Country or area · Micronesia (region) · Oceania · UN WPP 2024

Northern Mariana Islands population

Northern Mariana Islands population now

42,776

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 35,449–50,091.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 45,143

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 42,921; 95% range, 31 Dec: 35,449–50,091
Median age: 39.8
Aged 65+: 11.9%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 20 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

MNP · 1950–2100 · in brief

Northern Mariana Islands in numbers

The UN counts 45,143 people in The Northern Mariana Islands in mid-2023, which makes it the 214th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and less than 0.01% of the world's people. That is 6.3 times its 1950 population of 7,110.

Its population peaked in 2000 at 68,356 and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 41,611 in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 4,427 to 549 thousand.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2087; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it. Deaths also outnumber births in 2047–2069.

The median age was 19.2 in 1950 and 37.1 in 2023; the projection has 49.2 in 2100. 8.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 29.5% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2000 at 51,534; in 2023 it was 31,005.

Among countries it ranks 214th in 2023, 216th in 2050 and 213th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes American Samoa in 2034, Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2058 and Greenland in 2080. It is overtaken by Sint Maarten in 2025, Gibraltar in 2028 and Liechtenstein in 2033.

Population, mid-2023: 45,143
Rank by population, 2023: 214 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −2.03% · −935 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 98
Land area, 2023: 460 km²
Births, 2023: 583
Deaths, 2023: 212
Net migration, 2023: −1,321
Children per woman, 2023: 2.35
Median age, 2023: 37.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 78.8 years
In a city, 2025: 0 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,110
Projected, mid-2050: 42,764
Projected, mid-2100: 41,611

MNP · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. 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: Northern Mariana Islands, 1950–2100

