Palau East Asia and Pacific
UPPER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (thousands, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
20.4 0.8 44.1 — — 81.6 0.5 0.2 8,940 1.5 — —
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 8.0 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 38.8% Top destination countries: the United States, the Philippines, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Mexico, Fiji, Japan, Australia, Greece, New Zealand
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■
Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 26.1%
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 5.8 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 28.1% Females as percentage of immigrants: 40.2% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 0.0% Top source countries: the Philippines, the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, Japan, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Korea
Remittances Remittance data are currently not available for this country.
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Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011