Palau: flag, capital & map
Get to know Palau, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Ngerulmud
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Micronesia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 17,663
- Area
- 459 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Palauan
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- US Dollar (USD)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Palau is a country in Micronesia. Its capital is Ngerulmud.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Palau
The flag of Palau has a light blue field with a large golden-yellow circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.
Where it is
Palau is grouped in Micronesia, within Roam’s Oceania region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Palau has a recorded area of 459 square kilometres. Among the 5 countries assigned to Micronesia in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Micronesia is immediately above it in that ordering, at 702 km². Marshall Islands is immediately below it, at 181 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 17,663 people for Palau in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 38 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Palauan. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is US Dollar (USD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Palau?
Reveal answer
Ngerulmud. Palau is a country in Micronesia. Its capital is Ngerulmud.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Palau?
Reveal answer
The flag of Palau has a light blue field with a large golden-yellow circle that is offset slightly towards the hoist side of center.
Which land neighbours of Palau are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Palau. It is grouped in Micronesia, within Roam’s Oceania region.
Which languages does the source list for Palau?
Reveal answer
English and Palauan. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Palau.
Which currency codes are listed for Palau?
Reveal answer
US Dollar (USD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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