Population
17.7K
Unitary presidential republic under a non-partisan democracy
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,150
in 2031
Passport power
#93
68 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
5
Top: Koror
Country overview
- Official name
- Republic of Palau
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Continent
- Oceania / Micronesia
- Area
- 459 km²
- Population
- 17.7K
- Density
- 47.3/km²
- Government
- Unitary presidential republic under a non-partisan democracy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .pw
- Calling code
- +680
- Timezone
- UTC+09:00
Regions
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #93 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 68
- Total accessible
- 105
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Palauan
- Religions
- Christianity 78.7%, No religion 10.1%, Modekngei 5.1%, Islam 4.9%
- Currencies
- $ USD — United States dollar
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.786
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $33,150
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 69.4 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 83.9%
- Inflation (2031)
- 2.1%
- Urban population (2025)
- 79.3%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 3.3 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2018)
- 11.2/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.59