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Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the People 1995 http://www.theodora.com/wfb/1995/pacific_islands_palau_trust_territory_of_the/pacific_islands_palau_trust_territory_of_the_people.html SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population: 16,366 (July 1994 est.) Population growth rate: 1.81% (1994 est.) Birth rate: 22.54 births/1,000 population (1994 est.) Death rate: 6.61 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.) Net migration rate: 2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.) Infant mortality rate: 25.07 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.91 children born/woman (1994 est.) Nationality:
Ethnic divisions: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races Religions: 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) Languages: English (official in all of Palau's 16 states), Sonsorolese (official in the state of Sonsoral), Angaur and Japanese (in the state of Anguar), Tobi (in the state of Tobi), Palauan (in the other 13 states) Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
NOTE: The information regarding Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA. |