Recognised as Country

Palau

PW
Oceania
USD
.pw

Palau (PW/PLW) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Ngerulmud. It covers about 459 km² with a population of roughly 18,000, uses the USD, dials on +680, owns the .pw internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Palau. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short namePalau

CapitalNgerulmud

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PW

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PLW

Internet TLD.pw

Calling code+680

Currency codeUSD

Geography

Approximate centre7.515, 134.5825a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude7.515° N

Longitude134.5825° E

HemisphereNorthern and Eastern

Area459 km²177 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London12,162 kmto the approximate centre of Palau, not to Ngerulmud. NE, bearing 48.3°

Antipode-7.515, -45.4175the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Palauthe IANA zone for Ngerulmud; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+09:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+09:00

Offset in JulyUTC+09:00

Current offsetUTC+09:00

Local time now22 Sept 2026, 19:39

Hours ahead of UTC9

Population & scale

Population18,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density39.2 per km²≈

Share of world population0%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset181 of 196

Population rank in this dataset193 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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