Demographics of Palau
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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:[1] 19,907
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 Melanesian and Malayan admixtures
Religions:[2]
(see Religion in Palau)
- Christian: 77.9%
- Catholics 49,4%
- Protestants 21.3%
- Seventh-Day Adventists 5.3%
- Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%
- Mormons 0.8%
- Modekngei religion (indigenous to Palau): 8.7%
- Other religion: 8.1%
- None or Refused: 1.1%
Languages: English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral (Sonsorolese and English are official), Hatohobei (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
[edit] References
- ^ Office of Planning & Statistics: Census 2005 - Social statistics, retrieved on March 1, 2007
- ^ Office of Planning and Statistics, Republic of Palau: 2005 Census of Population and Housing, Table 59, retrieved on March 1, 2007
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