🚩 Flag of Palau • live waving render
Oceania — Micronesia
UN Member
Independent
Drives right
🇵🇼 Palau
Republic of Palau
aka Belau — endonym
16.7K
Population
World #225
459 km²
Land Area
World #203
$333.0 million
GDP (USD)
World #184
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Did You Know?
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Palau is the world's #225 most populous country out of 242 tracked nations.
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It has no land borders — an island nation surrounded entirely by water.
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2 languages are officially recognised here.
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Its economy ranks #184 worldwide with a GDP of $333.0 million USD.
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Population density is 36.5 people per km² — world rank #180.
Quick Facts
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Capital
Ngerulmud
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Phone Code
+680
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Internet TLD
.pw
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Nationality
Palauan
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Week Starts
Monday
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ISO Codes
PW / PLW / 585
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Coordinates
7.50°, 134.50°
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Driving Side
Right-hand traffic
Economy
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GDP (nominal)
$333.0 million USD
World rank #184 of 188 tracked economies
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GDP per Capita
$19,901
Total output ÷ total population
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Population Density
36.5 /km²
World density rank #180
$
United States dollar
USD • official currency
People & Languages
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Total Population
16,733
World rank #225 of 242 nations
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Official Languages
2
English • Palauan
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Demonym
Palauan
What its people are called
🗣️ English
🗣️ Palauan
Geography & Neighbours
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Land Area
459 km²
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Land Borders
0 countries
🏝️ Island — no land borders
Timezones (1)
UTC+09:00
Pacific/Palau
PWT — Palau Time
“Palau” Around the World
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بالاو
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Palau
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Palau
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Palau
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Palau
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Palau
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پلاؤ
جمہوریہ پلاؤ
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帕劳
帕劳共和国
Codes & Identity
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ISO Alpha-2
PW
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ISO Alpha-3
PLW
3️⃣
ISO Numeric
585
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Status
officially-assigned
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Postal Format
96940
e.g. regex: ^(96940)$
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WikiData ID
Q695
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Also Spelled As
PW • Republic of Palau • Beluu er a Belau
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