Northern Mariana Islands — Population
Population, Total for Northern Mariana Islands, 1960–2025.
Population for Northern Mariana Islands was 43,541 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 68,356 in 2000. The lowest was 8,736 in 1960 (about 5.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.50% per year.
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 207 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 1.42 million, so Northern Mariana Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 15%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 33 of 37 economies; Marshall Islands (36,282) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 13% in 1982. That is 8% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1980. Doubling roughly every 28 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 209th of 216 in 1960 → 210th of 216 in 1970 → 208th of 216 in 1980 → 204th of 217 in 1990 → 198th of 217 in 2000 → 203rd of 217 in 2010 → 204th of 217 in 2020 → 207th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43,541 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 44,278 | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 45,143 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 46,078 | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 46,979 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 47,528 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 48,129 | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 49,077 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 49,959 | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 50,773 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 51,514 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 52,178 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 52,758 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 53,234 | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 53,608 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 54,091 | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 55,325 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 57,150 | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 58,941 | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 60,682 | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 62,354 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 63,938 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 65,421 | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 66,778 | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 67,984 | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 68,356 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 65,916 | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 61,337 | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 56,596 | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 51,706 | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 48,176 | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 46,730 | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 45,952 | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 45,181 | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 44,393 | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 43,342 | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 41,303 | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 38,519 | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 35,736 | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 32,980 | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 30,258 | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 27,575 | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 24,936 | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 22,350 | +12.7% |
| 1981 | 19,826 | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 17,625 | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 16,488 | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 16,130 | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 15,787 | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 15,438 | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 15,065 | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 14,655 | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 13,880 | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 12,636 | +12.1% |
| 1971 | 11,271 | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 10,170 | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 9,989 | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 10,468 | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 10,749 | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 10,612 | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 10,264 | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 9,925 | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 9,595 | +3.4% |
| 1962 | 9,280 | +3.2% |
| 1961 | 8,995 | +3.0% |
| 1960 | 8,736 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Northern Mariana Islands’s Population in 1961?
8,995 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Northern Mariana Islands’s Population figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — people — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Northern Mariana Islands’s Population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +398.4% in total — about 2.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 43,541; 2024: 44,278; 2023: 45,143; 2022: 46,078; 2021: 46,979. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.