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Guam

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Aerial view of Asan Ridge and the War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam. Established in 1978, the park is composed of various sites on the western shore of the island. During the Second World War, Japanese forces captured Guam in 1941, and the Americans liberated it in 1944. The park includes former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, caves, and historic structures. Photo courtesy of the US National Park Service.
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Geography

Area

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People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Guam. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.
2022 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Guam. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 67

Labor force

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Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 107

Exports

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Imports

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Communications

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Airports

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Heliports

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Merchant marine

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