Editing Micronesia (section)

==States and dependencies==
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! Country !! Population (July {{UN_Population|Year}} estimate){{UN_Population|ref}} !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population density (/km<sup>2</sup>) !! Urban population !! Life expectancy !! Literacy rate !! Official language(s) !! Main religion(s) !! Ethnic groups
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|{{FSM}} ||{{UN_Population|Micronesia (Fed. States of)}} ||702 ||158 ||22% ||71.2 ||89% ||English ||Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, others 3% ||[[Chuuk State|Chuuk]]ese 48.8%, [[Pohnpei]]an 24.2%, [[Kosrae]]an 6.2%, [[Yap]]ese 5.2%, Yap outer islands 4.5%, Asian 1.8%, Polynesian 1.5%, other 7.8%
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|{{GUM}} (United States) ||{{UN_Population|Guam}} ||540 ||299 ||93% ||78.2 ||99% ||English 38.3%, [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] 22.2%<ref>{{citation | url = http://ns.gov.gu/language.html | title = Languages of Guahan | date = n.d. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131223170220/http://ns.gov.gu/language.html | archive-date = 23 December 2013 | work = The Guam Website - Afa Adai | url-status = dead | access-date = 12 November 2010 }}</ref> ||Roman Catholic 85%, Buddhism 3.6, other religion 11.4% ||[[Chamorro people|Chamorro]] 37.1%, [[Philippines|Filipino]] 26.3%, other Pacific islander 11.3%, white 6.9%, other 8.6%, mixed 9.8%
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|{{KIR}} ||{{UN_Population|Kiribati}} ||811 ||152 ||44% ||64.0 ||92% ||English, [[Gilbertese]] (de facto) ||Roman Catholic 55%, Protestant 36% ||Micronesian 98.8%
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|{{MHL}} ||{{UN_Population|Marshall Islands}} ||181 ||293 ||71% ||71.5 ||93.7% ||[[Marshallese language|Marshallese]] 98.2%, English ||Protestant 54.8%, other Christian 40.6% ||[[Marshall Islands|Marshallese]] 92.1%, mixed Marshallese 5.9%, other 2%
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|{{NRU}} ||{{UN_Population|Nauru}} ||21 ||480 ||100% ||65.0 ||99%<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/nauru.html | title = Nauru | date = 2010 | work = TalkTalk | publisher = Tiscali UK Limited | access-date = 12 November 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100620133735/http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/nauru.html | archive-date = 20 June 2010}}</ref> ||[[Nauruan language|Nauruan]]{{Cref|f}}, English (''de facto'') ||[[Nauru Congregational Church]] 35.4%, Roman Catholic 33.2%, Nauru Independent Church (Protestant)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/blog-84053.html | title = Nauru | date = 24 August 2006 | work = TravelBlog | publisher = TravelBlog.org | access-date = 12 November 2010}}</ref> 10.4%, Baha'i faith 10%, Buddhism 9%||[[Nauruan people|Nauruan]] 58%, other Pacific Islander 26%, Chinese 8%, European 8%
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|{{MNP}} (United States) ||{{UN_Population|Northern Mariana Islands}} ||464 ||113 ||91% ||76.9 ||97% ||English, Chamorro and Carolinian<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/cnmipage.htm | title = Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Overview | work = Office of Insular Affairs | url-status = dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609103520/http://www.doi.gov/oia/Islandpages/cnmipage.htm | archive-date=9 June 2007 | publisher = U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs | access-date = 12 November 2010}}</ref> ||Roman Catholic, Buddhism 10.6% ||Asian 56.3%, Pacific islander 36.3%, White 1.8%, other 0.8%, mixed 4.8%
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|{{PLW}} ||{{UN_Population|Palau}} ||459 ||47 ||81% ||71.5 ||92% ||[[Palauan language|Palauan]] 64.7%{{Cref|d}}, English ||Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3% ||[[Palau]]an 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, [[Carolinian people|Carolinian]] 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other 3.2%
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! Total ||{{UN_Population|Micronesia}} ||3,178 ||||||||||||||
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===Politics===
The [[Pacific Community]] (SPC) is a regional intergovernmental organization whose membership includes both nations and territories in the Pacific Ocean and their metropolitan powers.