Micronesia
Capital: Palikir · Oceania
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a region of Oceania. The federation encompasses the majority of the Caroline Islands (excluding Palau) and consists of four states—from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae—that span the western Pacific just north of the equator for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi). Together, the states comprise around 607 islands and a combined land area of approximately 702 km2 or 271 sq mi. The entire island federation lies across the northern Pacific accordingly: northeast of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, south of Guam and the Marianas, west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands, east of Palau and the Philippines, about 2,900 km (1,600 nmi; 1,800 mi) north of eastern Australia, 3,400 km (1,800 nmi; 2,100 mi) southeast of Japan, and some 4,000 km (2,160 nmi; 2,485 mi) southwe
Micronesia in world rankings
- 192nd largest by population in the world (of 219)
- 190th largest by area in the world (of 219)
- Capital
- Palikir
- Population
- 113,000
- Area
- 702 km²
- Currency
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- Calling code
- +691
- Languages
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Micronesia compared with Taiwan
How Micronesia measures up against Taiwan — home to 23.3 million people across 36,193 km².
Airports in Micronesia 4
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Country fields from Wikidata (CC0); flag via Wikimedia Commons; profile from the CIA World Factbook (public domain); travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA); GDP, GDP per capita and life expectancy from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).