Palau

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PROFILE
  • Area: 459 sq. km (177 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 21,347 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.39% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 73.1 years (2016)
  • Languages: Palauan (official on most islands) 66.6%, English (official) 15.5%, Filipino 10.8%
  • Religions: Roman Catholic 49.4%, Protestant 30.9% (includes Protestant (general) 23.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 5.3%), Modekngei 8.7% (indigenous to Palau), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 8.8%, none or unspecified 1.1%
  • Formal name: Republic of Palau
  • Alternate names: Belau, Beluu er a Belau, Republic of Palau
  • Government type: presidential republic in free association with the US
  • Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Tommy REMENGESAU
  • Capital: Ngerulmud
  • Administrative divisions: 16 states
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $15,100 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: shellfish, tuna, copra, garments
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
  • Currency: US dollar (USD)
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