Sub-region · UN WPP 2024

Micronesia (region) population

UN name: Micronesia

Micronesia (region) population now

530,990

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 525,240

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 530,518
Median age: 27.7
Aged 65+: 8.7%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2091

male female projection · one cell = 100 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

AGG · 1950–2100 · in brief

Micronesia (region) in numbers

Micronesia (region) had 525,240 people in mid-2023, less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 3.2 times its 1950 population of 162 thousand. It covers 7 countries and areas; the largest are Guam (31.7%), Kiribati (25.2%), Micronesia (21.4%), the Northern Mariana Islands (8.6%) and the Marshall Islands (7.4%).

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2091 at 658 thousand, then falling to 653 thousand by 2100.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2098 on.

The median age was 21.9 in 1950 and 27.2 in 2023; the projection has 41.8 in 2100. 7.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 21.3% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2073 at 418 thousand.

Population, mid-2023: 525,240
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.34% · +1,763 people
Births, 2023: 10,773
Deaths, 2023: 3,710
Net migration, 2023: −5,439
Children per woman, 2023: 2.85
Median age, 2023: 27.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 71.5 years
Population, mid-1950: 161,716
Projected, mid-2050: 599,724
Projected, mid-2100: 653,495

AGG · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection (medium). Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Micronesia (region), 1950–2100

