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Palau:
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Other pages in this profile of Palau:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 21,093 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 46.1 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 25.8% (male 2,797/female 2,637) 15-64 years: 69.4% (male 7,864/female 6,779) 65 years and over: 4.8% (male 482/female 534) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 32.3 years male: 33.3 years female: 31.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.157% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 17.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.16 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.12 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 71 years male: 67.82 years female: 74.36 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.45 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition NA |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan |
Ethnic groups |
Definition 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 |
Definition 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 |
Definition 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 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92% male: 93% female: 90% (1980 est.) |
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