Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone
Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
four major island groups totaling 607 islands
People Micronesia, Federated States of
Population:
108,004 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 36.6% (male 20,116/female 19,391)
15-64 years: 60.4% (male 32,620/female 32,659)
65 years and over: 3% (male 1,413/female 1,805) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 20.9 years
male: 20.5 years
female: 21.4 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.11% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
24.68 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
4.75 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-21.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)