Population: | 107,862 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure: | 0-14 years: 35.9% (male 19,726/female 19,011) 15-64 years: 61.2% (male 32,891/female 33,071) 65 years and over: 2.9% (male 1,379/female 1,784) (2007 est.) |
Median age: | total: 21.2 years male: 20.8 years female: 21.7 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate: | -0.154% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate: | 24.14 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate: | 4.66 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate: | -21.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio: | NA (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: | total: 28.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 70.35 years male: 68.52 years female: 72.28 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate: | 3.07 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: | NA |
Nationality: | noun: Micronesian(s) adjective: Micronesian; Chuukese, Kosraen(s), Pohnpeian(s), Yapese |
Ethnic groups: | Chuukese 48.8%, Pohnpeian 24.2%, Kosraean 6.2%, Yapese 5.2%, Yap outer islands 4.5%, Asian 1.8%, Polynesian 1.5%, other 6.4%, unknown 1.4% (2000 census) |
Religions: | Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3% |
Languages: | English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi |
Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89% male: 91% female: 88% (1980 est.) |