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title: "Micronesia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Micronesia: capital Palikir, area 702 km², population 113,683 (2025), currency United States dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/micronesia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Micronesia

**Micronesia: Capital Palikir**

702 km² · 113,683 people (2025) · United States dollar

607 islands spread across about 2,700 km of the western Pacific, in four states. Nan Madol off Pohnpei is a city of nearly a hundred artificial islets built from basalt columns on a reef between about AD 1200 and 1500, and is sometimes called the Venice of the Pacific. Chuuk Lagoon holds one of the largest concentrations of shipwrecks on the seabed anywhere.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Palikir
- **Largest city:** Weno
- **Area:** 702 km² — 271 sq mi
- **Population:** 113,683 (2025)
- **Density:** 161.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** United States dollar (USD, $)
- **Official language:** English
- **Time zones:** UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00
- **Calling code:** +691
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** FM · FSM
- **Continent:** Oceania

## How it compares

- **By area:** 182 of 200
- **By population:** 185 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tonga | 747 | 103,742 |
| Singapore | 719 | 6,111,175 |
| Micronesia ← | 702 | 113,683 |
| Saint Lucia | 616 | 180,149 |
| Andorra | 468 | 82,904 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Micronesia?

Palikir

### What currency does Micronesia use?

The United States dollar (USD).

### How big is Micronesia?

702 km², or 271 square miles — 182 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Micronesia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Tonga](https://atoneplace.net/country/tonga/)
- [Singapore](https://atoneplace.net/country/singapore/)
- [Saint Lucia](https://atoneplace.net/country/saint-lucia/)
- [Andorra](https://atoneplace.net/country/andorra/)
- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Papua New Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/papua-new-guinea/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
- [Fiji](https://atoneplace.net/country/fiji/)
- [Solomon Islands](https://atoneplace.net/country/solomon-islands/)
- [Vanuatu](https://atoneplace.net/country/vanuatu/)
- [Samoa](https://atoneplace.net/country/samoa/)
- [Kiribati](https://atoneplace.net/country/kiribati/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]