21,779 (2023 est.)
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 70.6%, Carolinian 1.2%, Asian 26.5%, other 1.7% (2020 est.)
Palauan (official on most islands) 65.2%, other Micronesian 1.9%, English (official) 19.1%, Filipino 9.9%, Chinese 1.2%, other 2.8% (2015 est.)
note: Sonsoralese is official in Sonsoral; Tobian is official in Tobi; Angaur and Japanese are official in Angaur
Roman Catholic 46.9%, Protestant 30.9% (Evangelical 24.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, other Protestant 1.4%), Modekngei 5.1% (indigenous to Palau), Muslim 4.9%, other 12.3% (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 17.49% (male 1,966/female 1,844)
15-64 years: 71.82% (male 8,665/female 6,976)
65 years and over: 10.69% (2023 est.) (male 581/female 1,747)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 43.8
youth dependency ratio: 30.2
elderly dependency ratio: 13.7
potential support ratio: 7.3 (2021)
total: 35 years (2023 est.)
male: 33.9 years
female: 37 years
0.39% (2023 est.)
11.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
most of the population is located on the southern end of the main island of Babelthuap
urban population: 82.4% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
277 NGERULMUD (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.24 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.33 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
total: 11 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 13 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 74.9 years (2023 est.)
male: 71.8 years
female: 78.2 years
1.7 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.82 (2023 est.)
N/A
improved: urban: 99.6% of population
rural: 99.8% of population
total: 99.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population
rural: 0.2% of population
total: 0.3% of population (2020 est.)
18.4% of GDP (2020)
1.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
improved: urban: 99.8% of population
rural: 99% of population
total: 99.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population
rural: 1% of population
total: 0.4% of population (2020 est.)
55.3% (2016)
total: 17.6% (2020 est.)
male: 27.3% (2020 est.)
female: 7.9% (2020 est.)
N/A
45.6% (2023 est.)
6.8% of GDP (2019)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.6%
male: 96.8%
female: 96.3% (2015)
total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2013)
NOTE: The information regarding Palau on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Palau 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Palau 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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