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Micronesia

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Capital:	Palikir
Area size (Land only):	702 sq. km Approximatley four times the size of Washington D.C.
Time zone:	GMT +10 Yap and Chuuk, GMT +11 Pohnpei and Kosrae
Currency:	U.S. dollar
Area code:	(+) 691
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	The climate is tropical with heavy rainfall.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English is the official language; various local languages are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.1 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.1 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Trukese 41 percent, Pohnpeian 26 percent. Other groups include the Mortlockese, the Kosraean and the Yapese.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Christianity is the main religion. The Trukese, Pohnpeians and Kosraeans are mostly Protestant, while the Yapese are mainly Catholic.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	22.4 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	22.4 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	22.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1979
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available

Percentage of population under 15

2005	38.6 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2004	39.1 percent	UNDP 2006
2003	39.2 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Average life expectancy

2005	No data available years
2004	67.8 years	UNDP 2006
2003	67.6 years	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available years
2000	No data available years

Life expectancy - male

2005	67.3 years	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2004	67.1 years	UNDP 2006
2003	No data available years

Life expectancy - female

2005	68.7 years	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2004	68.5 years	UNDP 2006
2003	No data available years
2000	No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	33 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	33 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	34 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	19 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	20 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	40 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	41 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	42 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	23 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	88 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1996-2004	88 percent	UNDP 2006
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	93 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	15 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	15 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water

2006	94 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	94 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	25 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	28 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent

Literacy - average

2004	67.0 percent	UNDP 2006
2003	67.0 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	79 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	79 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	81 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	114 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	110 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	103 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	94 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	94 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	90 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	249 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	249 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	170 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	129 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	117 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	54 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	1 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Internet users

2008	135 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	135 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	126 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	118 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	109 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	92 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	56 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	47 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	37 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	2280 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	2310 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	2350 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	2310 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	2250 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	2120 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	2090 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	2150 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	-0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	1.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	-4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	3.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	8.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	4.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	1.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	-0.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	-0.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	2.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	60 per 100,000 people	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
1990-2004	60 per 100,000 people	UNDP 2006
1990-2003	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002	No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	97 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	101 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	105 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	109 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	114 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	118 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	123 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	128 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
No data available (2002)

Number of refugees residing here

2008	1	UNHCR
2007	2	UNHCR
2006	2	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	7.3 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2002-2004	No data available percent
2000-2002	6.5 percent	UNDP 2005
1999-2001	No data available percent
1998-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	6.5 percent	U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) 2007
2003-2004	5.6 percent	UNDP 2006
2002	5.7 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

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