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Guam

Basic Facts

  • Population: 153,836 (2020 estimate)
  • Land area: 540 km²
  • Exclusive economic zone: 214,059 km²

Listing as a Non-Self-Governing Territory

Guam has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1946, following the transmission of information by the United States of America under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations.

  • See General Assembly resolution 66 (I) of 14 December 1946

Administering Power

United States of America

United Nations-related action

The General Assembly adopts on an annual basis a resolution on Guam. Please visit the Documents page for past General Assembly resolutions on Guam from 2008.

United Nations Secretariat annual working papers on Guam issued since 2008 are also available on the Documents page.

Links

Government of Guam

Office of Insular Affairs of the Department of Interior of the United States of America

 

(Last updated: 10 May 2022)