rate:
37.24 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
67.63 years
male:
65.67 years
female:
69.62 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.01 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Micronesian(s)
adjective:
Micronesian; Kosrae(s), Pohnpeian(s), Trukese, Yapese
Ethnic divisions:
nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
Religions:
Christian (divided between Roman Catholic and Protestant; other
churches include Assembly of God, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-Day
Adventist, Latter-Day Saints, and the Baha'i Faith)
Languages:
English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese,
Kosrean
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
total population:
90%
male:
90%
female:
85%
Labor force:
NA
by occupation:
two-thirds are government employees
note:
45,000 people are between the ages of 15 and 65

@Micronesia, Federated States of, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
Federated States of Micronesia
conventional short form:
none
former:
Kosrae, Ponape, Truk, and Yap Districts (Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands)
Abbreviation:
FSM
Digraph:
FM
Type:
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact
of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986
Capital:
Kolonia (on the island of Pohnpei)
note:
a new capital is being built about 10 km southwest in the Palikir
valley
Administrative divisions:
4 states; Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk), Yap
Independence:
3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN Trusteeship)
National holiday:
Proclamation of the Federated States of Micronesia, 10 May (1979)
Constitution:
10 May 1979
Legal system:
based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature,
municipal, common, and customary laws
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state and head of government:
President Bailey OLTER (since 21 May 1991); Vice President Jacob NENA
(since 21 May 1991); election last held ll May 1991 (next to be held
March 1995); results - President Bailey OLTER elected president;
Vice-President Jacob NENA
cabinet:
Cabinet
Legislative branch:
unicameral
Congress:
elections last held on 5 March 1991 (next to be held March 1993);
results - percent of vote NA; seats - (14 total)
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders: