Northern Mariana Islands

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól MarianasNorthern Mariana IslandsNotte Mariånas

TerritoryMicronesia, Oceania

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Population

43,194

2026 · UN WPPProjection

GDP

$1.1 billion

2022 · World Bank WDIActual

GDP / capita

$23,786

2022 · World Bank WDIActual

Life expectancy

79.2 years

2026 · UN WPPProjection

Area

460 km²

2023 · World Bank WDIActual

UN WPP 2024 Revision (estimates through 2023; 2024–2100 medium-variant projections). World Bank WDI, 13 July 2026 release. UNDP HDR HDR 2025. UNESCO UIS UIS February 2026. ILOSTAT ILOSTAT December 2025. IMF WEO WEO April 2026. OWID CO₂ OWID CO₂ December 2025.

Overview

Northern Mariana Islands is territory in Micronesia, Oceania.

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ISO alpha-2: MP
ISO alpha-3: MNP
UN M49: 580
Wikidata: Q16644

People

Population stocks and demographic rates are from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant unless another source is named. Years from 2024 onward are projections.

PopulationProjection: 43,194
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population (1 July)Projection: 42,914
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population growth rateProjection: −1.3 percent
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Population densityProjection: 93.9 persons per km²
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s density is below the Micronesia median of 190.7 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 90.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Median ageProjection: 38.8 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s median age is above the Micronesia median of 23.5 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 29.8 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population sex ratioProjection: 112.7 males per 100 females
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Total fertility rateProjection: 2.2 live births per woman
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s tfr is below the Micronesia median of 2.7 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 2 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude birth rateProjection: 10.9 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net number of migrantsProjection: −790
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Net migration rateProjection: −18.4 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Urban population: 92.2%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Northern Mariana Islands’s urban is above the Micronesia median of 79.3% (7 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 63.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Population ages 0–14: 21.2%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 15–64: 68%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Population ages 65 and above: 10.8%
2025 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Northern Mariana Islands’s ages 65+ is above the Micronesia median of 6.2% (7 profiles with 2025 data), and above the median of 7.4% among 194 core profiles with 2025 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Population of Northern Mariana Islands. Solid line: estimates (1950–2023). Dashed line: medium-variant projections (2024–2100). UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Population	Status
1950	7,034	estimate
1960	8,611	estimate
1970	9,749	estimate
1980	16,672	estimate
1990	42,692	estimate
2000	68,166	estimate
2010	54,408	estimate
2020	47,636	estimate
2030	41,856	projection
2040	42,128	projection
2050	42,789	projection
2060	41,890	projection
2070	41,250	projection
2080	41,850	projection
2090	42,386	projection
2100	41,667	projection
2101	41,555	projection

Age structure of Northern Mariana Islands as a share of population. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	Ages 65+	Status
1960	3% aged 65+	actual
1965	2.8% aged 65+	actual
1970	2.7% aged 65+	actual
1975	2.8% aged 65+	actual
1980	2.9% aged 65+	actual
1985	2% aged 65+	actual
1990	1.8% aged 65+	actual
1995	1.9% aged 65+	actual
2000	1.6% aged 65+	actual
2005	2.3% aged 65+	actual
2010	3.1% aged 65+	actual
2015	4.5% aged 65+	actual
2020	6.2% aged 65+	actual
2025	10.8% aged 65+	actual

Economy

National accounts and related World Bank series. Totals are not comparable as “averages” across countries; rates such as GDP per capita include same-year cohort medians where coverage allows.

Gross domestic product: $1.1 billion
2022 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP per capita: $23,786
2022 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
GDP growth: 16.6 percent
2022 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Trade: 93.2 percent of GDP
2022 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Access to electricity: 100%
2024 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Individuals using the Internet: 0%
1990 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators

GDP of Northern Mariana Islands in current US dollars. World Bank WDI, World Development Indicators.

Data table

Year	GDP	Status
2002	$1.28 billion	actual
2004	$1.21 billion	actual
2006	$990 million	actual
2008	$939 million	actual
2010	$799 million	actual
2012	$746 million	actual
2014	$832 million	actual
2016	$1.23 billion	actual
2018	$1.3 billion	actual
2020	$866 million	actual
2022	$1.1 billion	actual

Development

Human development indices are published only from the latest UNDP HDR series. This build does not invent a substitute index.

Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Development Index: No comparable data
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Gender Inequality Index: No comparable data
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Multidimensional Poverty Index: No comparable data
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Health and education

Life expectancy and mortality are UN WPP series unless labelled otherwise. Education figures are UNESCO UIS (CC BY-SA, isolated) where a comparable series exists; otherwise they stay missing.

