Palau
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Oceania.
Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau and Tuvalu are made of small islands and atolls spread across the ocean, so their outlines are scattered specks.
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Continent
- Oceania
More Oceania quizzes - Land neighbours
- None
- Population
- 17,663 (2025)
- Total area
- 460 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 7.5° N, 134.6° E
Palau at a glance
Palau is a country in Oceania. Its capital is Ngerulmud, not Koror. It has no land neighbours.
Worldwide, Palau has the 3rd smallest population (about 17,700 people in 2025, among 195 countries with data).
Flag of Palau
Palau’s flag is drawn in the proportions 5:8 (height to width), like 4 other flags in our quizzes.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Kosovo, Somalia, Micronesia and Saint Lucia.
Palau in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Oceania |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 17,663 | 193rdof 195 | 12thof 14 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 460 km² | 180thof 194 | 11thof 14 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $345M | 179thof 182 | 11thof 14 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $19,532 | 54thof 182 | 3rdof 14 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 69.4 years | 134thof 195 | 7thof 14 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.88 | 105thof 195 | 12thof 14 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $1,684 | 46thof 191 | 5thof 14 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 79.3% | 47thof 195 | 4thof 14 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 83.9% | 81stof 180 | 4thof 11 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 90.5% | 4thof 191 | 2ndof 13 |
CO₂ per person is left out for Palau. The World Bank figure, about 83 t, is far above the Global Carbon Project’s estimate of about 12.8 t for 2024. Estimate.
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Palau and its nearest countries
Palau has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 | Distanceclosest points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palau | 17,663 | 460 km² | $19,532 | |
| Indonesia | 285,721,236 | 1,916,907 km² | $5,060 | about 280 km |
| Micronesia | 113,683 | 700 km² | $4,414 | about 420 km |
| Philippines | 116,786,962 | 300,000 km² | $4,171 | about 660 km |
| Papua New Guinea | 10,762,817 | 462,840 km² | $3,020 | about 1,260 km |
Quizzes featuring Palau
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Palau · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- CO₂ per person: Global Carbon Project, via Our World in Data · The estimate the World Bank figure was checked against.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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