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Palau

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Capital:	Koror
Area size (Land only):	458 sq. km About three times the size of Washington D.C.
Time zone:	GMT +9
Currency:	U.S. dollar
Area code:	(+) 680
Driving:	Right

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
English, Palauan, Sonsoralese, Tobi and Angaur
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Palauan 83 percent, Filipinos 10 percent. There are smaller Micronesian, Chinese and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholics 41 percent, Protestants 25 percent. Local religions are also practised, including Modekngei (27 percent).
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	69.8 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	69.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	69.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1979
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2006)

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	9 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	10 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	10 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	22 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	24 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	10 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	11 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	11 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	27 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP 2006
1995-2003	100 percent	UNDP 2005
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water

2006	89 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	85 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	67 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	83 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones
No data available per 1,000 people

Cellular telephone subscribers
No data available per 1,000 people

Internet users
No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
No (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	7990 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	7670 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	7120 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	6420 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	6150 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	6400 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	6260 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	5.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	4.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	-1.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	-3.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	0.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	2.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	4.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	-0.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	2.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	5.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	111 per 100,000 people	UNDP 2006
1990-2003	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002	No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	60 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	66 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	55 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	28 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	50 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	62 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	51 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	52 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
1 (2007)
Source: UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	No data available percent
2002-2004	10.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	11.1 percent	UNDP 2005
1999-2001	No data available percent
1998-2000	No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	No data available percent
2003-2004	8.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	8.3 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

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