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 5 Sep 2026 · 2 metros tracked

🗺️ Geography2 metros

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

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2 polygons

Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

🏙️ 2 tracked metros
2 metros
#3982Weno▲ Largest
Chuuk (Truk) · 49K · Local Metro
0.0
#4091Palikir★ Capital
Pohnpei (Ponape) · 36K · Local Metro
0.0
🗂️ States

4 entries listed under Federated States of Micronesia. Select 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.

🗣️ Languages of Federated States of Micronesia

English first; 3 languages share the country; 1 official.

LanguageShareStatus
English57%Official
Chuukese30%None
Pohnpeian23%None
Kosraean8%None
Yapese6.6%None
Ulithian3%None

Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.

English reach
57%
Tier 3 country
Effective languages
2.1
Official-language gap
43%
English is spoken by 57%

Federated States of Micronesia on the languages board · Language power

💹 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 (417/mi²)
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
Wesley Simina✦ Current
President · 3y 1m
2023–Present
David Panuelo
President · 4y 0m
2019–2023
Peter M. Christian
President · 4y 0m
2015–2019
Manny Mori
President · 8y 0m
2007–2015
Joseph Urusemal
President · 4y 0m
2003–2007
Leo Falcam
President · 4y 0m
1999–2003
Jacob Nena
President · 2y 6m
1996–1999
Bailey Olter
President · 5y 5m
1991–1996
John Haglelgam
President · 4y 0m
1987–1991
Tosiwo Nakayama
President · 8y 0m
1979–1987
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#232 · 0.0%
3%5%8%10%2000
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)

The power line 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

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
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

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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. Select a card for the full record.