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Population
thumb|300px|right|Demographics of the Northern Mariana Islands, Data of [[FAO, year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]
Structure of the population
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 22 153
| align="right" | 23 897
| align="right" | 46 050
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 2 495
| align="right" | 2 357
| align="right" | 4 852
| align="right" | 10.54
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 883
| align="right" | 1 739
| align="right" | 3 622
| align="right" | 7.87
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 971
| align="right" | 1 529
| align="right" | 3 500
| align="right" | 7.60
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 2 121
| align="right" | 1 681
| align="right" | 3 802
| align="right" | 8.26
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 607
| align="right" | 1 791
| align="right" | 3 398
| align="right" | 7.38
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 050
| align="right" | 2 781
| align="right" | 3 831
| align="right" | 8.32
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 008
| align="right" | 2 688
| align="right" | 3 696
| align="right" | 8.03
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 550
| align="right" | 1 661
| align="right" | 3 211
| align="right" | 6.97
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 858
| align="right" | 1 726
| align="right" | 3 584
| align="right" | 7.78
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 1 967
| align="right" | 1 771
| align="right" | 3 738
| align="right" | 8.12
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 1 824
| align="right" | 1 617
| align="right" | 3 441
| align="right" | 7.47
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 1 260
| align="right" | 1 010
| align="right" | 2 270
| align="right" | 4.93
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 769
| align="right" | 671
| align="right" | 1 440
| align="right" | 3.13
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 366
| align="right" | 428
| align="right" | 794
| align="right" | 1.72
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 248
| align="right" | 168
| align="right" | 416
| align="right" | 0.90
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 101
| align="right" | 138
| align="right" | 239
| align="right" | 0.52
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 54
| align="right" | 93
| align="right" | 147
| align="right" | 0.32
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 17
| align="right" | 36
| align="right" | 53
| align="right" | 0.12
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 3
| align="right" | 11
| align="right" | 14
| align="right" | 0.03
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 0
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 0
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | 1
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 6 349
| align="right" | 5 625
| align="right" | 11 974
| align="right" | 26.00
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 15 014
| align="right" | 17 397
| align="right" | 32 411
| align="right" | 70.38
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 790
| align="right" | 875
| align="right" | 1 665
| align="right" | 3.62
|-
|}
thumb|David Apatang stands with Airmen visiting the Northern Marianas
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.
Births and deaths
Population from census data, other data from CDC Births/Deaths reports.
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! width="70"|Year
! width="70"|Population
! width="70"|Live births
! width="70"|Deaths
! width="70"|Natural increase
! width="70"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70"|Natural Change (per 1000)
! width="70"|Total Fertility Rate
|-
| align="right" | 1998
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,462
| align="right" | 162
| align="right" | 1,300
| align="right" | 21.9
| align="right" | 2.4
| align="right" | 19.5
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| align="right" | 1999
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,381
| align="right" | 162
| align="right" | 1,219
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 1.68
|-
| align="right" | 2000
| align="right" | 69,221
| align="right" | 1,431
| align="right" | 136
| align="right" | 1,295
| align="right" | 19.9
| align="right" | 1.9
| align="right" | 18.0
| align="right" | 1.68
|-
| align="right" | 2001
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,449
| align="right" | 148
| align="right" | 1,301
| align="right" | 19.4
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 1.65
|-
| align="right" | 2002
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,290
| align="right" | 161
| align="right" | 1,129
| align="right" | 17.4
| align="right" | 2.2
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" | 1.27
|-
| align="right" | 2003
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,349
| align="right" | 142
| align="right" | 1,207
| align="right" | 17.7
| align="right" | 1.9
| align="right" | 15.8
| align="right" | 1.29
|-
| align="right" | 2004
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,355
| align="right" | 164
