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Palau

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
17,663 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 21,729in 2017[4]
Land area
460 km²[5]
Total area
466 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Coast
Yes[13]
Continents
Official names

Parts of Palau

Loading 16 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202517.7K

9,328 in 1960, 17,663 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19609,328
19619,555
19629,793
196310,037
196410,292
196510,547
196610,805
196710,988
196811,080
196911,159
197011,368
197111,759
197212,194
197312,552
197412,687
197512,655
197612,598
197712,525
197812,440
197912,337
198012,271
198112,402
198212,694
198313,006
198413,337
198513,688
198614,024
198714,334
198814,645
198914,945
199015,259
199115,614
199215,989
199316,372
199416,770
199517,195
199617,654
199718,108
199818,524
199918,901
200019,178
200119,352
200219,503
200319,659
200419,820
200519,819
200619,593
200719,302
200819,009
200918,709
201018,396
201118,078
201217,765
201317,648
201417,715
201517,770
201617,797
201717,812
201817,814
201917,798
202017,792
202117,783
202217,759
202317,727
202417,695
202517,663

Earlier capitals

  1. until 6 October 2006 Koror[18]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
PW[19]
ISO alpha-3
PLW[20]
ISO numeric
585[21]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), capital: Ngerulmud (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), population (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), area (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official language: English (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official language: Palauan (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official language: Japanese (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), currency: United States dollar (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), continent: Insular Oceania (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), continent: Oceania (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  14. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official name (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official name (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  16. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official name (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  17. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), official name (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Palau, retrieved 22 August 2023
  18. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), capital: Koror (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  20. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  21. Wikidata: Palau (Q695), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564827740) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Palau.svg, Public domain, Original: John Blau Skebong Vector: Nightstallion, via Wikimedia Commons.