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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