Micronesia (region): population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	160,342	6,237	2,391	6.08	52.7
1951	estimate	163,090	6,369	2,396	6.11	53.0
1952	estimate	165,770	6,587	2,398	6.21	53.3
1953	estimate	168,638	6,771	2,400	6.29	53.5
1954	estimate	171,685	6,958	2,401	6.35	53.9
1955	estimate	174,866	7,221	2,405	6.46	54.2
1956	estimate	178,339	7,388	2,406	6.47	54.5
1957	estimate	181,893	7,639	2,404	6.56	54.9
1958	estimate	185,607	7,669	2,394	6.47	55.2
1959	estimate	189,729	7,814	2,392	6.46	55.5
1960	estimate	194,375	7,961	2,393	6.46	55.9
1961	estimate	199,859	8,117	2,402	6.46	56.3
1962	estimate	205,713	8,248	2,402	6.42	56.7
1963	estimate	211,796	8,294	2,377	6.28	57.2
1964	estimate	217,785	8,429	2,369	6.21	57.7
1965	estimate	223,940	8,574	2,370	6.10	58.1
1966	estimate	230,259	8,846	2,368	6.08	58.5
1967	estimate	235,566	8,853	2,366	5.90	59.0
1968	estimate	240,610	9,061	2,345	5.84	59.4
1969	estimate	245,964	9,276	2,335	5.82	59.9
1970	estimate	251,922	9,448	2,320	5.73	60.3
1971	estimate	259,228	9,659	2,315	5.63	60.7
1972	estimate	266,598	9,838	2,315	5.50	61.1
1973	estimate	274,021	10,022	2,327	5.37	61.5
1974	estimate	280,920	10,231	2,326	5.25	62.0
1975	estimate	286,016	10,389	2,319	5.13	62.3
1976	estimate	290,651	10,555	2,320	5.02	62.6
1977	estimate	295,344	10,652	2,314	4.88	62.8
1978	estimate	300,053	10,670	2,279	4.72	63.2
1979	estimate	305,386	10,814	2,280	4.62	63.5
1980	estimate	312,399	11,033	2,316	4.55	63.8
1981	estimate	321,630	11,218	2,344	4.46	64.1
1982	estimate	332,172	11,447	2,378	4.37	64.3
1983	estimate	342,917	11,830	2,421	4.33	64.6
1984	estimate	353,735	11,928	2,454	4.19	64.8
1985	estimate	364,782	12,271	2,486	4.14	65.1
1986	estimate	376,375	12,632	2,531	4.08	65.4
1987	estimate	388,268	13,038	2,588	4.04	65.6
1988	estimate	400,289	13,249	2,638	3.95	65.8
1989	estimate	411,654	13,379	2,674	3.86	66.0
1990	estimate	422,696	13,716	2,725	3.83	66.2
1991	estimate	431,713	14,032	2,748	3.85	66.5
1992	estimate	439,524	14,156	2,745	3.85	66.7
1993	estimate	447,315	14,246	2,793	3.83	67.0
1994	estimate	454,845	14,095	2,842	3.77	67.2
1995	estimate	461,780	14,132	2,883	3.75	67.4
1996	estimate	468,861	14,035	2,895	3.67	67.6
1997	estimate	478,781	14,123	2,907	3.55	67.8
1998	estimate	488,406	13,912	2,907	3.36	68.1
1999	estimate	497,691	13,973	2,899	3.25	68.4
2000	estimate	506,911	14,080	2,928	3.16	68.6
2001	estimate	511,351	13,897	2,909	3.12	69.0
2002	estimate	513,887	13,267	2,962	3.01	68.9
2003	estimate	515,739	13,271	2,924	3.05	69.5
2004	estimate	517,008	13,366	2,953	3.12	69.6
2005	estimate	517,852	13,143	2,974	3.11	69.8
2006	estimate	518,029	13,371	3,005	3.22	69.9
2007	estimate	517,745	13,389	3,048	3.27	69.9
2008	estimate	517,282	13,201	3,083	3.27	69.9
2009	estimate	516,817	12,950	3,112	3.25	69.9
2010	estimate	516,517	12,936	3,139	3.29	70.0
2011	estimate	518,161	12,783	3,173	3.26	70.1
2012	estimate	518,998	12,898	3,216	3.30	70.2
2013	estimate	519,382	12,485	3,254	3.20	70.3
2014	estimate	519,677	12,315	3,312	3.16	70.3
2015	estimate	519,604	12,068	3,369	3.10	70.4
2016	estimate	519,341	12,151	3,428	3.13	70.5
2017	estimate	519,089	11,895	3,477	3.07	70.5
2018	estimate	518,650	11,659	3,524	3.01	70.6
2019	estimate	518,003	11,459	3,563	2.98	70.7
2020	estimate	517,059	11,264	3,798	2.94	70.0
2021	estimate	520,627	11,165	3,949	2.91	69.8
2022	estimate	522,511	10,972	3,664	2.88	71.2
2023	estimate	524,443	10,773	3,710	2.85	71.5
2024	estimate	526,037	10,613	3,769	2.83	71.6
2025	projection	527,809	10,469	3,834	2.79	71.8
