Facts and Figures
Full name: Palau
Nationality
noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan
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Area total: 458 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 458 sq km
Population: 20,303 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 70%
Asian (mainly Filipinos, followed by Chinese, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese) 28% white 2% (2000 est.)
Capital: Koror; note – a new capital is being built about 20 km northeast of Koror (12 000)
Largest Cities
Konrey Mukeru
Official Language
English and Palauan official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official)
Tobi (Tobi and English are official) Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official)
Religion
Christian (Roman Catholics 49%, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints)
Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion, which is indigenous to Palau) tem
GDP: purchasing power parity – $174 million
note: GDP estimate includes US subsidy (2001 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $9,000 (2001 est.)
Annual growth: 1% (2001 est.)
GDP – composition by sector:
agriculture: NA industry: NA services: NA
Inflation: 3.4% (2000 est.)