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🇵🇼 Palau

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PLW
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PW
UN M49 numeric585
IOC codePLW
Official nameRepublic of Palau
Native name(s)eng: official: Republic of Palau; common: Palau; pau: official: Beluu er a Belau; common: Belau
Alt spellingsPW, Republic of Palau, Beluu er a Belau
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionMicronesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalNgerulmud
Area (km²)459
Lat / Lng7.5000, 134.5000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.pw
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 80

Demographics

Population (World Bank)17,663 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)69.383 (2024)
Languageseng: English; pau: Palauan
Demonymseng: f: Palauan; m: Palauan; fra: f: Paluane; m: Paluan
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)345,000,000 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)19,532.356 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesUSD: name: United States dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,474
19517,651
19527,815
19538,002
19548,210
19558,415
19568,593
19578,747
19588,902
19599,101
19609,328
19619,555
19629,793
196310,037
196410,292
196510,547
196610,805
196710,988
196811,080
196911,159
197011,368
197111,759
197212,194
197312,552
197412,687
197512,655
197612,598
197712,525
197812,440
197912,337
198012,271
198112,402
198212,694
198313,006
198413,337
198513,688
198614,024
198714,334
198814,645
198914,945
199015,259
199115,614
199215,989
199316,372
199416,770
199517,195
199617,654
199718,108
199818,524
199918,901
200019,178
200119,352
200219,503
200319,659
200419,820
200519,819
200619,593
200719,302
200819,009
200918,709
201018,396
201118,078
201217,765
201317,648
201417,715
201517,770
201617,797
201717,812
201817,814
201917,798
202017,792
202117,783
202217,759
202317,727

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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      },
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}