# Demographics of the Northern Mariana Islands
## Population
### Structure of the population

| Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
| Total | 22 153 | 23 897 | 46 050 | 100 |
| 0–4 | 2 495 | 2 357 | 4 852 | 10.54 |
| 5–9 | 1 883 | 1 739 | 3 622 | 7.87 |
| 10–14 | 1 971 | 1 529 | 3 500 | 7.60 |
| 15–19 | 2 121 | 1 681 | 3 802 | 8.26 |
| 20–24 | 1 607 | 1 791 | 3 398 | 7.38 |
| 25–29 | 1 050 | 2 781 | 3 831 | 8.32 |
| 30–34 | 1 008 | 2 688 | 3 696 | 8.03 |
| 35–39 | 1 550 | 1 661 | 3 211 | 6.97 |
| 40–44 | 1 858 | 1 726 | 3 584 | 7.78 |
| 45–49 | 1 967 | 1 771 | 3 738 | 8.12 |
| 50–54 | 1 824 | 1 617 | 3 441 | 7.47 |
| 55–59 | 1 260 | 1 010 | 2 270 | 4.93 |
| 60–64 | 769 | 671 | 1 440 | 3.13 |
| 65-69 | 366 | 428 | 794 | 1.72 |
| 70-74 | 248 | 168 | 416 | 0.90 |
| 75-79 | 101 | 138 | 239 | 0.52 |
| 80-84 | 54 | 93 | 147 | 0.32 |
| 85-89 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 0.12 |
| 90-94 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.03 |
| 95-99 | 1 | 0 | 1 | <0.01 |
| 100+ | 0 | 1 | 1 | <0.01 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
| 0–14 | 6 349 | 5 625 | 11 974 | 26.00 |
| 15–64 | 15 014 | 17 397 | 32 411 | 70.38 |
| 65+ | 790 | 875 | 1 665 | 3.62 |
Demographic features of the population of the Northern Mariana Islands include population density, 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.
| Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural Change (per 1000) | Total Fertility Rate |
| 1998 | | 1,462 | 162 | 1,300 | 21.9 | 2.4 | 19.5 | 1.79 |
| 1999 | | 1,381 | 162 | 1,219 | 20.0 | 2.3 | 17.7 | 1.68 |
| 2000 | 69,221 | 1,431 | 136 | 1,295 | 19.9 | 1.9 | 18.0 | 1.68 |
| 2001 | | 1,449 | 148 | 1,301 | 19.4 | 2.1 | 17.3 | 1.65 |
| 2002 | | 1,290 | 161 | 1,129 | 17.4 | 2.2 | 15.2 | 1.27 |
| 2003 | | 1,349 | 142 | 1,207 | 17.7 | 1.9 | 15.8 | 1.29 |
| 2004 | | 1,355 | 164 | 1,191 | 17.3 | 2.1 | 15.2 | 1.23 |
| 2005 | | 1,335 | 186 | 1,149 | 16.6 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 1.16 |
| 2006 | | 1,422 | 170 | 1,252 | 17.2 | 2.1 | 15.1 | 1.21 |
| 2007 | | 1,387 | 137 | 1,250 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 1.13 |
| 2008 | | 1,265 | 178 | 1,087 | 22.9 | 3.2 | 19.7 | 2.30 |
| 2009 | | 1,109 | 203 | 906 | 21.5 | 3.9 | 17.6 | 2.27 |
| 2010 | 53,883 | 1,072 | 174 | 898 | 20.0 | 3.3 | 16.7 | 2.19 |
| 2011 | | 1,033 | 165 | 868 | 19.8 | 3.2 | 16.6 | 2.17 |
| 2012 | | 853 | 163 | 690 | 16.6 | 3.2 | 13.4 | 1.83 |
| 2013 | | 686 | 185 | 501 | 13.4 | 3.6 | 9.8 | 1.58 |
| 2014 | | 517 | 202 | 315 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 1.58 |
| 2015 | | 416 | 223 | 193 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.08 |
| 2016 | | 427 | 220 | 207 | 7.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.50 |
| 2017 | | 363 | 232 | 131 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.33 |
| 2018 | | 566 | 221 | 345 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 2.10 |
| 2019 | | 686 | 209 | 477 | 13.3 | 4.0 | 9.3 | 2.64 |
| 2020 | 47,329 | 628 | 219 | 409 | 12.1 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 2.41 |
| 2021 | | 570 | | | 11.0 | | | 2.20 |
| 2022 | | 467 | | | 9.1 | | | 1.73 |

## Ethnic groups

* Asian 50% (includes Filipino 35.3%, Chinese 6.8%, Korean 4.2%, and other Asian 3.7%)
* Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 34.9% (includes Chamorro 23.9%, Carolinian people 4.6%, and other 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 (official) 24.1%
* English (official) 17%
* Other Pacific island languages (Refaluwasch, official) 10.1%
* Chinese 6.8%
* Other Asian languages 7.3%
* Other 1.9%

## Religion

According to the Pew Research Center, 2010:
* 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%
* Eastern Orthodox <1%
* Hindu <1%
* Jews <1%