Palau 
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Facts
Population:
19,092 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
26.88% (male 2,641; female 2,491)
15-64 years:
68.46% (male 7,128; female 5,943)
65 years and over:
4.66% (male 420; female 469) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.69% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
19.64 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.23 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
4.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.2 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.9 male(s)/female
total population:
1.14 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
16.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.89 years
male:
65.77 years
female:
72.19 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Palauan(s)
adjective:
Palauan
Ethnic groups:
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 70%, Asian (mainly Filipinos, followed by Chinese, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese) 28%, white 2% (2000 est.)
Religions:
Christian (Catholics, 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)
Languages:
English and Palauan official in all states except Sonsoral (Sonsorolese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
92%
male:
93%
female:
90% (1980 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $129 million (1998 est.)
note:
GDP numbers reflect US spending
GDP - real growth rate:
-1.4% (1998 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $7,100 (1998 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
NA%
industry:
NA%
services:
NA%
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA%
Labor force:
8,300 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:
2.3% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$57.7 million
expenditures:
$80.8 million, including capital expenditures of $17.1 million (FY98/99 est.)
Industries:
tourism, craft items (from shell, wood, pearls), construction, garment making
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Agriculture - products:
coconuts, copra, cassava (tapioca), sweet potatoes
Exports:
$14.3 million (f.o.b., 1996)
Exports - commodities:
trochus (type of shellfish), tuna, copra, handicrafts
Exports - partners:
US, Japan
Imports:
$126 million (f.o.b., FY99/00)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, fuels, metals; foodstuffs
Imports - partners:
US
Debt - external:
$0 (FY99/00)
Economic aid - recipient:
$155.8 million (1995); note - the Compact of Free Association with the US, entered into after the end of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994, will provide Palau with up to $700 million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing military facilities
Currency:
US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
USD
Exchange rates:
the US dollar is used
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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