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  • Population...........................................................................108,105 (July 2005 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................-0.08% (2005 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................25.11 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Death rate...................................................4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Net migration rate.............................-21.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
  • Ethnic groups...................................... nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
Country Profile
The Federated States of Micronesia: The "Push" to Migrate
Waves of emigrants from the Federated States of Micronesia are building new lives abroad, according to MPI Data Manager Elizabeth Grieco.
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Micronesia Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) http://www.fsmgov.org/info/people.html

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/
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