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Northern Mariana Islands: map and facts
The Northern Mariana Islands is in Micronesia. It has 43,541 people (2025). It covers 457 km². That is about 95 people per km².
Facts
- Population: 43,541 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 457 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 581 km².
- Capital: Saipan
- Forest: 53.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Mountains and landscapes
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Mariana Islands.
Land
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 66.2%, mountains 18.6%, plains 15.2%.
Forests covered 53.3% of its land in 2024, up from 44.2% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
The Northern Mariana Islands has no land borders on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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