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People
20,879 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
218
0-14 years: 22.9% (male 2,458/female 2,314)
15-64 years: 70.8% (male 8,207/female 6,521)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 401/female 895) (2010 est.)
total: 32.4 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 33 years (2010 est.)
0.374% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168
10.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
7.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 58
urban population: 81% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.065 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.25 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.43 male(s)/female
total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 134
male: 14.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 71.51 years
country comparison to the world: 129
male: 68.36 years
female: 74.84 years (2010 est.)
1.73 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
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noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan
Palauan (Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures) 69.9%, Filipino 15.3%, Chinese 4.9%, other Asian 2.4%, white 1.9%, Carolinian 1.4%, other Micronesian 1.1%, other or unspecified 3.2% (2000 census)
Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)
total: 15 years
male: 14 years
female: 15 years (2001)
10.3% of GDP (2002)
country comparison to the world: 5
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