Federated States of Micronesia

OceaniaCapital city: PalikirCapital metro: PalikirMost important metro: WenoPresident: Wesley Simina
2026 population
76K
Rank #212 globally
Area
702 km² (271 sq mi)
Metros tracked
2
112% of population in metros
Composite score
0.0
Rank #243 globally

population: 2023 census (12 Feb 2023) · indicators as of 2026-09-05 · 2 metros tracked

🗺️ Geography2 metros

Federated States of Micronesia metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.

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2 polygons

Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

🏙️ 2 tracked metros
2 metros
#3983Weno▲ Largest
0.0
🗂️ States

4 entries listed under Federated States of Micronesia. Click any to see its metros and footprint.

4 total
📋 At a glance
Official language
English
Government
Federal republic
Legislature
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia
Demonym
Micronesian
Time zones
UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+691
Internet TLD
.fm
ISO 3166
FM
Established
1986
Highest point
Dolohmwar (791 m (2,595 ft))
National anthem
Preamble

Facts via Wikidata.

💹 Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Human Dev. Index
#147 / 191
0.615
UNDP · 2023
GDP
#189 / 193
$502M
World Bank · 2025
GDP per capita
#126 / 193
$4.4k
World Bank · 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
#158 / 190
$4.6k
World Bank · 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
#119 / 192
$4.8k
World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
#152 / 194
67.4 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
22.9 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#185 / 194
22%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
0.5%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#56 / 193
161/km²
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
#125 / 193
2.6%
World Bank · 2024
Gini index
#125 / 166
40.1
World Bank · 2013
Internet users
#156 / 193
40%
World Bank · 2024
Inflation
#141 / 185
5.4%
World Bank · 2022
CO₂ per capita
#66 / 192
1.3 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024

Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.

Alliances & Organisations2 full memberships

Political & Economic

Subregional

Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer

🏛️ Leadership History10 leaders · click to expand

marks a leader associated with atrocities or defiance of law, systemic subversion of democratic institutions, or a criminal conviction. Convictions arising from political persecution, and annulled convictions, are excluded. denotes a monarch. These are editorial designations, applied per entry rather than derived automatically.

Wesley Simina✦ Current

2023Present

President

Tenure: 3y 1m

David Panuelo

20192023

President

Tenure: 4y 0m

Peter M. Christian

20152019

President

Tenure: 4y 0m

Manny Mori

20072015

President

Tenure: 8y 0m

Joseph Urusemal

20032007

President

Tenure: 4y 0m

Leo Falcam

19992003

President

Tenure: 4y 0m

Jacob Nena

19961999

President

Tenure: 2y 6m

Bailey Olter

19911996

President

Tenure: 5y 5m

John Haglelgam

19871991

President

Tenure: 4y 0m

Tosiwo Nakayama

19791987

President

Tenure: 8y 0m
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#232 · 0.0%
3%5%8%10%2000
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)
Federated States of Micronesia · share of world power, 1991–2026

The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.

👥 Population over time
Population 2023
113k
#196 in the world
Since 1800
6.86×
from 16k
Peak
2023
at its largest now
Share of world
0.00%
0.00% in 1800
29k57k86k114k18001850190019502000
Federated States of Micronesia · people, 1800–2023 · dashed to 2026 is projected

Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.

👥 To 2100

The UN’s probabilistic projection for Federated States of Micronesia: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.

Peak on the median
2075
133k on the UN median
2050
126k
95% band 78k to 195k
2100
128k
95% band 27k to 579k
2100 against 2025
1.13×
median falling from 2076
Deaths outnumber births
from 2087
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
152k304k456k608k1950197520002025205020752100

Tap or drag across the chart to read any year: the estimate to 2023, then the UN median, its bands and the scenarios.

estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration

What drives it

Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.

1950
1k born · 580 died · 0 net migration
TFR 6.63 · life expectancy 48.4 · median age 18.4
1960
2k born · 574 died · +193 net migration
TFR 6.74 · life expectancy 54.2 · median age 16.4
1970
3k born · 566 died · -192 net migration
TFR 6.93 · life expectancy 59.8 · median age 15.3
1980
3k born · 594 died · -291 net migration
TFR 6.42 · life expectancy 62.6 · median age 15.0
1990
4k born · 674 died · -993 net migration
TFR 5.05 · life expectancy 63.7 · median age 15.5
2000
4k born · 772 died · -2k net migration
TFR 4.22 · life expectancy 64.3 · median age 17.8
2010
3k born · 770 died · -2k net migration
TFR 3.27 · life expectancy 64.9 · median age 20.3
2020
3k born · 884 died · -680 net migration
TFR 2.85 · life expectancy 65.9 · median age 22.1
Show all 16 decades
2030
2k born · 945 died · -987 net migration
TFR 2.56 · life expectancy 68.2 · median age 24.3
2040
2k born · 1k died · -748 net migration
TFR 2.33 · life expectancy 69.5 · median age 26.6
2050
2k born · 1k died · -503 net migration
TFR 2.15 · life expectancy 70.8 · median age 29.2
2060
2k born · 1k died · -442 net migration
TFR 2.03 · life expectancy 72.1 · median age 31.9
2070
2k born · 1k died · -329 net migration
TFR 1.94 · life expectancy 73.4 · median age 34.7
2080
2k born · 1k died · -254 net migration
TFR 1.87 · life expectancy 74.8 · median age 37.0
2090
2k born · 2k died · -157 net migration
TFR 1.83 · life expectancy 76.1 · median age 38.9
2100
1k born · 2k died · -127 net migration
TFR 1.80 · life expectancy 77.4 · median age 40.5

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Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.

🏆 National Teams

Federated States of Micronesia on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.