Palau vs Tonga statistics compared

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 180th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Palau and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Palau and Tonga economies compared

GDP

Palau

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	Palau	Tonga
1970	$11,563,041	-
1971	$12,706,874	-
1972	$13,956,474	-
1973	$15,331,889	-
1974	$16,848,759	-
1975	$18,521,112	$32,506,742
1976	$20,364,420	$30,036,417
1977	$22,308,104	$34,139,388
1978	$24,530,015	$41,567,472
1979	$27,004,251	$44,667,002
1980	$29,728,054	$53,260,077
1981	$32,726,594	$62,242,013
1982	$36,027,583	$62,068,161
1983	$39,661,530	$60,863,964
1984	$44,814,259	$64,248,355
1985	$51,030,637	$60,058,663
1986	$58,109,314	$68,195,856
1987	$66,169,905	$81,667,133
1988	$75,348,615	$106,657,267
1989	$85,800,543	$106,344,855
1990	$97,702,303	$113,563,822
1991	$106,555,300	$132,201,141
1992	$104,771,300	$137,066,291
1993	$96,455,700	$138,489,884
1994	$106,138,500	$195,990,986
1995	$121,018,500	$208,871,666
1996	$137,494,600	$222,100,576
1997	$143,860,800	$214,991,452
1998	$149,079,600	$191,504,893
1999	$144,206,500	$199,208,718
2000	$149,535,800	$204,848,488
2001	$159,453,500	$181,117,230
2002	$162,665,500	$182,764,281
2003	$154,559,900	$202,246,591
2004	$166,391,600	$230,678,011
2005	$191,048,400	$261,823,805
2006	$193,679,700	$292,232,703
2007	$200,903,600	$298,519,623
2008	$201,167,300	$344,438,844
2009	$189,998,000	$312,415,028
2010	$188,174,300	$366,887,375
2011	$198,873,900	$414,143,828
2012	$215,762,400	$471,122,971
2013	$225,345,700	$451,788,498
2014	$243,156,500	$440,997,735
2015	$278,824,800	$437,525,539
2016	$298,323,500	$420,828,255
2017	$285,600,000	$459,976,847
2018	$288,546,300	$489,714,530
2019	$281,941,600	$494,197,854
2020	$258,990,800	$496,856,304
2021	$235,752,900	$518,228,029
2022	$255,591,100	$518,180,029
2023	$281,849,100	$508,735,107

Palau and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

Palau

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Palau	Tonga
1970	$1,017	-
1971	$1,081	-
1972	$1,145	-
1973	$1,221	-
1974	$1,328	-
1975	$1,464	$349
1976	$1,616	$315
1977	$1,781	$353
1978	$1,972	$428
1979	$2,189	$458
1980	$2,423	$545
1981	$2,639	$636
1982	$2,838	$633
1983	$3,049	$621
1984	$3,360	$656
1985	$3,728	$613
1986	$4,144	$696
1987	$4,616	$830
1988	$5,145	$1,078
1989	$5,741	$1,070
1990	$6,403	$1,139
1991	$6,824	$1,323
1992	$6,553	$1,370
1993	$5,892	$1,383
1994	$6,329	$1,957
1995	$7,038	$2,084
1996	$7,788	$2,215
1997	$7,945	$2,136
1998	$8,048	$1,889
1999	$7,630	$1,952
2000	$7,797	$1,995
2001	$8,240	$1,754
2002	$8,341	$1,759
2003	$7,862	$1,936
2004	$8,395	$2,195
2005	$9,640	$2,478
2006	$9,885	$2,750
2007	$10,408	$2,797
2008	$10,583	$3,218
2009	$10,155	$2,914
2010	$10,229	$3,416
2011	$11,001	$3,850
2012	$12,145	$4,384
2013	$12,769	$4,219
2014	$13,726	$4,137
2015	$15,691	$4,124
2016	$16,763	$3,988
2017	$16,034	$4,366
2018	$16,198	$4,639
2019	$15,841	$4,677
2020	$14,557	$4,700
2021	$13,257	$4,913
2022	$14,392	$4,933
2023	$15,899	$4,864

