Kiribati vs Micronesia
Kiribati has 1.2× the population of Micronesia: 136,488 vs 113,683, a gap of 22,805. Kiribati is growing faster (+1.45% vs +0.46% a year), adding about 1,984 people a year against +524. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Micronesia is the older society: 6.2% aged 65+ against 4.4% in Kiribati, while Kiribati has more children (34.4% under 15 vs 31.5%). GDP per capita is 1.7× higher in Micronesia ($4,414 vs $2,559).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Kiribati) and 2025 (Micronesia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Kiribati vs Micronesia — side by side
 Kiribati |  Micronesia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 136,4882025 | 113,6832025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.45%2025 | +0.46%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 25.32024 | 22.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.12024 | 7.72024 |
| Children per woman | 3.122024 | 2.742024 |
| Life expectancy | 66.6 yrs2024 | 67.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 34.4%2025 | 31.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.4%2025 | 6.2%2025 |
| Density | 163.6 /km²2023 | 160.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 810 km²2023 | 700 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 63.4%2025 | 22.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -4622025 | -1,1252025 |
| GDP per capita | $2,5592025 | $4,4142025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #187 | #190 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Kiribati: 2.9× from 1960 to 2025; Micronesia: 2.6× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
More comparisons
Region: East Asia & Pacific · rankings
Kiribati: Kiribati vs Guam, Kiribati vs Channel Islands, Kiribati vs Curaçao, Kiribati vs Seychelles, Kiribati vs Grenada, Kiribati vs Micronesia.
Micronesia: Micronesia vs Kiribati, Micronesia vs Seychelles, Micronesia vs Grenada, Micronesia vs Aruba, Micronesia vs United States Virgin Islands, Micronesia vs Tonga.
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