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Palau vs Turkey statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Palau has a population of 17.7K (ranked 194/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Palau's land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 180th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Palau ranks 193/197 ($282M) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Palau ranks 67/197 ($15,899), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Main facts and rankings

Palau Turkey
Population
17663
85914550
Population rank 194/197 18/197
GDP
$282M
2023
$1.32T
2024
GDP rank 193/197 17/197
GDP per capita
$15,899
2023
$15,473
2024
GDP per capita rank 67/197 68/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$17,532
2023
$43,932
2024
Government debt n/a
$344B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
26.7%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$4,019
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 91/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,654
2025
$9,587
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
297,156 sq mi
2025
Population density
99.6 ppl/mi²
2024
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.91
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
39.2 years
2024
34 years
2024
Life expectancy
69.5 years
2025
77.8 years
2025

Palau and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Palau and Turkey economies compared

GDP
Palau

Turkey
Year GDP
Palau Turkey
1960 - $7,566,666,667
1961 - $7,988,888,889
1962 - $8,922,222,222
1963 - $10,355,555,556
1964 - $11,177,777,778
1965 - $11,966,666,667
1966 - $14,100,000,000
1967 - $15,644,444,444
1968 - $17,500,000,000
1969 - $19,466,666,667
1970 $11,563,041 $17,863,636,364
1971 $12,706,874 $16,166,666,667
1972 $13,956,474 $20,650,000,000
1973 $15,331,889 $26,000,000,000
1974 $16,848,759 $35,414,285,714
1975 $18,521,112 $46,042,857,143
1976 $20,364,420 $51,450,000,000
1977 $22,308,104 $58,683,333,333
1978 $24,530,015 $65,912,500,000
1979 $27,004,251 $89,616,129,032
1980 $29,728,054 $68,823,684,211
1981 $32,726,594 $71,180,180,180
1982 $36,027,583 $64,369,325,153
1983 $39,661,530 $61,803,555,556
1984 $44,814,259 $59,937,602,180
1985 $51,030,637 $67,232,758,621
1986 $58,109,314 $75,673,037,037
1987 $66,169,905 $87,190,081,680
1988 $75,348,615 $90,875,175,809
1989 $85,800,543 $107,127,191,329
1990 $97,702,303 $150,655,500,192
1991 $106,555,300 $151,034,731,544
1992 $104,771,300 $159,104,772,992
1993 $96,455,700 $180,415,757,852
1994 $106,138,500 $130,650,447,499
1995 $121,018,500 $169,319,579,016
1996 $137,494,600 $181,464,408,820
1997 $143,860,800 $189,878,399,895
1998 $149,079,600 $275,941,990,764
1999 $144,206,500 $256,395,932,738
2000 $149,535,800 $274,294,623,164
2001 $159,453,500 $201,753,123,807
2002 $162,665,500 $240,249,071,871
2003 $154,559,900 $314,595,572,146
2004 $166,391,600 $408,865,430,220
2005 $191,048,400 $506,314,717,662
2006 $193,679,700 $557,076,157,773
2007 $200,903,600 $681,321,124,296
2008 $201,167,300 $770,449,132,861
2009 $189,998,000 $649,289,324,628
2010 $188,174,300 $776,967,266,306
2011 $198,873,900 $838,785,289,694
2012 $215,762,400 $880,555,885,492
2013 $225,345,700 $957,799,120,008
2014 $243,156,500 $938,934,609,297
2015 $278,824,800 $864,313,810,469
2016 $298,323,500 $869,682,881,593
2017 $285,600,000 $858,988,492,854
2018 $288,546,300 $778,972,108,041
2019 $281,941,600 $761,005,915,751
2020 $258,990,800 $720,338,490,327
2021 $235,752,900 $819,865,223,976
2022 $255,591,100 $907,118,434,654
2023 $281,849,100 $1,118,252,958,514
2024 - $1,323,254,808,059

