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Demographic features of the population of the Northern Mariana Islands include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2011): ^[1]

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	22 153	23 897	46 050	100
0–4	2 495	2 357	4 852	10.54
5–9	1 883	1 739	3 622	7.87
10–14	1 971	1 529	3 500	7.60
15–19	2 121	1 681	3 802	8.26
20–24	1 607	1 791	3 398	7.38
25–29	1 050	2 781	3 831	8.32
30–34	1 008	2 688	3 696	8.03
35–39	1 550	1 661	3 211	6.97
40–44	1 858	1 726	3 584	7.78
45–49	1 967	1 771	3 738	8.12
50–54	1 824	1 617	3 441	7.47
55–59	1 260	1 010	2 270	4.93
60–64	769	671	1 440	3.13
65-69	366	428	794	1.72
70-74	248	168	416	0.90
75-79	101	138	239	0.52
80-84	54	93	147	0.32
85-89	17	36	53	0.12
90-94	3	11	14	0.03
95-99	1	0	1	<0.01
100+	0	1	1	<0.01
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	6 349	5 625	11 974	26.00
15–64	15 014	17 397	32 411	70.38
65+	790	875	1 665	3.62

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook^[2]

Population

51,433

Age structure

0–14 years: 25.02% (male 6,937/female 5,934)
15–24 years: 16.28% (male 4,518/female 3,857)
25–54 years: 37.44% (male 9,934/female 9,325)
55–64 years: 14.01% (male 3,921/female 3,286)
65 years and over: 7.23% (male 1,988/female 1,733) (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

-0.55%

Birth rate

15.1 births/1,000 population

Death rate

5.3 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

-15.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio

At birth: 1.16 male(s)/female
0–14 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
15–24 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
25–54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
55–64 years: 1.19 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.15 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 11.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 9 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.7 children born/woman

Nationality

noun: NA (US citizens)
adjective: NA

Ethnic groups

Asian 50% (includes Filipino 35.3%, Chinese 6.8%, Korean 4.2%, and other Asian 3.7%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 34.9% (includes Chamorro 23.9%, Carolinian people 4.6%, and other Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 6.4%),
Other 2.5%, two or more ethnicities or races 12.7% (2010 est.)

Religion

According to the Pew Research Center, 2010:^[3]

Roman Catholic 64.1%
Protestants 16%
Buddhists 10.6%
Folk religions 5.3%
Other Christians 1.2%
Other religions 1.1%
Unaffiliated 1.0%
Muslim 0.7%^[4]
Eastern Orthodox <1%
Hindu <1%
Jews <1%

Languages

Philippine languages 32.8%
Chamorro (official) 24.1%
English (official) 17%
Other Pacific island languages 10.1%
Chinese 6.8%
Other Asian languages 7.3%
Other 1.9%

References

^ "UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics". unstats.un.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
^ "Australia-Oceania :: NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS". CIA The World Factbook. 2 May 2023.
^ "Northern Mariana Islands". Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
^ "AGAMA DI KEPULAUAN MARIANA UTARA". www.religion-facts.com.

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