Palau People:
Population:
20,303 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.4% (male:2,768; female:2,601)
15-64 years: 69% (male:7,565; female:6,436)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male:443; female:490) (2005)
Median age:
total: 31.43 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 30.36 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.39% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
18.37 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.85 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
2.36 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 14.84 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 16.6 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 12.99 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 70.14 years (2005 est.)
male: 66.98 years
female: 73.48 years
Total fertility rate:
2.46 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
NA
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
Ethnic groups:
Palauan 69.9% (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures), Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000)
Religions:
Roman Catholics 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei (indigenous to Palau) 8.8%, Seventh-Day Adventists 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other religion 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000)
Languages:
Palauan official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official) 64.7%, 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)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980)
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