Northern Mariana Islands: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	7,034		319	71	6.08	58.2
1951	estimate	7,187		320	71	6.08	58.5
1952	estimate	7,280		319	71	6.08	58.8
1953	estimate	7,377		317	71	6.08	59.1
1954	estimate	7,505		314	70	6.08	59.5
1955	estimate	7,636		311	70	6.07	59.8
1956	estimate	7,819		306	70	6.06	60.1
1957	estimate	7,964		301	69	6.05	60.4
1958	estimate	8,178		294	68	6.03	60.7
1959	estimate	8,383		295	68	5.99	61.0
1960	estimate	8,611		302	68	5.96	61.4
1961	estimate	8,862		308	68	5.91	61.7
1962	estimate	9,128		314	69	5.85	62.0
1963	estimate	9,431		320	70	5.79	62.3
1964	estimate	9,759		326	70	5.72	62.6
1965	estimate	10,092		333	71	5.66	63.0
1966	estimate	10,435		341	71	5.59	63.3
1967	estimate	10,789		363	72	5.70	63.7
1968	estimate	10,708		493	73	7.74	64.1
1969	estimate	10,228		463	68	7.62	64.5
1970	estimate	9,749		422	62	7.44	64.8
1971	estimate	10,591		452	65	7.13	65.2
1972	estimate	11,950		505	71	6.78	65.6
1973	estimate	13,323		555	77	6.40	66.0
1974	estimate	14,438		590	81	6.02	66.4
1975	estimate	14,871		589	81	5.63	66.8
1976	estimate	15,259		582	81	5.23	67.3
1977	estimate	15,616		568	81	4.83	67.7
1978	estimate	15,957		550	82	4.43	67.9
1979	estimate	16,303		526	83	4.05	68.1
1980	estimate	16,672		491	85	3.65	68.3
1981	estimate	18,579		513	90	3.26	68.5
1982	estimate	21,072		549	97	2.90	68.7
1983	estimate	23,628		581	105	2.58	68.9
1984	estimate	26,243		617	114	2.32	69.1
1985	estimate	28,906		665	123	2.15	69.2
1986	estimate	31,609		777	134	2.17	69.4
1987	estimate	34,351		953	146	2.34	69.5
1988	estimate	37,122		973	157	2.16	69.6
1989	estimate	39,915		976	169	2.02	69.8
1990	estimate	42,692		1,212	181	2.34	70.0
1991	estimate	43,991		1,466	184	2.82	70.4
1992	estimate	44,795		1,567	183	3.07	70.8
1993	estimate	45,568		1,619	182	3.23	71.2
1994	estimate	46,335		1,457	179	2.98	71.5
1995	estimate	47,125		1,476	177	3.08	71.9
1996	estimate	49,228		1,321	175	2.59	72.4
1997	estimate	54,185		1,401	180	2.25	73.0
1998	estimate	59,007		1,206	180	1.69	73.6
1999	estimate	63,667		1,311	180	1.61	74.3
2000	estimate	68,166		1,501	180	1.64	74.9
2001	estimate	68,547		1,567	178	1.74	75.4
2002	estimate	67,422		1,415	171	1.68	75.9
2003	estimate	66,133		1,478	165	1.89	76.5
2004	estimate	64,708		1,463	163	2.07	76.8
2005	estimate	63,169		1,432	156	2.26	77.3
2006	estimate	61,539		1,486	152	2.61	77.7
2007	estimate	59,826		1,428	152	2.79	77.9
2008	estimate	58,056		1,300	153	2.81	77.9
2009	estimate	56,243		1,141	155	2.74	77.9
2010	estimate	54,408		1,118	158	2.98	77.8
2011	estimate	53,774		1,148	165	3.21	77.7
2012	estimate	53,443		1,159	174	3.33	77.6
2013	estimate	53,025		1,202	182	3.54	77.5
2014	estimate	52,491		1,120	189	3.37	77.4
2015	estimate	51,866		1,019	194	3.13	77.4
2016	estimate	51,161		933	198	2.92	77.4
2017	estimate	50,385		865	201	2.76	77.5
2018	estimate	49,532		813	203	2.64	77.5
2019	estimate	48,622		771	199	2.56	77.8
2020	estimate	47,636		736	197	2.49	78.0
2021	estimate	47,420		696	206	2.44	78.2
2022	estimate	46,538		636	208	2.39	78.5
2023	estimate	45,618		583	212	2.35	78.8
2024	estimate	44,668		536	220	2.32	79.0
2025	projection	43,887	41,384–46,068	498	229	2.28	79.1
2026	projection	43,194	38,371–47,916	468	238	2.24	79.2
2027	projection	42,634	35,449–50,091	447	247	2.21	79.4
2028	projection	42,317	32,816–52,961	438	258	2.18	79.5
2029	projection	42,062	30,850–56,001	435	269	2.15	79.7
2030	projection	41,856	29,161–59,115	438	281	2.12	79.8
2031	projection	41,714	28,058–62,300	445	294	2.10	80.0
2032	projection	41,640	27,097–66,904	458	307	2.08	80.1
2033	projection	41,560	25,930–71,056	472	320	2.06	80.2
2034	projection	41,535	25,330–75,572	488	334	2.04	80.4
2035	projection	41,574	24,466–80,193	506	349	2.03	80.5
2036	projection	41,660	23,899–85,597	523	364	2.02	80.7
2037	projection	41,782	23,303–90,361	539	379	2.00	80.8
2038	projection	41,880	22,823–95,807	551	394	1.99	81.0
2039	projection	41,987	22,004–99,817	560	409	1.98	81.1
2040	projection	42,128	21,494–105,788	566	425	1.97	81.3
2041	projection	42,221	21,192–111,110	566	440	1.96	81.4
2042	projection	42,369	20,453–115,193	564	455	1.95	81.6
2043	projection	42,447	19,826–120,145	557	469	1.95	81.7
2044	projection	42,524	19,306–123,117	548	484	1.94	81.8
2045	projection	42,602	19,033–124,429	536	497	1.94	82.0
2046	projection	42,684	18,657–129,431	523	510	1.93	82.1
2047	projection	42,717	18,483–136,805	510	522	1.93	82.3
2048	projection	42,748	17,858–142,251	497	532	1.92	82.4
2049	projection	42,733	17,328–148,280	483	542	1.92	82.5
2050	projection	42,789	16,790–152,195	472	551	1.91	82.7
2051	projection	42,740	16,193–156,600	460	558	1.91	82.8
2052	projection	42,701	15,538–159,833	448	564	1.90	83.0
2053	projection	42,690	15,081–163,183	439	569	1.90	83.1
2054	projection	42,645	14,599–168,713	429	572	1.89	83.2
2055	projection	42,584	13,796–173,115	420	574	1.89	83.4
2056	projection	42,492	13,105–175,360	412	574	1.88	83.5
2057	projection	42,341	12,397–179,735	406	573	1.88	83.6
2058	projection	42,224	12,148–186,309	402	571	1.88	83.8
2059	projection	42,061	11,283–191,156	399	566	1.87	83.9
2060	projection	41,890	10,962–202,520	399	560	1.87	84.0
2061	projection	41,745	10,803–208,397	402	554	1.86	84.2
2062	projection	41,636	10,572–210,167	407	546	1.86	84.3
2063	projection	41,514	9,884–216,149	413	537	1.86	84.4
2064	projection	41,404	9,723–223,404	421	527	1.85	84.5
2065	projection	41,354	8,993–232,243	430	517	1.85	84.7
2066	projection	41,269	8,883–231,643	437	506	1.85	84.8
2067	projection	41,240	8,654–241,033	446	494	1.85	84.9
2068	projection	41,246	8,265–247,293	454	483	1.84	85.1
2069	projection	41,263	8,337–258,812	461	472	1.84	85.2
2070	projection	41,250	8,496–266,812	465	461	1.84	85.3
2071	projection	41,232	8,175–271,952	467	450	1.83	85.4
2072	projection	41,263	8,036–280,846	468	439	1.83	85.6
2073	projection	41,304	7,564–281,012	468	430	1.83	85.7
2074	projection	41,361	7,161–295,064	465	421	1.83	85.8
2075	projection	41,393	6,592–299,011	460	412	1.83	85.9
2076	projection	41,445	6,409–310,653	455	404	1.82	86.0
2077	projection	41,524	6,435–323,708	448	397	1.82	86.1
2078	projection	41,619	6,578–329,475	441	390	1.82	86.3
2079	projection	41,748	6,342–336,466	435	385	1.82	86.4
2080	projection	41,850	6,209–356,573	427	380	1.82	86.5
2081	projection	41,948	6,385–366,522	419	376	1.81	86.6
2082	projection	42,047	6,418–387,855	411	374	1.81	86.7
2083	projection	42,130	6,824–404,804	404	373	1.81	86.8
2084	projection	42,202	6,758–417,913	396	372	1.80	87.0
2085	projection	42,263	6,633–432,334	389	374	1.80	87.1
2086	projection	42,314	6,518–445,062	384	376	1.80	87.2
2087	projection	42,351	6,529–456,798	378	380	1.80	87.3
2088	projection	42,383	6,571–464,624	374	385	1.80	87.4
2089	projection	42,379	5,792–478,811	370	391	1.80	87.5
2090	projection	42,386	5,712–477,003	368	398	1.79	87.6
2091	projection	42,363	5,858–488,769	366	407	1.79	87.7
2092	projection	42,319	5,492–501,148	366	416	1.79	87.8
2093	projection	42,261	5,088–505,879	366	426	1.79	87.9
2094	projection	42,217	4,755–512,814	367	438	1.79	88.0
2095	projection	42,148	4,927–523,586	368	450	1.79	88.1
2096	projection	42,068	4,677–539,024	370	461	1.79	88.3
2097	projection	41,977	5,370–546,427	372	473	1.78	88.3
2098	projection	41,882	5,130–540,918	375	484	1.78	88.5
2099	projection	41,787	4,732–546,094	378	494	1.78	88.6
2100	projection	41,667	4,427–548,992	380	502	1.78	88.7

