| Nationality |
noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan |
| Population | 20,879 (July 2010 est.-CIA) or 20,500 (UN, 2010) |
| Annual population growth rate (2010 est.) | 0.374% |
| Age Structure (2010 est.) |
0-14 years: 22.9% (male 2,458/female 2,314) 15-64 years: 70.8% (male 8,207/female 6,521) 65 years and over: 6.2% (male 401/female 895) |
| Urbanization |
urban population: 81% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
| Ethnic groups (2000 census) | Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% |
| Languages (2000 census) | Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), 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% |
| Religion (2000 census) | Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% |
| Life expectancy (2010 est.) |
total population: 71.51 years male: 68.36 years female: 74.84 years |
| Infant mortality rate (2010 est.) |
total: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.02 deaths/1,000 live births |