| People | Palau |
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Population:
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21,093 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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47 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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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:
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total: 32.3 years
male: 33.3 years
female: 31.3 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.157% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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:
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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:
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total population: 71 years
male: 67.82 years
female: 74.36 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.45 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Nationality:
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noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan |
Ethnic groups:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.) |
People - note:
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void |
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