Palau and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita
Palau

Turkey
Year GDP per capita
Palau Turkey
1960 - $267.1
1961 - $274.4
1962 - $298.2
1963 - $337
1964 - $354
1965 - $370
1966 - $425
1967 - $459
1968 - $501
1969 - $544
1970 $1,017 $488
1971 $1,081 $431
1972 $1,145 $537
1973 $1,221 $661
1974 $1,328 $881
1975 $1,464 $1,122
1976 $1,616 $1,228
1977 $1,781 $1,372
1978 $1,972 $1,510
1979 $2,189 $2,013
1980 $2,423 $1,516
1981 $2,639 $1,537
1982 $2,838 $1,360
1983 $3,049 $1,276
1984 $3,360 $1,209
1985 $3,728 $1,326
1986 $4,144 $1,461
1987 $4,616 $1,650
1988 $5,145 $1,686
1989 $5,741 $1,949
1990 $6,403 $2,690
1991 $6,824 $2,649
1992 $6,553 $2,744
1993 $5,892 $3,058
1994 $6,329 $2,176
1995 $7,038 $2,775
1996 $7,788 $2,929
1997 $7,945 $3,021
1998 $8,048 $4,330
1999 $7,630 $3,969
2000 $7,797 $4,192
2001 $8,240 $3,046
2002 $8,341 $3,583
2003 $7,862 $4,638
2004 $8,395 $5,961
2005 $9,640 $7,303
2006 $9,885 $7,953
2007 $10,408 $9,711
2008 $10,583 $10,844
2009 $10,155 $9,013
2010 $10,229 $10,623
2011 $11,001 $11,301
2012 $12,145 $11,713
2013 $12,769 $12,578
2014 $13,726 $12,165
2015 $15,691 $11,050
2016 $16,763 $10,970
2017 $16,034 $10,696
2018 $16,198 $9,569
2019 $15,841 $9,215
2020 $14,557 $8,639
2021 $13,257 $9,743
2022 $14,392 $10,675
2023 $15,899 $13,106
2024 - $15,473

Palau vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Palau

Turkey
Year Life expectancy, years
Palau Turkey
1950 52.7 47.3
1951 52.9 47.6
1952 53.1 48.1
1953 53.3 48.2
1954 53.5 48.8
1955 53.7 49.1
1956 53.9 49.5
1957 54.1 49.2
1958 54.4 49.2
1959 54.6 50.1
1960 54.9 50.8
1961 55.1 51.6
1962 55.4 52.3
1963 55.6 53.1
1964 55.8 53.6
1965 55.9 54.1
1966 56.2 54.6
1967 56.5 55.2
1968 56.9 55.6
1969 57.3 56.2
1970 57.7 56.7
1971 58.1 57.2
1972 58.6 58
1973 59 58.5
1974 59.5 59
1975 60 59.5
1976 60.5 60
1977 60.9 60.8
1978 61.3 61.6
1979 61.6 62.2
1980 61.9 62.7
1981 62.1 63.2
1982 62.3 63.7
1983 62.5 64.3
1984 62.6 64.8
1985 62.7 65.3
1986 62.8 65.9
1987 62.8 66.4
1988 62.8 66.9
1989 62.8 67.4
1990 62.8 67.8
1991 62.8 68.3
1992 62.9 68.6
1993 63 69
1994 63.1 69.4
1995 63.3 69.7
1996 63.5 70.2
1997 63.7 70.7
1998 64 71.1
1999 64.2 70.8
2000 64.5 71.9
2001 64.8 72.3
2002 65.1 72.6
2003 65.4 72.9
2004 65.8 73.2
2005 66.2 73.5
2006 66.6 73.8
2007 67.1 74.1
2008 67.6 74.4
2009 68 74.7
2010 68.3 75
2011 68.6 74.8
2012 68.9 75.6
2013 69 76.2
2014 69.1 76.5
2015 69.1 76.5
2016 69 76.6
2017 69 77
2018 69 77.5
2019 69 77.7
2020 68.7 76.5
2021 68.6 75.7
2022 68.9 77.6
2023 69.3 77.2
2024 69.4 77.4
2025 69.5 77.8

