Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
President: Isaias Afewerki
Population
106,487
6,086,495
Life Expectancy
71.800 years
62.860 years
Capital City
Largest city
Weno (population: 17,624)
Asmara (population: 563,930)
Human Development Index
NA
0.442
GDP per capita
Literacy Rate
89%
58.6%
Corruption Perception Index
NA
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA
22%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
Death Penalty
NA
Abolished in practice
Political System
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
transitional government note: following a successful referendum on independence for the Autonomous Region of Eritrea on 23-25 April 1993, a National Assembly, composed entirely of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice or PFDJ, was established as a transitional legislature; a Constitutional Commission was also established to draft a constitution; ISAIAS Afworki was elected president by the transitional legislature; the constitution, ratified in May 1997, did not enter into effect, pending parliamentary and presidential elections; parliamentary elections were scheduled in December 2001, but were postponed indefinitely; currently the sole legal party is the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ)
Independence date
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant
Languages
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan
Area
702 km sq
117,600 km sq
Coastline
6,112 km
2,234 km
Climate
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
hot, dry desert strip along Red Sea coast; cooler and wetter in the central highlands (up to 61 cm of rainfall annually, heaviest June to September); semiarid in western hills and lowlands