Life expectancy at birthProjection: 79.2 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s life expectancy is above the Micronesia median of 67.7 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 74.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Crude death rateProjection: 5.5 per 1,000 population
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Life expectancy at birth (male)Projection: 77.6 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s life exp. male is above the Micronesia median of 65.2 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 70.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Life expectancy at birth (female)Projection: 81.1 years
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s life exp. female is above the Micronesia median of 71.6 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and above the median of 77.4 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Infant mortality rateProjection: 4.5 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s infant mortality is below the Micronesia median of 18 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 11.1 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
Under-five mortality rateProjection: 5.8 per 1,000 live births
2026 · UN WPP · Projection · WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium
Northern Mariana Islands’s u5mr is below the Micronesia median of 21.8 (7 profiles with 2026 data), and below the median of 12.9 among 195 core profiles with 2026 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.
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Adult literacy rate: No comparable data
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Youth literacy rate: No comparable data
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Mean years of schooling: No comparable data
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Life expectancy at birth in Northern Mariana Islands. Dashed line marks medium-variant projections. UN WPP, WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium.

Data table

Year	Years	Status
1950	58.2	estimate
1960	61.4	estimate
1970	64.8	estimate
1980	68.3	estimate
1990	70	estimate
2000	74.9	estimate
2010	77.8	estimate
2020	78	estimate
2030	79.8	projection
2040	81.3	projection
2050	82.7	projection
2060	84	projection
2070	85.3	projection
2080	86.5	projection
2090	87.6	projection
2100	88.7	projection

Environment

Forest cover is World Bank WDI. CO₂ is the Global Carbon Project series via Our World in Data — not IEA-EDGAR.

Land area: 460 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Surface area: 460 km²
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Forest area: 53%
2023 · World Bank WDI · Actual · World Development Indicators
Northern Mariana Islands’s forest is close to Micronesia median of 52.2% (7 profiles with 2023 data), and above the median of 31.8% among 194 core profiles with 2023 data. Unweighted medians of the same-year cohort; not a population-weighted world average.

Geography

Region: Oceania
Subregion: Micronesia
Natural Earth ADM0_A3: MNP
Cartographic size: Tiny state on the 50m globe (point or small polygon)

Outline from Natural Earth 50m Admin 0. Made with Natural Earth. Not a locator map.

Government

Classification is descriptive and is not a recognition of legal claims.Map and status policy.

Status: Territory
Publication tier: Additional profile
Related ISO alpha-3: USA
SIDS: Small island developing State

Sources

United Nations World Population Prospects

WPP2024 Demographic Indicators Medium. Vintage 2024 Revision. CC BY 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Population (2026, projection; series TPopulation1Jan)
Life expectancy at birth (2026, projection; series LEx)
Population (1 July) (2026, projection; series TPopulation1July)
Population growth rate (2026, projection; series PopGrowthRate)
Population density (2026, projection; series PopDensity)
Median age (2026, projection; series MedianAgePop)
Population sex ratio (2026, projection; series PopSexRatio)
Total fertility rate (2026, projection; series TFR)
Crude birth rate (2026, projection; series CBR)
Crude death rate (2026, projection; series CDR)
Life expectancy at birth (male) (2026, projection; series LExMale)
Life expectancy at birth (female) (2026, projection; series LExFemale)
Infant mortality rate (2026, projection; series IMR)
Under-five mortality rate (2026, projection; series Q5)
Net number of migrants (2026, projection; series NetMigrations)
Net migration rate (2026, projection; series CNMR)

World Bank World Development Indicators

World Development Indicators. Vintage 13 July 2026. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-03. Source file.

Gross domestic product (2022, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.CD)
GDP per capita (2022, actual; series NY.GDP.PCAP.CD)
Land area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.TOTL.K2)
GDP growth (2022, actual; series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG)
Trade (2022, actual; series NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
Urban population (2025, actual; series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
Population ages 0–14 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS)
Population ages 15–64 (2025, actual; series SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS)
Population ages 65 and above (2025, actual; series SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS)
Surface area (2023, actual; series AG.SRF.TOTL.K2)
Access to electricity (2024, actual; series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS)
Individuals using the Internet (1990, actual; series IT.NET.USER.ZS)
Forest area (2023, actual; series AG.LND.FRST.ZS)
Alternate: Population (2025, actual; series SP.POP.TOTL)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
Alternate: Population growth rate (2025, actual; series SP.POP.GROW)
Alternate: Population density (2023, actual; series EN.POP.DNST)
Alternate: Total fertility rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude birth rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
Alternate: Crude death rate (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.CDRT.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (male) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN)
Alternate: Life expectancy at birth (female) (2024, actual; series SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN)
Alternate: Net number of migrants (2025, actual; series SM.POP.NETM)

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