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Northern Mariana Islands
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Northern Mariana Islands · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
43,541
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 43541 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$1.1 billion
current US$
observation · older available record
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 1096000000 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$23,786
current US$ per person
observation · older available record
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 23785.754590043 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Northern Mariana Islands at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Government type
a commonwealth in political union with and under the sovereignty of the US; republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches
Population
total: 51,118 (2024 est.) male: 27,044 female: 24,074
Area
total : 464 sq km land: 464 sq km water: 0 sq km note: consists of 14 islands including Saipan, Rota, and Tinian
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$1.242 billion (2016 est.) $933 million (2015 est.) $845 million (2014 est.) note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy; data are in 2013 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$1.096 billion (2022 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
16.6% (2022 est.) 5% (2021 est.) -29.1% (2020 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Budget
revenues: $389.6 million (2016 est.) expenditures: $344 million (2015 est.)
Exports
$244 million (2022 est.) $55 million (2021 est.) $128 million (2020 est.) note: GDP expenditure basis - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$777 million (2022 est.) $666 million (2021 est.) $556 million (2020 est.) note: GDP expenditure basis - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 25.1% (2021 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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22 of 22 sections
Location
Oceania, islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Saipan geographic coordinates: 15 12 N, 145 45 E time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the origin of the name is unclear; it probably comes from a local word meaning "deserted" or "uninhabited," but stories vary on how it came to be used
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
US Pacific island commonwealth economy; growing Chinese and Korean tourist destination; hit hard by 2018 typhoon; dependent on energy imports; exempt from some US labor and immigration laws; longstanding garment production
2018 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
arable land, fish
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
vegetables and melons, fruits and nuts; ornamental plants; livestock, poultry, eggs; fish and aquaculture products
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
tourism, banking, construction, fishing, handicrafts, other services
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Sweden 21%, Singapore 20%, Hong Kong 12%, UK 8%, India 7% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
scrap iron, refined petroleum, scrap copper, hydraulic engines, integrated circuits (2021) top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2021 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Singapore 63%, Japan 12%, Hong Kong 8%, Taiwan 4%, Philippines 3% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
refined petroleum, cars, jewelry, trunks and cases, flavored water (2023)
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
tropical marine; moderated by northeast trade winds, little seasonal temperature variation; dry season December to June, rainy season July to October
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
the southern islands in this north-south trending archipelago are limestone, with fringing coral reefs; the northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on several islands
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 1.2% (2023 est.) arable land: 0.2% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.2% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 0.8% (2023 est.) forest: 53% (2023 est.) other: 45.9% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
active volcanoes on Pagan and Agrihan; typhoons (especially August to November)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Philippine languages 32.8%, Chamorro (official) 24.1%, English (official) 17%, other Pacific island languages 10.1% (includes Carolinian (official), Chinese 6.8%, other Asian languages 7.3%, other 1.9% (2010 est.)
2010 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 22.1% (male 6,066/female 5,231) 15-64 years: 67.7% (male 18,206/female 16,377) 65 years and over: 10.2% (2024 est.) (male 2,772/female 2,466)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 92.1% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.36% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.1 years (2024 est.) male: 75 years female: 79.5 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 20,474 (2004 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2004)
2004 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
4 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 3 (2024) large: 0 medium: 0 small: 1 very small: 2 ports with oil terminals: 1 key ports: Rota, Saipan, Tinian
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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- CIA World Factbook · 2025 archive
- Archive retrieved
- Oct 6, 2026 · retrieval date, not an observation period
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