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==Population==
[[File:Northern Mariana Islands.png|thumb|300px|right|Demographics of the Northern Mariana Islands, Data of [[FAO]], year 2005; Number of inhabitants in thousands.]]

=== Structure of the population ===

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{| 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
|-
|}
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[[File:David Apatang Standing with USAF Airmen.jpg|thumb|David Apatang stands with Airmen visiting the Northern Marianas]]
[[demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|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.
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/nvsr.htm | title=National Vital Statistics Reports
| date=9 March 2024
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 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==
*[[Asian people|Asian]] 50% (includes [[Filipinos|Filipino]] 35.3%, [[Chinese people|Chinese]] 6.8%, [[Koreans|Korean]] 4.2%, and other Asian 3.7%)
*[[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] or other [[Pacific Islander]] 34.9% (includes [[Chamorro people|Chamorro]] 23.9%, [[Carolinians|Carolinian people]] 4.6%, and other [[Native Hawaiians|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 language|Chamorro]] (official) 24.1%
*[[English language|English]] (official) 17%
*Other Pacific island languages (Refaluwasch, official) 10.1%
*[[Chinese language|Chinese]] 6.8%
*Other [[Asian languages]] 7.3%
*Other 1.9%

==Religion==
According to the [[Pew Research Center]], 2010:<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/northern-mariana-islands#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010| title = Northern Mariana Islands| access-date = 2017-09-12| archive-date = 2019-04-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190421091227/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/northern-mariana-islands#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010| url-status = dead}}</ref>
*[[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%<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.religion-facts.com/id/85|title=AGAMA DI KEPULAUAN MARIANA UTARA|website=www.religion-facts.com}}</ref>
*[[Eastern Orthodox]] <1%
*[[Hindu]] <1%
*[[Jews]] <1%

==See also==
*[[Northern Mariana citizenship and nationality]]

==References==
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*[[CIA World Factbook]]

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