Recognised as Country

Micronesia

FM
Oceania
USD
.fm

Micronesia (FM/FSM) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Palikir. It covers about 702 km² with a population of roughly 115,000, uses the USD, dials on +691, owns the .fm internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Pohnpei. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameMicronesia

CapitalPalikir

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2FM

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3FSM

Internet TLD.fm

Calling code+691

Currency codeUSD

Geography

Approximate centre7.4256, 150.5508a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude7.4256° N

Longitude150.5508° E

HemisphereNorthern and Eastern

Area702 km²271 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London12,889 kmto the approximate centre of Micronesia, not to Palikir. NNE, bearing 32.7°

Antipode-7.4256, -29.4492the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Pohnpeithe IANA zone for Palikir; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+11:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+11:00

Offset in JulyUTC+11:00

Current offsetUTC+11:00

Local time now13 Sept 2026, 22:10

Hours ahead of UTC11

Population & scale

Population115,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density163.8 per km²≈

Share of world population0.001%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset178 of 196

Population rank in this dataset181 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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