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Population: |
20,303 (July 2005 est.)
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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 est.)
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Median age: |
total: 31.43 years
male: 32.4 years
female: 30.36 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
1.39% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
18.37 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
6.85 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
2.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.18 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 14.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 70.14 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 73.48 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
2.46 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA
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Nationality: |
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
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Ethnic groups: |
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, 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 census)
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Religions: |
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 religion 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
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Languages: |
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% (2000 census)
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)
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