Demographics of Palau

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Palau, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

About 70% of the Palauan population lives in the city of Koror on Koror Island. Koror is the former capital and the present capital is Ngerulmud, in Melekeok State on the bigger but less developed island of Babeldaob—the second-largest island in Micronesia after Guam.

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook (2015 est), unless otherwise indicated.^[1]

Population

• 21,265

Age structure

• 0–14 years: 20.26% (male 2,225/female 2,084)
• 15–24 years: 17.18% (male 1,819/female 1,834)
• 25–54 years: 46.21% (male 5,992/female 3,834)
• 55–64 years: 9.03% (male 667/female 1,253)
• 65 years and over: 7.32% (male 418/female 1,139) (2015 est.)

Population growth rate

• 0.38% (2015 est.)

Birth rate

• 11.05 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Death rate

• 7.99 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Net migration rate

• 0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
• 0–14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
• 15–24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
• 25–54 years: 1.56 male(s)/female
• 55–64 years: 0.53 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.37 male(s)/female
• Total population: 1.1 male(s)/female (2015 est.)

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 11.15 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 12.67 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 9.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total Population: 72.87 years
• Male: 69.69 years
• Female: 76.23 years (2015 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 1.71 children born/woman (2015 est.)

Nationality

• Palauans (noun)
• Palauan (adjective)

Ethnic groups

• Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 72.5%
• Carolinian 1%
• Other Micronesian 2.4%
• Filipino 16.3%
• Chinese 1.6%
• Vietnamese 1.6%
• Other Asian 3.4%
• White 0.9%,
• Other 0.3%

Religions

• Roman Catholic 49.4%
• Protestant 30.9% (includes Protestant (general) 23.1%)
• Seventh-day Adventist 5.3%,
• Other Protestant 2.5%
• Modekngei 8.7% (indigenous to Palau)
• Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%
• Other 8.8%
• None or Unspecified 1.1%

Languages

• Palauan (official on most islands) 66.6%
• Carolinian 0.7%
• Other Micronesian 0.7%
• English (official) 15.5%
• Filipino 10.8%
• Chinese 1.8%
• Other Asian 2.6%
• Other 1.3%

Literacy

• Total population: 99.5%
• Male: 99.5%
• Female: 99.6%

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