Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of the
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DEMOGRAPHICS, GENDER AND POVERTY
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Department of Public Health
P.O. Box 560409, Saipan MP 96950,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
WHO Representative in the South Pacific
Level 4, Provident Plaza 1,
Downtown Boulevard,
33 Ellery Street, Suva
P.O. Box 113, Suva, Fiji
Tel:(679) 3-304600 / 3-304631
Fax:(679) 3-300462
who@sp.wpro.who.int
The estimated multi-ethnic population of the Northern Mariana Islands was 78 252 in 2004 and comprised Chamorros, Carolinians, Micronesians, Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Koreans and Caucasians. Even though the three official languages are English, Chamorro and Carolinian, 86% of the population speak a language other than English at home. Of the fourteen islands that make up the island nation, only three were inhabited in 2000: Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
The population has an estimated growth rate of 2.71% (2004). The median age is 31.4 for men and 28.2 for women (2004 estimate). The country has an estimated crude birth rate of 19.77 births per 1000 population and an estimated crude death rate of 2.30 deaths per 1000 population.
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