Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita was 0.9218 people per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
In 2025, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands stood at 0.9218 people per person. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 0.9218 people per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8007 people per person, in 1970.
That places Northern Mariana Islands 25th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.8015 people per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.81 people per person | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 0.8134 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.814 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 0.8105 people per person | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.8042 people per person | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 0.8117 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.8223 people per person | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.8145 people per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.8022 people per person | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.8007 people per person | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.8341 people per person | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8639 people per person | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.8639 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.864 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.8642 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.8646 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.8651 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.8657 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.8664 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.8673 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.869 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.872 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8757 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.8799 people per person | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8843 people per person | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8885 people per person | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.8922 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 0.8951 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.897 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8974 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.8971 people per person | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8967 people per person | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.8962 people per person | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8957 people per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8955 people per person | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8959 people per person | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8971 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8987 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9004 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.9016 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9025 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9034 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9042 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.905 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9058 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9065 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9073 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.908 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9087 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9095 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9103 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.911 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9118 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9125 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9133 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.914 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9147 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9154 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9162 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9169 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9178 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9188 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9198 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9207 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.9218 people per person | +0.1% |
Northern Mariana Islands compared with similar countries
- Northern Mariana Islands's 0.9218 people per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8051 people per person, 1.1× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Northern Mariana Islands's 0.9218 people per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6545 people per person, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8104 people per person | 0.8015 people per person | 0.8223 people per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8553 people per person | 0.8007 people per person | 0.8664 people per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8821 people per person | 0.8673 people per person | 0.897 people per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8971 people per person | 0.8955 people per person | 0.9004 people per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9053 people per person | 0.9016 people per person | 0.9087 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9129 people per person | 0.9095 people per person | 0.9162 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9193 people per person | 0.9169 people per person | 0.9218 people per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands
More population data for Northern Mariana Islands
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.2755 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.2755 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population density 90.51 people per km² (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -3.68 % change on previous year (2050)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 1,869 people (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0.592 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.3% (2100)
- World population growth -0.3% (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.6398 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population aged 15-24 years (thousands), per capita 0.0002 thousands per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Northern Mariana Islands was 0.9218 people per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9218 people per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8007 people per person in 1970.
- How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Northern Mariana Islands ranks 25th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Mariana Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.