Structure of the population

Population

• 21,779 (2023 est.)

Age structure

• 0–14 years: 17.49% (male 1,966/female 1,844)
• 15–64 years: 71.82% (male 8,665/female 6,976)
• 65 years and over: 10.69% (male 581/female 1,747) (2023 est.)

Population growth rate

• 0.39% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

• 11.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

• 8.31 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

• 0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sex ratio

• at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
• 0–14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
• 15–64 years: 1.24 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.33 male(s)/female
• Total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Infant mortality rate

• Total: 11.04 deaths/1,000 live births
• Male: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births
• Female: 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total population: 74.91 years
• Male: 71.76 years
• Female: 78.24 years (2023 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 1.7 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Nationality

• Palauans (noun)
• Palauan (adjective)

Ethnic groups

• Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 73%
• Carolinian 2%
• Asian 21.7%
• White 1.2%,
• Other 2.1% (2020 est.)

Religions

• Roman Catholic 45.3%
• Protestant 34.9% (includes Protestant (general) 26.4%)
• Seventh-day Adventist 6.9%,
• Other Protestant 1.6%
• Modekngei 5.7% (indigenous to Palau)
• Islam (Muslims) 3%
• Mormonism 1.5%
• Other 9.7%

(2015 est.)^[4]

Languages

• Palauan (official on most islands) 65.2%
• Other Micronesian 1.9%
• English (official) 19.1%
• Filipino 9.9%
• Chinese 1.2%
• Other 2.8% (2015 est.)

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

• Total population: 96.6%
• Male: 96.8%
• Female: 96.3% (2015 est.)