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Palau GIS data sources

Region
Micronesia
ISO 3166
PW · PLW
Sources
6
Themes
7
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Palau: 6 sources across 7 themes, led by Pacific Community and OCHA / HDX. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 3 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Palau

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Palau 2015 census administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics for Development Division

    Census geography from the 2015 Population and Housing Census (provinces/islands, villages and enumeration areas) on the Pacific Data Hub, the same boundaries used in PopGIS.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Population
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON
    Link
    pacificdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Palau – subnational population statistics (COD-PS) (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    OCHA / HDX

    Population estimates by admin level with P-codes matching the COD-AB boundaries.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    CSV, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • PopGIS – Palau (opens in a new tab)

    Web viewer Cost: Free

    Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics for Development Division

    Web mapping of census tables by island, village and enumeration area; indicators can be exported.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    palau.popgis.spc.int

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Marine & coastal 1

Marine, coastal and bathymetry data for every country

  • Benthic habitat maps (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

    Shallow-water benthic habitat maps of US Pacific territories and freely associated states.

    • Marine & coastal
    • Environment
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    products.coastalscience.noaa.gov

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Palau

Worldwide and continental layers that include Palau, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Transport
Hydrology
Marine & coastal
Environment

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