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Federated States of Micronesia
President: Leo A. Falcam (1999)
Total area: 271 sq. mi (702 sq. km). Land area, same (includes islands of Pohnpei, Yap, Chuuk, and Kosrae)
Population (1999 est.): 131,500 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.13%); birth rate: 27.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 34/1000; density per sq. mi.: 485
Capital: Palikir
Languages: English is the official and common language; major indigenous languages are Chukese, Pohnpeian, Yapase, and Kosrean
Ethnicity/race: nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
Literacy rate: 85%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP: (1996 est.), $220 million; $1,760 per capita. Real growth rate: 1%. Inflation: 4%. Unemployment: 27% (1989). Agriculture: black pepper, tropical fruits and vegetables, coconuts, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes, pigs, chickens. Labor force: n.a.; two-thirds are government employees. Industries: tourism, construction, fish processing, craft items from shell, wood and pearls. Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed minerals. Exports: $73 million (f.o.b., 1996 est.): fish, garments, bananas, black pepper. Imports: $168 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.): food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages. Major trading partners: Japan, U.S., Guam, Australia.
