Micronesia
Population growth in Micronesia
Population growth in Micronesia: 2.8% a year in 1950 and 0.47% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0.47% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.34 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 145 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.26% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.26% a year in 2100, between -6.55% a year and 3.69% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.55% a year in 1962, the lowest -0.91% a year in 2009.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Micronesia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.47 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.45 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.42 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.85 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.29 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.39 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.35 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.31 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.28 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.23 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.2 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.16 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.14 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -0.91 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -0.9 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -0.83 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -0.71 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -0.52 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | -0.4 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | -0.24 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | -0.05 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.2 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.38 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.27 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.27 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.28 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.37 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.5 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.61 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.11 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.15 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 1.8 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 1.86 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 1.91 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.98 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 2.72 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 2.79 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 2.84 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 2.88 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 2.93 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 2.97 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 3.02 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 3.06 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 3.12 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 3.11 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.46 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.41 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.33 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.72 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.72 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.7 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.64 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 3.1 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.02 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 2.98 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 2.92 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.08 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.04 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.98 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.96 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.55 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.53 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.54 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 3.07 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 3.03 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.95 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 2.95 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.94 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.83 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.87 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.83 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.71 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.8 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Micronesia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.47-0.45–1.49 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.45-0.75–1.61 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.43-0.97–1.77 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.48-0.98–1.9 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.48-1.14–2.01 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.47-1.21–2.12 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.47-1.36–2.2 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.48-1.46–2.21 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.48-1.59–2.31 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.46-1.69–2.38 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.49-1.75–2.42 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.46-1.9–2.43 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.43-1.95–2.44 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.45-1.97–2.53 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.41-2.08–2.52 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.38-2.24–2.68 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.39-2.33–2.6 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.39-2.31–2.61 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.38-2.44–2.62 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.4-2.51–2.71 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.38-2.49–2.7 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.39-2.63–2.8 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.38-2.58–2.82 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.38-2.68–2.88 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.38-2.77–3.02 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.36-3.02–2.95 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.36-2.95–3.02 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.34-3.16–2.97 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 0.34-2.93–2.94 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 0.33-3.04–2.94 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.31-3.34–2.97 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 0.3-3.33–2.98 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 0.29-3.45–2.99 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 0.32-3.46–3.08 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 0.31-3.6–3.05 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 0.27-3.71–3 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 0.24-3.61–2.85 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.26-3.68–3.05 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.23-3.91–3.14 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.23-4.02–3.06 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.21-4.03–3.05 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.17-4.13–3.1 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.17-4.38–3.05 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.15-4.4–3.02 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.17-4.5–3.14 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.12-4.8–3.16 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.09-4.84–3.17 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.05-5.01–3.08 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.06-4.87–3.19 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.01-5.23–3.12 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.03-5.36–3.17 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0-5.63–3.16 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.02-5.56–3.07 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.05-5.52–3.16 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.08-5.58–3.12 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.07-5.64–3.3 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.08-5.88–3.22 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.1-5.79–3.15 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.11-5.78–3.33 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.12-5.98–3.37 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.13-5.87–3.38 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.14-5.94–3.3 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.18-6.12–3.31 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.18-6.18–3.4 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.15-6.09–3.41 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.16-5.8–3.5 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.17-5.96–3.36 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.18-5.95–3.57 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.21-6.11–3.5 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.19-5.96–3.51 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.19-6.04–3.58 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.21-6.17–3.64 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.24-6.26–3.73 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.23-6.18–3.65 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.25-6.3–3.69 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.24-6.44–3.59 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.26-6.55–3.69 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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