Population: 302 (July 1989); no indigenous inhabitants; temporary population consists of US Air Force personnel and about 225 US and Thai contractors

Note: population peaked about 1970 with over 1,600 persons during the Vietnam conflict

NOTE: The information regarding Wake Island on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Wake Island People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Wake Island People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.