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People of Palau

Population:20,842 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 26% (male 2,796/female 2,633)
15-64 years: 69.2% (male 7,767/female 6,665)
65 years and over: 4.7% (male 465/female 516) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 32 years
male: 33 years
female: 31 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:1.233% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:17.7 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.062 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.165 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.901 male(s)/female
total population: 1.124 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 14.07 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 70.71 years
male: 67.54 years
female: 74.06 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:2.46 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:NA
Nationality:noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
Ethnic groups:Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
Religions:Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
Languages:Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)

Palau Quickstats

  • Population: 20,842 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 458 sq km
  • Density: 43 /km² (155th)
  • GDP (total): $157.7 million²
  • GDP (per capita): $10,000 (2006 est.)
  • Literacy: 92%

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  • Currency: US Dollar (USD)
  • Dial code: +680

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