2026	projection	529,552	10,352	3,893	2.76	72.0
2027	projection	531,483	10,266	3,968	2.74	72.1
2028	projection	533,810	10,211	4,035	2.71	72.3
2029	projection	536,192	10,173	4,117	2.68	72.5
2030	projection	538,683	10,150	4,194	2.66	72.6
2031	projection	541,275	10,144	4,268	2.63	72.8
2032	projection	544,022	10,147	4,351	2.61	72.9
2033	projection	546,792	10,158	4,427	2.59	73.0
2034	projection	549,597	10,168	4,513	2.57	73.2
2035	projection	552,524	10,181	4,596	2.54	73.3
2036	projection	555,536	10,196	4,668	2.52	73.5
2037	projection	558,641	10,210	4,756	2.49	73.6
2038	projection	561,698	10,209	4,834	2.47	73.7
2039	projection	564,789	10,211	4,914	2.45	73.8
2040	projection	567,880	10,203	4,991	2.42	74.0
2041	projection	570,948	10,194	5,070	2.40	74.1
2042	projection	574,062	10,180	5,134	2.38	74.2
2043	projection	577,181	10,149	5,199	2.36	74.3
2044	projection	580,321	10,114	5,270	2.34	74.4
2045	projection	583,427	10,077	5,333	2.32	74.5
2046	projection	586,553	10,029	5,402	2.31	74.6
2047	projection	589,579	9,966	5,464	2.29	74.7
2048	projection	592,513	9,901	5,524	2.27	74.8
2049	projection	595,437	9,837	5,576	2.26	74.9
2050	projection	598,347	9,771	5,629	2.25	75.0
2051	projection	601,100	9,695	5,683	2.24	75.1
2052	projection	603,716	9,615	5,726	2.22	75.2
2053	projection	606,333	9,540	5,759	2.21	75.3
2054	projection	608,779	9,461	5,802	2.20	75.3
2055	projection	611,124	9,385	5,837	2.19	75.5
2056	projection	613,432	9,318	5,872	2.18	75.5
2057	projection	615,605	9,257	5,900	2.16	75.6
2058	projection	617,803	9,200	5,937	2.15	75.7
2059	projection	619,909	9,147	5,957	2.14	75.8
2060	projection	621,867	9,097	5,989	2.13	75.9
2061	projection	623,681	9,052	6,019	2.12	76.0
2062	projection	625,535	9,018	6,038	2.11	76.1
2063	projection	627,227	8,987	6,068	2.10	76.2
2064	projection	629,008	8,960	6,101	2.09	76.3
2065	projection	630,810	8,936	6,116	2.08	76.4
2066	projection	632,495	8,911	6,145	2.08	76.5
2067	projection	634,215	8,887	6,161	2.07	76.6
2068	projection	635,961	8,865	6,181	2.06	76.8
2069	projection	637,628	8,836	6,203	2.05	76.9
2070	projection	639,105	8,811	6,234	2.04	77.0
2071	projection	640,577	8,777	6,256	2.03	77.1
2072	projection	642,014	8,742	6,288	2.02	77.2
2073	projection	643,468	8,701	6,308	2.02	77.3
2074	projection	644,828	8,656	6,346	2.01	77.4
2075	projection	646,154	8,616	6,379	2.00	77.5
2076	projection	647,477	8,576	6,404	2.00	77.7
2077	projection	648,729	8,519	6,431	1.99	77.8
2078	projection	649,881	8,466	6,473	1.99	77.9
2079	projection	651,084	8,413	6,493	1.98	78.0
2080	projection	652,191	8,352	6,534	1.97	78.1
2081	projection	653,202	8,294	6,579	1.97	78.3
2082	projection	654,077	8,230	6,617	1.96	78.4
2083	projection	654,905	8,170	6,654	1.96	78.5
2084	projection	655,625	8,105	6,710	1.95	78.6
2085	projection	656,235	8,046	6,749	1.95	78.7
2086	projection	656,781	7,983	6,800	1.94	78.8
2087	projection	657,176	7,922	6,850	1.93	79.0
2088	projection	657,519	7,864	6,906	1.93	79.1
2089	projection	657,837	7,807	6,956	1.92	79.2
2090	projection	658,010	7,744	7,014	1.91	79.3
2091	projection	658,083	7,692	7,059	1.91	79.4
2092	projection	658,047	7,644	7,119	1.90	79.5
2093	projection	657,826	7,592	7,181	1.90	79.6
2094	projection	657,568	7,546	7,237	1.89	79.7
2095	projection	657,211	7,504	7,287	1.89	79.8
2096	projection	656,682	7,460	7,335	1.88	80.0
2097	projection	656,114	7,418	7,380	1.88	80.1
2098	projection	655,426	7,379	7,437	1.87	80.2
2099	projection	654,696	7,346	7,474	1.87	80.3
2100	projection	653,915	7,305	7,513	1.87	80.4

