Demographics of Micronesia

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Micronesia is projected at 116.26 thousand, up by 1.07% compared with 115.02 thousand in 2020. Micronesia is ranked 194th in terms of population and 102nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 2.62 thousand births in Micronesia in 2021. That is 7 per day, which is ranked 191st. The crude birth rate is 22.5 per 1000 people. There are 0.79 thousand deaths in Micronesia in 2021. That is 2 per day, which is ranked 197th. The crude death rate is 6.76 per 1000 people.

25.05 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 23.07% of Micronesia population. Micronesia is ranked 218th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Micronesia in 2021 is 103.39 males per 100 females. There are 59.10 thousand males and 57.16 thousand females in Micronesia. The percentage of female population is 49.17% compare to 50.83% male population. Micronesia has 1.94 thousand more males than females. Micronesia is at 177th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Micronesia population

Year Population Growth (%)
195032,004-
195537,8803.06
196044,5103.28
196552,2243.46
197061,4152.11
197563,1221.07
198072,9363.43
198585,6412.94
199096,3042.38
1995107,5351.42
2000107,405-0.34
2005106,135-0.46
2010102,916-0.05
2015108,8861.34
2016110,2151.22
2017111,4611.13
2018112,6401.06
2019113,8111.04
2020115,0211.06
2021116,2551.07
  • Total
  • Crude

Micronesia death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19505821,61517.8249.44
19556001,75315.7946.20
19606121,94613.7143.60
19656272,23711.8942.39
19706362,45110.6441.04
19756522,51610.0538.89
19806622,8599.0738.94
19856873,2048.0637.69
19907433,2997.6734.03
19958143,3997.7032.17
20008303,2237.7029.91
20057992,7827.5726.36
20107482,5207.1524.10
20157112,5206.5523.21
20207692,6016.6822.61
20217862,6166.7622.50
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Micronesia

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19506,40025,601-20.000
19558,00829,8854.1821.133
19609,93734,6004.3922.312
196512,29639,9464.5823.537
197015,24046,1913.1724.808
197516,32746,8171.5225.858
198019,29653,6683.8926.445
198522,40663,2802.6826.149
199024,87071,4612.1225.818
199526,96280,594-0.5225.068
200023,99083,442-2.1922.330
200523,71482,482-0.3622.330
201023,10580,511-0.3622.298
201523,45280,9810.6622.456
202024,71683,0581.2722.933
202125,05483,5551.3723.068
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Micronesia population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 6,349 6,072 12,421 10.68 104.562
05-09 6,091 5,704 11,795 10.15 106.785
10-14 6,003 5,781 11,784 10.14 103.840
15-19 5,852 5,523 11,375 9.78 105.957
20-24 5,945 5,585 11,530 9.92 106.446
25-29 5,700 5,229 10,929 9.40 109.007
30-34 4,564 4,076 8,640 7.43 111.973
35-39 3,531 3,459 6,990 6.01 102.082
40-44 3,120 2,948 6,068 5.22 105.834
45-49 2,716 2,771 5,487 4.72 98.015
50-54 2,467 2,657 5,124 4.41 92.849
55-59 2,350 2,352 4,702 4.04 99.915
60-64 1,962 2,079 4,041 3.48 94.372
65-69 1,406 1,479 2,885 2.48 95.064
70-74 709 822 1,531 1.32 86.253
75-79 223 360 583 0.50 61.944
80-84 76 174 250 0.22 43.678
85-89 26 72 98 0.08 36.111
90-94 5 15 20 0.02 33.333
95-99 0 2 2 0.00 0.000
100+ 0 0 00.00 -
Total 59,095 57,160 116,255 103.385