Palau vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Palau

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Palau	Tonga
1950	52.7	48.4
1951	52.9	49.8
1952	53.1	51.2
1953	53.3	52.4
1954	53.5	53.6
1955	53.7	54.7
1956	53.9	55.7
1957	54.1	56.5
1958	54.4	57.2
1959	54.6	57.8
1960	54.9	58.3
1961	55.1	58.8
1962	55.4	59.3
1963	55.6	59.8
1964	55.8	60.3
1965	55.9	60.7
1966	56.2	61.2
1967	56.5	61.7
1968	56.9	62.2
1969	57.3	62.7
1970	57.7	63.2
1971	58.1	63.6
1972	58.6	64.1
1973	59	64.4
1974	59.5	64.8
1975	60	65.1
1976	60.5	65.4
1977	60.9	65.6
1978	61.3	65.9
1979	61.6	66
1980	61.9	66.2
1981	62.1	66.4
1982	62.3	66.3
1983	62.5	66.7
1984	62.6	66.8
1985	62.7	66.9
1986	62.8	67.1
1987	62.8	67.2
1988	62.8	67.3
1989	62.8	67.4
1990	62.8	67.5
1991	62.8	67.7
1992	62.9	67.9
1993	63	68.2
1994	63.1	68.4
1995	63.3	68.6
1996	63.5	68.8
1997	63.7	69
1998	64	69.2
1999	64.2	69.4
2000	64.5	69.6
2001	64.8	69.8
2002	65.1	70
2003	65.4	70.2
2004	65.8	70.4
2005	66.2	70.6
2006	66.6	70.7
2007	67.1	70.9
2008	67.6	71
2009	68	70.9
2010	68.3	71.3
2011	68.6	71.4
2012	68.9	71.5
2013	69	71.6
2014	69.1	71.7
2015	69.1	71.9
2016	69	72
2017	69	72.1
2018	69	72.2
2019	69	72.3
2020	68.7	72.4
2021	68.6	72.1
2022	68.9	72.6
2023	69.3	72.9
2024	69.4	73.1
2025	69.5	73.2

Palau and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

Palau

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	Palau	Tonga
1960	9,328	66,170
1961	9,555	68,037
1962	9,793	69,940
1963	10,037	71,885
1964	10,292	73,879
1965	10,547	75,924
1966	10,805	78,002
1967	10,988	79,814
1968	11,080	81,353
1969	11,159	82,885
1970	11,368	84,401
1971	11,759	85,896
1972	12,194	87,356
1973	12,552	88,805
1974	12,687	90,683
1975	12,655	93,017
1976	12,598	95,325
1977	12,525	96,725
1978	12,440	97,204
1979	12,337	97,544
1980	12,271	97,769
1981	12,402	97,909
1982	12,694	97,980
1983	13,006	97,998
1984	13,337	97,990
1985	13,688	97,984
1986	14,024	98,010
1987	14,334	98,376
1988	14,645	98,969
1989	14,945	99,403
1990	15,259	99,700
1991	15,614	99,895
1992	15,989	100,022
1993	16,372	100,103
1994	16,770	100,166
1995	17,195	100,225
1996	17,654	100,275
1997	18,108	100,674
1998	18,524	101,388
1999	18,901	102,046
2000	19,178	102,677
2001	19,352	103,288
2002	19,503	103,874
2003	19,659	104,464
2004	19,820	105,071
2005	19,819	105,671
2006	19,593	106,253
2007	19,302	106,726
2008	19,009	107,020
2009	18,709	107,203
2010	18,396	107,400
2011	18,078	107,570
2012	17,765	107,460
2013	17,648	107,078
2014	17,715	106,609
2015	17,770	106,095
2016	17,797	105,524
2017	17,812	105,356
2018	17,814	105,567
2019	17,798	105,669
2020	17,792	105,704
2021	17,783	105,490
2022	17,759	105,042
2023	17,727	104,597
2024	17,695	104,175