AGG · members

Countries and areas in Micronesia (region)

Micronesia (region): member countries and areas, population mid-2023, share of the group and projected mid-2100
#	Country or area	Mid-2023	Share	Mid-2100, projected
1	Guam	166,507	31.7%	205,502
2	Kiribati	132,530	25.2%	222,645
3	Micronesia	112,630	21.4%	128,142
4	Northern Mariana Islands	45,143	8.6%	41,611
5	Marshall Islands	38,827	7.4%	23,806
6	Palau	17,728	3.4%	11,126
7	Nauru	11,875	2.3%	20,664

Show the numbers: Micronesia (region), mid-2026, by single year of age

Micronesia (region): population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	5,214	4,876
1	5,196	4,860
2	5,216	4,877
3	5,270	4,924
4	5,338	4,986
5	5,377	5,030
6	5,357	5,024
7	5,323	5,000
8	5,312	4,998
9	5,313	5,008
10	5,314	5,020
11	5,308	5,022
12	5,307	5,034
13	5,304	5,066
14	5,306	5,084
15	5,272	5,050
16	5,155	4,974
17	4,992	4,853
18	4,824	4,685
19	4,633	4,532
20	4,481	4,404
21	4,358	4,238
22	4,198	4,048
23	4,057	3,884
24	3,988	3,764
25	3,990	3,732
26	3,978	3,728
27	3,918	3,720
28	3,864	3,708
29	3,810	3,625
30	3,782	3,567
31	3,747	3,558
32	3,677	3,531
33	3,632	3,526
34	3,585	3,480
35	3,523	3,362
36	3,434	3,268
37	3,290	3,182
38	3,195	3,099
39	3,166	3,051
40	3,124	3,028
41	3,062	3,016
42	3,003	3,005
43	2,925	2,980
44	2,851	2,933
45	2,818	2,869
46	2,772	2,808
47	2,697	2,720
48	2,659	2,637
49	2,662	2,607
50	2,631	2,632
51	2,595	2,678
52	2,572	2,715
53	2,552	2,724
54	2,538	2,678
55	2,548	2,673
56	2,562	2,702
57	2,530	2,694
58	2,494	2,658
59	2,480	2,616
60	2,460	2,574
61	2,408	2,496
62	2,320	2,418
63	2,210	2,345
64	2,100	2,226
65	2,001	2,133
66	1,890	2,047
67	1,749	1,920
68	1,611	1,806
69	1,492	1,715
70	1,393	1,626
71	1,282	1,522
72	1,157	1,416
73	1,042	1,310
74	951	1,204
75	872	1,104
76	798	1,006
77	729	903
78	648	797
79	554	701
80	465	606
81	378	526
82	307	462
83	250	403
84	208	348
85	178	303
86	156	268
87	142	233
88	123	200
89	103	170
90	81	136
91	60	109
92	44	84
93	30	66
94	21	50
95	16	40
96	12	32
97	9	27
98	7	20
99	5	16
100+	10	48

AGG · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Micronesia (region), every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

AGG · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Micronesia (region)

On the UN's projection, Micronesia (region) will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2073: 418,368 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 327,970.

100 aged 15–64

48 children

12 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

AGG · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Micronesia (region), and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Micronesia (region) loses 5,119 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 910 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 100 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 1,805 (1986), and a loss of 10,801 (2007).

This is a group of countries, so its figure counts only moves across its own outer edge: someone moving from one country inside it to another does not appear.

How migration works everywhere

AGG · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Micronesia (region)

Of every 100 babies born in Micronesia (region) in 2023, 10 had a mother under 20, 75 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 15 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 10 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
10 · 73 · 17

2023
10 · 75 · 15

2050 · projected
7 · 74 · 19

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 10,773
Average age when women have a baby: 28.8 years; 29.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 43; 98 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Micronesia (region) by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	15	34	27	18	14	4
15–19	609	1,389	1,677	991	665	268
20–24	1,711	3,399	3,809	2,688	1,944	1,066
25–29	1,676	2,718	3,694	3,060	2,718	2,070
30–34	1,173	1,547	2,813	2,362	2,578	2,296
35–39	734	911	1,565	1,305	1,517	1,305
40–44	280	333	447	331	318	274
45–49	39	56	47	18	17	22
50–54	0	2	1	0	0	0
All babies	6,237	10,389	14,080	10,773	9,771	7,305

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual tables for regions and groups (estimates to 2023, then the medium projection), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UN WUP 2025 · Maddison Project 2020 · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The 7 countries listed were summed and checked against the UN's total for every year. The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.