Palau
General country information
| Melekeok | |
| constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 1 October 1994 | |
| 458 km2 | |
| 21093 (July 2008 est.) / 46/km2 | |
| US dollar (USD) currency converter | |
| $ 7600 (2005 est.) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November | |
