Palau

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DEMOGRAPHICS, GENDER AND POVERTY

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Department of Health
P.O.Box 6027, Koror, Republic of Palau, 96940
Tel: (680) 488 2552 / 488 2553
Fax: (680) 488 5618
WHO Representative in the South Pacific
Level 4, Provident Plaza 1,
Downtown Boulevard,
33 Ellery Street, Suva
P.O. Box 113, Suva, Fiji
Tel:(679) 3-304600 / 3-304631
Fax:(679) 3-300462
who@sp.wpro.who.int

The estimated multi-ethnic population of Palau was 20 700 in 2004, with a natural per annum increase of 1.23%. The population consists of 70% Palauans (who are a conglomeration of Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures), 28% Asians (mainly Filipinos, followed by Chinese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese) and 2% Caucasian (2000 est.). The 2004 estimate indicated a population density of 42 persons per square kilometre. Today, approximately 70% of the Palauan population live in the capital city of Koror on Koror Island.

Since the 1990 census, life expectancy at birth has been higher for women than men; the 2003 estimate stood at 75.4 years for women and 65.51 years for men. In 2000 the ratio of girls to boys in primary school was 97.25 girls per 100 boys and the ratio of girls to boys in secondary school was 88 girls per 100 boys. Also in 2000, the share of women in employment in the non-agricultural sector (includes self-employed and unpaid) was 40.1%, and 3.7% of the seats in the national Parliament were held by women.

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