ility:
males age 15-49: 23,945,962
males fit for military service: 17,451,706
males reach military age (18) annually: 1,057,538 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $2.24 billion,
0.9% of GDP (1996)

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@Micronesia, Federated States of
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Map
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Location: 6 55 N, 158 15 E -- Oceania, island group in the North
Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to
Indonesia

Flag
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Description: light blue with four white five-pointed stars
centered; the stars are arranged in a diamond pattern

Geography
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Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about
three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia

Geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 15 E

Map references: Oceania

Area:
total area: 702 sq km
land area: 702 sq km
comparative area: four times the size of Washington, DC
note: includes Pohnpei (Ponape), Truk (Chuuk) Islands, Yap Islands,
and Kosrae

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 6,112 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the
eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with
occasional severe damage

Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands
to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and
Truk
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Totolom 791 m

Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals

Land use:
arable land: NA%
permanent crops: NA%
meadows and pastures: NA%
forest and woodland: NA%
other: NA%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: typhoons (June to December)
international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Law of the Sea; signed, but not ratified - Desertification,
Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection

Geographic note: four major island groups totaling 607 islands

People
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Population: 125,377 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: NA
15-64 years: 35% (est.)
65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate: 3.34% (1996 est.)

Birth rate: 27.94 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

Death rate: 6.22 deaths