Palau People 1997

Population 17,240 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years : NA
15-64 years: NA
65 years and over: NA

Population growth rate 1.66% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 21.04 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 6.61 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth : NA male(s)/female
under 15 years: NA male(s)/female
15-64 years: NA male(s)/female
65 years and over: NA male(s)/female
total population: NA male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate 25.07 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 71.01 years
male : 69.14 years
female: 73.02 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.71 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan

Ethnic groups Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races

Religions Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, theAssembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngeireligion (one-third of the population observes this religion which is indigenousto Palau)

Languages English (official in all of Palau's 16 states), Sonsorolese (officialin the state of Sonsoral), Angaur and Japanese (in the state of Anguar), Tobi (in the state of Tobi), Palauan (in the other 13 states)

Literacy
definition : age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Palau on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Palau People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Palau People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.