Show the numbers: Northern Mariana Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

Northern Mariana Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	247	212
1	254	216
2	266	224
3	285	240
4	309	260
5	332	280
6	315	266
7	294	250
8	305	264
9	316	279
10	328	292
11	339	306
12	351	318
13	362	332
14	378	348
15	392	362
16	403	372
17	411	372
18	408	366
19	396	357
20	377	340
21	356	320
22	332	293
23	300	262
24	268	231
25	238	198
26	209	165
27	186	140
28	174	132
29	174	129
30	177	139
31	188	162
32	203	181
33	216	198
34	225	208
35	232	205
36	240	199
37	245	198
38	252	196
39	254	202
40	254	210
41	254	218
42	260	232
43	267	246
44	277	256
45	290	265
46	302	274
47	319	284
48	334	294
49	341	300
50	352	312
51	365	324
52	375	334
53	381	350
54	390	360
55	399	367
56	404	379
57	406	386
58	408	382
59	398	373
60	386	357
61	378	332
62	364	310
63	344	290
64	328	269
65	310	252
66	290	244
67	270	236
68	246	219
69	222	201
70	198	184
71	169	162
72	143	141
73	124	124
74	108	105
75	93	92
76	81	78
77	73	69
78	61	58
79	51	47
80	42	43
81	32	36
82	23	27
83	17	22
84	14	19
85	10	17
86	9	17
87	10	14
88	8	11
89	7	10
90	6	8
91	4	7
92	3	6
93	2	5
94	1	3
95	1	2
96	1	1
97	0	1
98	0	0
99	0	0
100+	0	0

MNP · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Northern Mariana Islands, 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.

MNP · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2000: 51,535 people aged 15–64, against 31,005 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

33 children

13 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 45 years: 1984–2028.

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

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

MNP · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Northern Mariana Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Northern Mariana Islands loses 1,202 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 220 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 20 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 3,801 (1996) and the most it lost was 3,050 (2007).

In 2024, 22,000 people living in the Northern Mariana Islands had been born in another country, 50 of every 100 people there, against 61 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

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

Who has the babies in Northern Mariana Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the Northern Mariana Islands in 2023, 9 had a mother under 20, 75 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 9 under 20 and 13 aged 35 or older.

1950
9 · 78 · 13

2023
9 · 75 · 16

2050 · projected
2 · 77 · 21

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

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 583
Average age when women have a baby: 29.1 years; 29.5 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 26; 74 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the Northern Mariana Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	3	7	2	1	1	0
15–19	27	73	137	50	11	6
20–24	90	202	319	125	43	34
25–29	93	160	455	149	133	114
30–34	65	84	381	164	187	156
35–39	28	47	166	70	78	58
40–44	11	14	40	23	18	11
45–49	2	2	1	1	1	1
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	319	589	1,501	583	472	380

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

MNP · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Northern Mariana Islands

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from the Northern Mariana Islands at the end of 2025.

An empty row is not the same as a zero. These figures cover the people one agency works with, so a country it has no operation in has nothing to report here.

How the world's displacement is counted

MNP · of every 100 people

How people live in Northern Mariana Islands

Of every 100 people in the Northern Mariana Islands in 2025, 69 lived in a town or suburb and 31 in the countryside.

towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

MNP · cities · 2025

Cities in Northern Mariana Islands

No place in the Northern Mariana Islands is big and dense enough to count as a city under the UN's rule — at least 50,000 people, living 1,500 or more to the square kilometre.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the Northern Mariana Islands are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries 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.