Palau and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population
Palau

Turkey
Year Population
Palau Turkey
1960 9,328 28,329,898
1961 9,555 29,119,238
1962 9,793 29,916,147
1963 10,037 30,726,841
1964 10,292 31,543,072
1965 10,547 32,345,220
1966 10,805 33,177,672
1967 10,988 34,050,421
1968 11,080 34,921,684
1969 11,159 35,787,774
1970 11,368 36,638,465
1971 11,759 37,518,611
1972 12,194 38,430,221
1973 12,552 39,329,533
1974 12,687 40,210,234
1975 12,655 41,053,126
1976 12,598 41,899,984
1977 12,525 42,773,298
1978 12,440 43,645,306
1979 12,337 44,510,429
1980 12,271 45,408,815
1981 12,402 46,321,190
1982 12,694 47,322,096
1983 13,006 48,447,410
1984 13,337 49,574,069
1985 13,688 50,687,115
1986 14,024 51,777,772
1987 14,334 52,843,670
1988 14,645 53,909,626
1989 14,945 54,976,723
1990 15,259 56,015,628
1991 15,614 57,009,887
1992 15,989 57,990,118
1993 16,372 58,999,167
1994 16,770 60,033,836
1995 17,195 61,024,503
1996 17,654 61,951,134
1997 18,108 62,852,966
1998 18,524 63,734,383
1999 18,901 64,591,923
2000 19,178 65,425,961
2001 19,352 66,245,128
2002 19,503 67,048,795
2003 19,659 67,831,730
2004 19,820 68,592,617
2005 19,819 69,329,557
2006 19,593 70,045,349
2007 19,302 70,158,112
2008 19,009 71,051,678
2009 18,709 72,039,206
2010 18,396 73,142,150
2011 18,078 74,223,629
2012 17,765 75,175,827
2013 17,648 76,147,624
2014 17,715 77,181,884
2015 17,770 78,218,479
2016 17,797 79,277,962
2017 17,812 80,312,698
2018 17,814 81,407,204
2019 17,798 82,579,440
2020 17,792 83,384,680
2021 17,783 84,147,318
2022 17,759 84,979,913
2023 17,727 85,325,965
2024 17,695 85,518,661

Fertility rates in Palau and Turkey

Fertility rate
Palau

Turkey
Year Fertility rate
Palau Turkey
1960 7.19 6.38
1961 7.17 6.42
1962 7.15 6.38
1963 7.12 6.34
1964 7.08 6.29
1965 7.01 6.22
1966 6.93 6.15
1967 6.84 6.06
1968 6.71 5.96
1969 6.58 5.87
1970 6.39 5.78
1971 6.16 5.67
1972 5.9 5.55
1973 5.59 5.41
1974 5.26 5.24
1975 4.9 5.09
1976 4.53 4.93
1977 4.09 4.78
1978 3.74 4.69
1979 3.49 4.58
1980 3.35 4.45
1981 3.28 4.35
1982 3.22 4.21
1983 3.14 4.06
1984 3.08 3.91
1985 3.01 3.78
1986 2.98 3.66
1987 2.93 3.54
1988 2.91 3.45
1989 2.92 3.34
1990 2.88 3.11
1991 2.74 3
1992 2.71 2.94
1993 2.73 2.92
1994 2.66 2.87
1995 2.55 2.84
1996 2.39 2.78
1997 2.19 2.74
1998 2.01 2.71
1999 1.91 2.63
2000 1.82 2.49
2001 1.87 2.39
2002 1.92 2.27
2003 1.96 2.2
2004 1.99 2.2
2005 2.02 2.2
2006 2 2.19
2007 1.97 2.16
2008 1.95 2.15
2009 1.94 2.1
2010 1.94 2.08
2011 1.97 2.05
2012 2.01 2.11
2013 2.05 2.11
2014 2.03 2.19
2015 2 2.16
2016 2.06 2.11
2017 2.02 2.08
2018 1.97 2
2019 1.98 1.89
2020 1.97 1.77
2021 1.95 1.71
2022 1.93 1.63
2023 1.91 1.51

