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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.

Vital statistics

Births and deaths

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
1990 15,122 326 117 209 21.6 7.7 13.9 2.79
1991 15,575 347 102 245 22.4 6.5 15.9
1992 15,969 377 116 261 23.6 7.3 16.3
1993 16,361 355 116 239 21.7 7.1 14.6
1994 16,744 373 129 244 22.3 7.7 14.6
1995 17,225 399 110 289 23.2 6.4 16.8 2.33
1996 17,600 355 144 211 20.2 8.2 12.0
1997 18,061 330 121 209 18.3 6.7 11.6
1998 18,494 280 125 155 15.1 6.8 8.3
1999 18,882 250 131 119 13.2 6.9 6.3
2000 19,129 278 125 153 14.5 6.5 8.0 1.83
2001 19,626 300 138 162 15.3 7.0 8.3
2002 19,976 259 134 125 13.0 6.7 6.3
2003 20,304 312 136 176 15.4 6.7 8.7
2004 20,610 259 142 117 12.6 6.9 5.7
2005 19,907 279 134 145 14.0 6.7 7.3 2.02
2006 21,669 259 144 115 12.0 7.2 4.8
2007 20,227 279 152 127 13.8 7.5 6.3
2008 20,389 295 170 125 14.5 8.4 6.1
2009 20,552 273 174 99 13.3 8.5 4.8
2010 20,717 247 168 79 11.9 8.1 3.8
2011 20,882 247 173 74 11.8 8.3 3.5
2012 17,501 268 164 104 15.3 9.4 5.9 2.23
2013 17,554 229 192 37 13.0 10.9 2.1
2014 17,607 241 167 74 13.7 9.5 4.2
2015 17,661 242 136 106 13.7 7.7 6.0 2.21
2016 17,715 212 175 37 12.0 9.9 2.1
2017 17,769 221 183 38 12.4 10.3 2.1
2018 18,302 256 143 113 14.0 7.8 6.2
2019 18,851 212 192 20 11.2 10.2 1.0
2020 19,417 213 148 65 11.0 7.6 3.4

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook (2020 est), unless otherwise indicated.

Population

  • 21,685 (July 2020 est.)

Age structure

  • 0–14 years: 18.68% (male 2,090 /female 1,961)
  • 15–24 years: 15.86% (male 1,723 /female 1,716)
  • 25–54 years: 45.33% (male 6,026 /female 3,804)
  • 55–64 years: 10.68% (male 853 /female 1,463)
  • 65 years and over: 9.45% (male 501 /female 1,548) (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

  • 0.39% (2020 est.)

Birth rate

  • 11.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Death rate

  • 8.3 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Net migration rate

  • 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

  • 0–14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
  • 15–24 years: 1 male(s)/female
  • 25–54 years: 1.58 male(s)/female
  • 55–64 years: 0.58 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.32 male(s)/female
  • Total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

  • Total: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Male: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Female: 8.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

  • Total population: 74.1 years
  • Male: 70.9 years
  • Female: 77.5 years (2020 est.)

Total fertility rate

  • 1.7 children born/woman (2020 est.)

Nationality

  • Palauans (noun)
  • Palauan (adjective)

Ethnic groups

  • Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 73%
  • Carolinian 2%
  • Asian 21.7%
  • White 1.2%,
  • Other 2.1% (2020 est.)

Religions

Religion in Palau
Roman Catholic
  
 45.3%
Protestant
  
 34.9%
Modekngei
  
 5.7%
Islam
  
 3%
Mormon
  
 1.5%
Atheists/Agnostics
  
 1.1%
Unspecified
  
 4.4%

(2015 est.)

Languages

  • 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.)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

  • Total population: 96.6%
  • Male: 96.8%
  • Female: 96.3% (2015 est.)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Demografía de Palaos para niños

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