Palau
Population 2026
17,642
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.25%
- Density
- 38 per km²
- Land area
- 460 km²
- Capital
- Melekeok
- Currency
- Dollar (USD)
- Official languages
- PAU, SOV, EN-PW, TOX
- Urban population
- 79.3%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 1842026
- Deaths
- 2082026
- Birth rate
- 10.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 11.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.88
- Life expectancy
- 69.4At birth, years
- Median age
- 38.9
- Net migration
- -16
Age distribution
- 0–1417.9%
- 15–6470.2%
- 65+11.8%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $345M
- GDP per capita
- $19.5K
- GDP growth
- +6.3%
- Inflation
- -0.4%
- Unemployment
- —
- Exports
- $105M
- Imports
- $235M
- Tourism receipts
- 93.5%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture2.7%
- Industry13.0%
- Manufacturing1.2%
- Services73.1%
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17,642 | 184 | 208 |
| 2020 | 17,817 | 207 | 195 |
| 2010 | 18,420 | 251 | 169 |
| 2000 | 19,206 | 276 | 188 |
| 1990 | 15,282 | 336 | 154 |
| 1980 | 12,296 | 280 | 121 |
| 1970 | 11,393 | 421 | 141 |
| 1960 | 9,349 | 432 | 144 |
| 1950 | 7,494 | 346 | 164 |