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 Melekeok on the bigger but less developed island of Babeldaob--the second-largest island in Micronesia after Guam.
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The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
[1] 20,279
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.)
1.75% (2000 est.)
19.88 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
5.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
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.)
17.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
total population: 68.59 years
male: 65.47 years
female: 71.88 years (2000 est.)
2.47 children born/woman (2000 est.)
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
Palauans are Micronesian with Melanesian and Malayan admixtures , Japanese , Filipino , Chinese , Micronesian(Chuukese,Phonpein,etc.)
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(see Religion in Palau)
English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral (Sonsorolese and English are official), Hatohobei (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Japanese, and English are official)[3][4]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)
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