🇵🇼Palau

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Population

17.7K

0.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.88

births/woman

Life Expectancy

69.4y

GDP / capita

$19.5K

Pop. Growth

-0.18%

Net Migration

-16

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Palau by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇵🇭Philippines3.1K(61.0%)

−5%

🇨🇳China498(9.8%)

−5%

🇫🇲

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male9.5KTotal 17.7K8.2KFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

11.2

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

🇺🇸United States341(6.7%)

−6%

🇬🇺Guam247(4.9%)

−6%

🇯🇵Japan145(2.9%)

−7%

🇰🇷Korea, Rep.70(1.4%)

−8%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Palau diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Palau who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇬🇺Guam1.6K(59.9%)

+11%

🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands572(21.4%)

−9%

🇫🇲Micronesia, Fed. Sts.292(10.9%)

+2%

🇬🇷Greece201(7.5%)

+1%

🇬🇳Guinea7(0.3%)

🇳🇴Norway1(0.0%)

−50%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024