Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
Population
2,889,187
106,487
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
71.800 years
Capital City
Kingston
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Weno (population: 17,624)
Human Development Index
0.771
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GDP per capita
$9,100 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
89%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
NA
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
Death Penalty
Legal
NA
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force May 2004
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
Religions
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
Languages
English, English patois
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
