SERIAL · 585Oceania
Palau
CapitalNgerulmud
CurrencyUSD · United States dollar
LanguageEnglish, Japanese, Palauan
Since1994
ISOPLW · PW
Population
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Watermark portrait: Thomas Remengesau Jr.
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in the Western Pacific
Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country located in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Palau consists of approximately 340 islands and is the western part of the Caroline Islands, while the eastern and central parts make up the Federated States of Micronesia.
Text: Wikipedia — PalauCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-30
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Official language
- English, Japanese, Palauan
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +680
- Top-level domain
- .pw
- Independence / founding
- 01 Oct 1994
- Highest point
- Mount Ngerchelchuus (242 m)
- Lowest point
- Pacific Ocean (0 m)
- Anthem
- Belau rekid
The World Bank does not publish figures for Palau, so this note carries no economic or social statistics.
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— TRADE —
No trade data available for Palau.
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
No anthem audio available
Capital time
--:--:--Ngerulmud · approx. UTC+9
Neighbours
Palau has no land borders
Landmarks
Rock Islands Southern LagoonImage: Wikimedia Commons
People
Thomas Remengesau Jr.former President of Palau
Surangel Whipps Jr.President of Palau since 2021
Johnson ToribiongPalauan politician and diplomat, president from 2009 to 2013
Haruo RemeliikPresident of Palau (1933-1985)
Kuniwo NakamuraPalauan politician (1943-2020)
Thomas Remengesau4th President of Palau (1931-2019)
Lazarus SaliiPresident of Palau (1936-1988)
Alfonso OiterongPresident of Palau (1924-1994)
Sandra PierantozziPalauan politician
Elias Camsek ChinPalauan politician
Jerrlyn Uduch Sengebau SeniorPalauan lawyer, judge, and politician
Ngiratkel EtpisonEntrepreneur, Philanthropist, Republican Presidential Candidate (1925-1997)
History
01 Oct 1994Palau — founding / independence (Wikidata)
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1960 → now
2026
Population17,6632025
GDP$345.0M2025
GDP per person$19,5322025