Micronesia
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Nan Madol is a series of 99 artificial islets off Pohnpei with the ruins of stone palaces, temples and tombs from the 13th–16th centuries. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 6.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 7K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 7.7%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 15.8 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
17 languages, 14 of them endangered
- NguluwanCritically endangered
- KapingamarangiDefinitely endangered
- KosraeanDefinitely endangered
- MokileseDefinitely endangered
- MortlockeseDefinitely endangered
- NamonuitoDefinitely endangered
- NukuoroDefinitely endangered
- PááfangDefinitely endangered
- PingelapeseDefinitely endangered
- PuluwateseDefinitely endangered
- SatawaleseDefinitely endangered
- UlithianDefinitely endangered
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- WoleaianDefinitely endangered
- PollapeseVulnerable
- Chuukese
- Pohnpeian
- Yapese
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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