Federated States of Micronesia

Capital: Palikir

Total Area: 271.04 sq mi,702.00 sq km,(four times the size of Washington, DC)

Population: 134,597 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 142,951

Languages: English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean

Literacy: 89.0% total, 91.0% male, 88% female (1980 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other and none 3%

Life Expectancy: N/A male, N/A female

Government Type: constitutional government in free association with the US

Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): 2,000 (1999 est.)

Industry: tourism, construction, fish processing, craft items from shell, wood, and pearls

Agriculture: black pepper, tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes; pigs, chickens

Arable Land: N/A%

Natural Resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals

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