01)

Irrigated land:
NA sq km

Natural hazards:
active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August
to November)

Environment - current issues:
contamination of groundwater on Saipan may contribute to disease;
clean-up of landfill; protection of endangered species conflicts
with development

Geography - note:
strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean

People Northern Mariana Islands

Population:
78,252 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.3% (male 8,286; female 7,625)
15-64 years: 78.1% (male 25,579; female 35,534)
65 years and over: 1.6% (male 603; female 625) (2004 est.)

Median age:
total: 29.2 years
male: 31.4 years
female: 28.2 years (2004 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.71% (2004 est.)

Birth rate:
19.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Death rate:
2.3 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Net migration rate:
9.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.72 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female
total population: 0.79 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.25 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 7.18 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.67 years
male: 73.11 years
female: 78.38 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.33 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

Nationality:
noun: NA
adjective: NA

Ethnic groups:
Chamorro, Carolinians and other Micronesians, Caucasian, Japanese,
Chinese, Filipino, Korean

Religions:
Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs
and taboos may still be found)

Languages:
English, Chamorro, Carolinian
note: 86% of population speaks a language other than English at home

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 96% (1980 est.)

Government Northern Mariana Islands

Country name:
conventional long form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
conventional short form: Northern Mariana Islands
former: Mariana Islands District (Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands)

Dependency status:
commonwealth in politic