Palau

Official languages

English, Japanese, Palauan

Currency

United States dollar ($)

Legislature

Palau National Congress

Demonym

Palauan

Time zone

UTC+09:00

Driving side

Right

Calling code

+680

Internet TLD

.pw

ISO 3166

PW

Established

1994

Highest point

Mount Ngerchelchuus (242 m (794 ft))

National anthem

Belau rekid

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Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN, V-Dem; CC BY 4.0). Each figure is the most recent year available.

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The powerline is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.

Palau on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.

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