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    Palau People - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/palau/palau_people.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population 19,409 (July 2002 est.)

      Age structure
      0-14 years: 26.8% (male 2,678; female 2,522)
      15-64 years: 68.6% (male 7,241; female 6,074)
      65 years and over: 4.6% (male 426; female 468) (2002 est.)

      Population growth rate 1.61% (2002 est.)

      Birth rate 19.32 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Death rate 7.11 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Net migration rate 3.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)

      Sex ratio
      at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 1.19 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
      total population: 1.14 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

      Infant mortality rate 16.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth
      total population: 69.19 years
      female: 72.5 years (2002 est.)
      male: 66.07 years

      Total fertility rate 2.47 children born/woman (2002 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 (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)

      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.)

      NOTE: The information regarding Palau on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Palau People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Palau People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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