Palau and Turkey demographics compared

Median age
Palau

Turkey
Year Median age, years
Palau Turkey
1960 16.7 19.4
1961 16.1 19.3
1962 15.5 19.1
1963 15.1 19
1964 15 18.9
1965 14.9 18.9
1966 14.9 18.8
1967 15.2 18.7
1968 15.7 18.6
1969 16.1 18.6
1970 16.5 18.6
1971 16.6 18.7
1972 16.6 18.8
1973 16.8 18.9
1974 17.1 19
1975 17.4 19.1
1976 17.8 19.3
1977 18.1 19.4
1978 18.3 19.5
1979 18.6 19.7
1980 18.9 19.8
1981 19.3 19.9
1982 19.9 20
1983 20.5 20.2
1984 21.1 20.4
1985 21.6 20.6
1986 22.2 20.9
1987 23.1 21.1
1988 24 21.3
1989 24.9 21.6
1990 25.6 21.8
1991 26 22.1
1992 26.4 22.4
1993 26.9 22.7
1994 27.4 23
1995 27.8 23.3
1996 28.3 23.6
1997 28.8 24
1998 29.4 24.3
1999 30.2 24.7
2000 30.8 25
2001 31.2 25.4
2002 31.5 25.8
2003 31.8 26.2
2004 32 26.6
2005 32.3 27
2006 32.7 27.5
2007 33.1 27.9
2008 33.5 28.3
2009 33.9 28.6
2010 34.2 29.1
2011 34.6 29.5
2012 35 29.8
2013 35.3 30.1
2014 35.6 30.4
2015 36 30.6
2016 36.3 30.9
2017 36.7 31.2
2018 37 31.5
2019 37.4 31.8
2020 37.8 32.3
2021 38.1 32.7
2022 38.5 33.1
2023 38.8 33.5
2024 39.2 34

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Palau Turkey
GNI, Atlas method
$249M
2023
$1.12T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
53%
2025
32.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.53%
2023
3.1%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.5%
2023
Armed forces personnel n/a
512,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.29%
2025
-4.33%
2025
Unemployment rate
0.77%
2020
8.71%
2024
Services, % of GDP
76.7%
2023
56.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
9.87%
2023
25.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
62
2025
56.1
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
35.2%
2022
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.1%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
60,787
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.1%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
32
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
551
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$379B
2024
Total reserves including gold n/a
$155B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.95M
2024
$982M
2024
International tourist arrivals
18,399
2020
15,971,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
93.5%
2017
6.63%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.6%
2024

Energy

Palau Turkey
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,814 kg
1990
1,850 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$1.99
1990
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.44 megatons
2023
438 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
81.2 tons
2023
5.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
1990
81.4%
2023
Renewable energy use share
0.9%
2022
12%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
15.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
72%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,581 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
4.6%
2021
35.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Palau Turkey
% of world population
0.0002%
2024
1.05%
2024
Annual migration change
-14
2024
-275,952
2024
Urban population
82.8%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.23 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.9
2025
56.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
49
2025
34
2024
Higher education index n/a
75
2025
Homicides per 100K people
11.2
2018
3.23
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.78
2013
6.7
2019
Visa free countries
123
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
100%
2020
97.3%
2021
English speaking
92.5%
2023
15%
2023
People using the Internet
27%
2004
87.3%
2024

Health

Palau Turkey
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,979
2022
$386
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$328
2022
$75.2
2022
Life expectancy
69.5 years
2025
77.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
21.3%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.78
2020
2.17
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
89
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
22.3
2023
12.8
2023
Obesity rate
42.1%
2022
34.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
19.3%
2024
16.5%
2024
Air quality index
65
2025
48
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.3%
2022
30.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
1.69 liters
2020

Territory

Palau Turkey
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.52%
2025
Land area per capita
10,037 sq mi
2024
3,475 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
16.6 sq mi
2025
148,989 sq mi
2025
Forest area
160.8 sq mi
2025
87,600 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
272,554 mi
2024

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