About 70% of the Palauan population lives in the capital city of Koror on Koror Island. The constitution calls for a new capital to be established on the bigger but less developed island of Babeldaob--the second-largest island in Micronesia after Guam.
Population: 18,766 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
27% (male 2,605; female 2,458)
15-64 years:
68% (male 7,006; female 5,814)
65 years and over:
5% (male 416; female 467) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.75% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 19.88 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 5.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.21 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.89 male(s)/female
total population:
1.15 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 17.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.59 years
male:
65.47 years
female:
71.88 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.47 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Palauan(s)
adjective:
Palauan
Ethnic groups: Palauans are Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures
Religions: Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau)
Languages: English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral (Sonsorolese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
92%
male:
93%
female:
90% (1980 est.)
- See also : Palau
