Population in Croatia compared to Palau: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Croatia and Palau: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Croatia	Palau	Croatia	Palau
1960	4,140,181	9,328	-	-
1961	4,167,292	9,555	0.65%	2.43%
1962	4,196,712	9,793	0.71%	2.49%
1963	4,225,675	10,037	0.69%	2.49%
1964	4,252,876	10,292	0.64%	2.54%
1965	4,280,923	10,547	0.66%	2.48%
1966	4,310,701	10,805	0.7%	2.45%
1967	4,338,683	10,988	0.65%	1.69%
1968	4,365,628	11,080	0.62%	0.84%
1969	4,391,490	11,159	0.59%	0.71%
1970	4,412,252	11,368	0.47%	1.87%
1971	4,431,275	11,759	0.43%	3.44%
1972	4,450,564	12,194	0.44%	3.7%
1973	4,470,161	12,552	0.44%	2.94%
1974	4,490,660	12,687	0.46%	1.08%
1975	4,512,082	12,655	0.48%	-0.25%
1976	4,535,934	12,598	0.53%	-0.45%
1977	4,559,571	12,525	0.52%	-0.58%
1978	4,581,085	12,440	0.47%	-0.68%
1979	4,594,778	12,337	0.3%	-0.83%
1980	4,599,782	12,271	0.11%	-0.53%
1981	4,611,509	12,402	0.25%	1.07%
1982	4,634,234	12,694	0.49%	2.35%
1983	4,658,254	13,006	0.52%	2.46%
1984	4,680,285	13,337	0.47%	2.54%
1985	4,701,417	13,688	0.45%	2.63%
1986	4,721,446	14,024	0.43%	2.45%
1987	4,739,745	14,334	0.39%	2.21%
1988	4,755,207	14,645	0.33%	2.17%
1989	4,767,260	14,945	0.25%	2.05%
1990	4,777,368	15,259	0.21%	2.1%
1991	4,689,022	15,614	-1.85%	2.33%
1992	4,575,818	15,989	-2.41%	2.4%
1993	4,600,463	16,372	0.54%	2.4%
1994	4,652,024	16,770	1.12%	2.43%
1995	4,620,030	17,195	-0.69%	2.53%
1996	4,557,097	17,654	-1.36%	2.67%
1997	4,534,920	18,108	-0.49%	2.57%
1998	4,532,135	18,524	-0.06%	2.3%
1999	4,512,597	18,901	-0.43%	2.04%
2000	4,468,302	19,178	-0.98%	1.47%
2001	4,299,642	19,352	-3.77%	0.91%
2002	4,302,174	19,503	0.06%	0.78%
2003	4,303,399	19,659	0.03%	0.8%
2004	4,304,600	19,820	0.03%	0.82%
2005	4,310,145	19,819	0.13%	-0.005%
2006	4,311,159	19,593	0.02%	-1.14%
2007	4,310,217	19,302	-0.02%	-1.49%
2008	4,309,705	19,009	-0.01%	-1.52%
2009	4,305,181	18,709	-0.1%	-1.58%
2010	4,295,427	18,396	-0.23%	-1.67%
2011	4,280,622	18,078	-0.34%	-1.73%
2012	4,260,368	17,765	-0.47%	-1.73%
2013	4,233,922	17,648	-0.62%	-0.66%
2014	4,201,598	17,715	-0.76%	0.38%
2015	4,151,725	17,770	-1.19%	0.31%
2016	4,106,867	17,797	-1.08%	0.15%
2017	4,041,407	17,812	-1.59%	0.08%
2018	3,988,775	17,814	-1.3%	0.01%
2019	3,949,390	17,798	-0.99%	-0.09%
2020	3,914,206	17,792	-0.89%	-0.03%
2021	3,878,981	17,783	-0.9%	-0.05%
2022	3,855,641	17,759	-0.6%	-0.13%
2023	3,859,686	17,727	0.1%	-0.18%
2024	3,866,300	17,695	0.17%	-0.18%
2025	3,839,202	17,663	-0.7%	-0.18%
2026	3,813,444	17,618	-0.67%	-0.25%
2027	3,788,509	17,564	-0.65%	-0.31%
2028	3,764,509	17,504	-0.63%	-0.34%
2029	3,740,864	17,436	-0.63%	-0.39%
2030	3,717,091	17,376	-0.64%	-0.34%
2031	3,693,060	17,299	-0.65%	-0.44%
2032	3,668,891	17,228	-0.65%	-0.41%
2033	3,645,252	17,163	-0.64%	-0.38%
2034	3,621,822	17,092	-0.64%	-0.41%
2035	3,598,817	17,012	-0.64%	-0.47%
2036	3,576,022	16,940	-0.63%	-0.43%
2037	3,552,470	16,858	-0.66%	-0.48%
2038	3,528,382	16,779	-0.68%	-0.47%
2039	3,504,319	16,689	-0.68%	-0.54%
2040	3,480,182	16,604	-0.69%	-0.51%
2041	3,455,709	16,510	-0.7%	-0.57%
2042	3,430,926	16,403	-0.72%	-0.65%
2043	3,406,019	16,302	-0.73%	-0.61%
2044	3,380,680	16,202	-0.74%	-0.62%
2045	3,355,131	16,097	-0.76%	-0.65%
2046	3,329,736	15,977	-0.76%	-0.74%
2047	3,304,173	15,863	-0.77%	-0.71%
2048	3,278,352	15,749	-0.78%	-0.72%
2049	3,252,533	15,632	-0.79%	-0.74%
2050	3,226,623	15,515	-0.8%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.