Palau
Palau
Capital Ngerulmud
459 km² · 17,663 people (2025) · United States dollar
About 340 islands, most of them the Rock Islands — forested limestone mushrooms undercut at the waterline. Jellyfish Lake holds millions of golden jellyfish that have lost most of their sting after being cut off from the sea. In 2015 Palau closed eighty percent of its waters to commercial fishing, one of the largest marine sanctuaries in the world.
The facts
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Largest city
- Koror
- Area
- 459 km² — 177 sq mi
- Population
- 17,663 (2025)
- Density
- 38.5 people per km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD, $)
- Official languages
- English, Palauan
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Calling code
- +680
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- PW · PLW
- Continent
- Oceania
How it compares
- By area
- 185 of 200
- By population
- 197 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Lucia | 616 | 180,149 |
| Andorra | 468 | 82,904 |
| Palau ← | 459 | 17,663 |
| Seychelles | 455 | 122,730 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 443 | 94,209 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Palau?
- Ngerulmud
- What currency does Palau use?
- The United States dollar (USD).
- How big is Palau?
- 459 km², or 177 square miles — 185 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Palau drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Saint Lucia 616 km²
- Andorra 468 km²
- Seychelles 455 km²
- Antigua and Barbuda 443 km²
- Australia Oceania
- Papua New Guinea Oceania
- New Zealand Oceania
- Fiji Oceania
- Solomon Islands Oceania
- Vanuatu Oceania
- Samoa Oceania
- Kiribati Oceania
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)