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.The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.Population
- 21,685
Age structure
- 0–14 years: 18.68%
- 15–24 years: 15.86%
- 25–54 years: 45.33%
- 55–64 years: 10.68%
- 65 years and over: 9.45%
- 0.39%
Birth rate
- 11.3 births/1,000 population
Death rate
- 8.3 deaths/1,000 population
- 0.9 migrant/1,000 population
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male/female
- 0–14 years: 1.07 male/female
- 15–24 years: 1 male/female
- 25–54 years: 1.58 male/female
- 55–64 years: 0.58 male/female
- 65 years and over: 0.32 male/female
- Total population: 1.07 male/female
- Total: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births
- Total population: 74.1 years
- Male: 70.9 years
- Female: 77.5 years
- 1.7 children born/woman
Nationality
- Palauans
- Palauan
Ethnic groups
- Palauan 73%
- Carolinian 2%
- Asian 21.7%
- White 1.2%,
- Other 2.1%
Religions
- Roman Catholic 45.3%
- Protestant 34.9%
- Seventh-day Adventist 6.9%,
- Other Protestant 1.6%
- Modekngei 5.7%
- Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%
- Other 12.7%
Languages
- Palauan 65.2%
- Other Micronesian 1.9%
- English 19.1%
- Filipino 9.9%
- Chinese 1.2%
- Other 2.8%
Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 96.6%
- Male: 96.8%
- Female: 96.3%