Fertility rates in Palau and Tonga

Fertility rate

Palau

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palau	Tonga
1960	7.19	6.65
1961	7.17	6.61
1962	7.15	6.57
1963	7.12	6.52
1964	7.08	6.46
1965	7.01	6.41
1966	6.93	6.35
1967	6.84	6.29
1968	6.71	6.23
1969	6.58	6.17
1970	6.39	6.07
1971	6.16	5.96
1972	5.9	5.86
1973	5.59	5.8
1974	5.26	5.77
1975	4.9	5.75
1976	4.53	5.73
1977	4.09	5.7
1978	3.74	5.68
1979	3.49	5.65
1980	3.35	5.6
1981	3.28	5.55
1982	3.22	5.5
1983	3.14	5.45
1984	3.08	5.41
1985	3.01	5.34
1986	2.98	5.27
1987	2.93	5.19
1988	2.91	5.1
1989	2.92	5.01
1990	2.88	4.93
1991	2.74	4.85
1992	2.71	4.79
1993	2.73	4.73
1994	2.66	4.66
1995	2.55	4.56
1996	2.39	4.46
1997	2.19	4.38
1998	2.01	4.31
1999	1.91	4.23
2000	1.82	4.16
2001	1.87	4.13
2002	1.92	4.14
2003	1.96	4.18
2004	1.99	4.19
2005	2.02	4.2
2006	2	4.14
2007	1.97	4.09
2008	1.95	4.01
2009	1.94	3.95
2010	1.94	3.88
2011	1.97	3.83
2012	2.01	3.77
2013	2.05	3.7
2014	2.03	3.62
2015	2	3.54
2016	2.06	3.46
2017	2.02	3.39
2018	1.97	3.33
2019	1.98	3.27
2020	1.97	3.23
2021	1.95	3.2
2022	1.93	3.17
2023	1.91	3.13

Palau and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

Palau

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Palau	Tonga
1960	16.7	17.1
1961	16.1	17.1
1962	15.5	17.1
1963	15.1	17
1964	15	17
1965	14.9	17
1966	14.9	17
1967	15.2	17
1968	15.7	16.9
1969	16.1	16.8
1970	16.5	16.8
1971	16.6	16.7
1972	16.6	16.7
1973	16.8	16.8
1974	17.1	16.8
1975	17.4	16.7
1976	17.8	16.7
1977	18.1	16.8
1978	18.3	17.1
1979	18.6	17.3
1980	18.9	17.4
1981	19.3	17.6
1982	19.9	17.8
1983	20.5	17.9
1984	21.1	18
1985	21.6	18.1
1986	22.2	18.2
1987	23.1	18.3
1988	24	18.6
1989	24.9	18.9
1990	25.6	19.1
1991	26	19.3
1992	26.4	19.5
1993	26.9	19.6
1994	27.4	19.6
1995	27.8	19.6
1996	28.3	19.6
1997	28.8	19.7
1998	29.4	19.9
1999	30.2	20.1
2000	30.8	20.3
2001	31.2	20.5
2002	31.5	20.7
2003	31.8	20.8
2004	32	20.8
2005	32.3	20.8
2006	32.7	20.8
2007	33.1	20.9
2008	33.5	21
2009	33.9	21.1
2010	34.2	21.2
2011	34.6	21.2
2012	35	21.4
2013	35.3	21.6
2014	35.6	21.7
2015	36	21.8
2016	36.3	21.9
2017	36.7	21.9
2018	37	22
2019	37.4	22
2020	37.8	22.1
2021	38.1	22.1
2022	38.5	22
2023	38.8	21.9
2024	39.2	21.9

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