Micronesia 
Facts
Population:
134,597 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
NA%
15-64 years:
NA%
65 years and over:
NA%
Population growth rate:
NA%
Birth rate:
NA births/1,000 population
Death rate:
NA deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate:
NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio:
NA
Infant mortality rate:
NA deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years
Total fertility rate:
NA children born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Micronesian(s)
adjective:
Micronesian; Kosrae(s), Pohnpeian(s), Trukese, Yapese
Ethnic groups:
nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
Religions:
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other and none 3%
Languages:
English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
89%
male:
91%
female:
88% (1980 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $263 million (1999 est.)
note:
GDP is supplemented by grant aid, averaging perhaps $100 million annually
GDP - real growth rate:
0.3% (1999 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,000 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
19%
industry:
4%
services:
77% (1996 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.6% (FY98/99)
Labor force:
NA
Labor force - by occupation:
two-thirds are government employees
Unemployment rate:
16% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$161 million ($69 million less grants)
expenditures:
$160 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:
tourism, construction, fish processing, craft items from shell, wood, and pearls
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
NA kWh
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
NA%
hydro:
NA%
nuclear:
NA%
other:
NA%
Electricity - consumption:
NA kWh
Agriculture - products:
black pepper, tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, chickens
Exports:
$73 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
Exports - commodities:
fish, garments, bananas, black pepper
Exports - partners:
Japan, US, Guam
Imports:
$168 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages
Imports - partners:
US, Japan, Australia
Debt - external:
$111 million (1997 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US will provide $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001
Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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