Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Palikir
- Region
- Oceania, Micronesia
- Population
- 113,683 (2025)
- Area
- 702 km²
- Currency
- none
- Languages
- English, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosraean
- Calling code
- +691
- Internet domain
- .fm
- ISO codes
- FM, FSM, 583
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Micronesia covers about 702 square kilometres. By area it ranks 197th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Singapore and a little larger than Saint Lucia. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 7° north, 158° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 113,683 people live in Micronesia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 196th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 162 people to each square kilometre. About 22 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosraean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro. A person from Micronesia is called Micronesian.
Money and economy
The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 502 million (2025), which is about US$ 4,414 for each person (2025).
Time
Micronesia spans 3 time zone areas, from UTC+10:00 to UTC+11:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
Time now in Pohnpei: loading
Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Palikir | 6,942 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Micronesia
Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.