Población: 18,766 (July 2000 est.)

Estructura de Edades:
0-14 years: 27% (male 2,605; female 2,458)
15-64 years: 68% (male 7,006; female 5,814)
65 years and over: 5% (male 416; female 467) (2000 est.)

Indice de Crecimiento en la población: 1.75% (2000 est.)

Indice de Nacimiento: 19.88 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de Muerte: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice Neto de Migración: 5.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Indice de sexo:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.21 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.15 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

Indice de mortalidad Infantil: 17.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Esperanza de vida al nacer:
total population: 68.59 years
male: 65.47 years
female: 71.88 years (2000 est.)

Indice Total de Fertilidad: 2.47 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nacionalidad:
noun: Palauan(s)
adjective: Palauan

Grupos Etnicos: Palauans are Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures

Religiones: Christian (Catholics, 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)

Idiomas: 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)

Literatos:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)