_#_Infant mortality rate: 26 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 74 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 3.3 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Palauan(s); adjective—Palauan

_#_Ethnic divisions: Palauans are a composite of Polynesian, Malayan, and Melanesian races

_#_Religion: predominantly Christian, mainly Roman Catholic

_#_Language: Palauan is the official language, though English is commonplace; inhabitants of the isolated southwestern islands speak a dialect of Trukese

_#_Literacy: 92% (male 93%, female 91%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

_#_Labor force: NA

_#_Organized labor: NA