Birth rate: 19.88 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 5.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.21 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.15 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 17.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 68.59 years male: 65.47 years female: 71.88 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.47 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality: noun: Palauan(s) adjective: Palauan
Ethnic groups: Palauans are Micronesian with Malayan and Melanesian admixtures
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)