| align="right" | 1,191
| align="right" | 17.3
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 15.2
| align="right" | 1.23
|-
| align="right" | 2005
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,335
| align="right" | 186
| align="right" | 1,149
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 14.3
| align="right" | 1.16
|-
| align="right" | 2006
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,422
| align="right" | 170
| align="right" | 1,252
| align="right" | 17.2
| align="right" | 2.1
| align="right" | 15.1
| align="right" | 1.21
|-
| align="right" | 2007
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,387
| align="right" | 137
| align="right" | 1,250
| align="right" | 16.4
| align="right" | 1.6
| align="right" | 14.8
| align="right" | 1.13
|-
| align="right" | 2008
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,265
| align="right" | 178
| align="right" | 1,087
| align="right" | 22.9
| align="right" | 3.2
| align="right" | 19.7
| align="right" | 2.30
|-
| align="right" | 2009
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,109
| align="right" | 203
| align="right" | 906
| align="right" | 21.5
| align="right" | 3.9
| align="right" | 17.6
| align="right" | 2.27
|-
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 53,883
| align="right" | 1,072
| align="right" | 174
| align="right" | 898
| align="right" | 20.0
| align="right" | 3.3
| align="right" | 16.7
| align="right" | 2.19
|-
| align="right" | 2011
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1,033
| align="right" | 165
| align="right" | 868
| align="right" | 19.8
| align="right" | 3.2
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 2.17
|-
| align="right" | 2012
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 853
| align="right" | 163
| align="right" | 690
| align="right" | 16.6
| align="right" | 3.2
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 1.83
|-
| align="right" | 2013
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 686
| align="right" | 185
| align="right" | 501
| align="right" | 13.4
| align="right" | 3.6
| align="right" | 9.8
| align="right" | 1.58
|-
| align="right" | 2014
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 517
| align="right" | 202
| align="right" | 315
| align="right" | 10.0
| align="right" | 3.9
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 1.58
|-
| align="right" | 2015
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 416
| align="right" | 223
| align="right" | 193
| align="right" | 8.2
| align="right" | 4.3
| align="right" | 3.9
| align="right" | 1.08
|-
| align="right" | 2016
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 427
| align="right" | 220
| align="right" | 207
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 4.2
| align="right" | 3.7
| align="right" | 1.50
|-
| align="right" | 2017
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 363
| align="right" | 232
| align="right" | 131
| align="right" | 6.9
| align="right" | 4.4
| align="right" | 2.5
| align="right" | 1.33
|-
| align="right" | 2018
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 566
| align="right" | 221
| align="right" | 345
| align="right" | 10.9
| align="right" | 4.3
| align="right" | 6.6
| align="right" | 2.10
|-
| align="right" | 2019
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 686
| align="right" | 209
| align="right" | 477
| align="right" | 13.3
| align="right" | 4.0
| align="right" | 9.3
| align="right" | 2.64
|-
| align="right" | 2020
| align="right" | 47,329
| align="right" | 628
| align="right" | 219
| align="right" | 409
| align="right" | 12.1
| align="right" | 4.2
| align="right" | 7.9
| align="right" | 2.41
|-
| align="right" | 2021
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 570
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 11.0
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 2.20
|-
| align="right" | 2022
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 467
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 9.1
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1.73
|-
| align="right" | 2023
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 579
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 11.3
| align="right" |
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 2.13
|-
|}
Ethnic groups
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!% 2020
!Pop 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2.1%
|985
|-
|Black alone (NH)
|0.1%
|63
|-
|American Indian alone (NH)
|0%
|10
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|46.3%
|21,915
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|43.2%
|20,448
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0%
|21
|-
|Multiracial (NH)
|7%
|3,333
|-
|Hispanic/Latino (any race)
|1.2%
|554
|}
- 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.)
Languages
- Philippine languages 32.8%
- Chamorro (official) 24.1%
- English (official) 17%
- Other Pacific island languages (Refaluwasch, official) 10.1%
- Chinese 6.8%
- Other Asian languages 7.3%
- Other 1.9%
Religion
According to the Pew Research Center, 2010:
- 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%
- Eastern Orthodox <1%
- Hindu <1%
- Jews <1%
See also
- Northern Mariana citizenship and nationality
References
- CIA World Factbook