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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 17,663 in Palau.

Population statistics:

  • Greece's population is 582 times bigger than Palau's.
  • Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
  • The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.0002% for Palau.
  • For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
  • Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Palau has declined from 19.8K to 17.7K (10.9% decline).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 26.8% of the population in Greece and 27% in Palau.

Greece vs Palau: live population counter

Greece Palau
Current population
10276140
17663
Population rank 95/197 194/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 0.0002%
One net population change
31.3 minutes
1.63 weeks
One birth every
7.43 minutes
1.89 days
One death every
4.14 minutes
1.8 days
One migration net change every
4.28 minutes
3.72 weeks
Annual migration change -122,772 -14
Daily growth/decline -46 +0
Annual growth/decline -16,783 -32
Annual growth/decline rate -0.16% -0.18%
Population growth rate rank 175/197 176/197

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

Greece
Population

Growth rate
Palau
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Greece Palau Greece Palau
1960 8,331,725 9,328 - -
1961 8,398,050 9,555 0.8% 2.43%
1962 8,448,233 9,793 0.6% 2.49%
1963 8,479,625 10,037 0.37% 2.49%
1964 8,510,429 10,292 0.36% 2.54%
1965 8,550,333 10,547 0.47% 2.48%
1966 8,613,651 10,805 0.74% 2.45%
1967 8,684,088 10,988 0.82% 1.69%
1968 8,740,765 11,080 0.65% 0.84%
1969 8,772,764 11,159 0.37% 0.71%
1970 8,792,806 11,368 0.23% 1.87%
1971 8,831,036 11,759 0.43% 3.44%
1972 8,888,628 12,194 0.65% 3.7%
1973 8,929,086 12,552 0.46% 2.94%
1974 8,962,022 12,687 0.37% 1.08%
1975 9,046,541 12,655 0.94% -0.25%
1976 9,188,150 12,598 1.57% -0.45%
1977 9,308,479 12,525 1.31% -0.58%
1978 9,429,959 12,440 1.31% -0.68%
1979 9,548,258 12,337 1.25% -0.83%
1980 9,642,505 12,271 0.99% -0.53%
1981 9,729,350 12,402 0.9% 1.07%
1982 9,789,513 12,694 0.62% 2.35%
1983 9,846,627 13,006 0.58% 2.46%
1984 9,895,801 13,337 0.5% 2.54%
1985 9,934,300 13,688 0.39% 2.63%
1986 9,967,213 14,024 0.33% 2.45%
1987 10,000,595 14,334 0.33% 2.21%
1988 10,036,983 14,645 0.36% 2.17%
1989 10,089,498 14,945 0.52% 2.05%
1990 10,196,792 15,259 1.06% 2.1%
1991 10,319,927 15,614 1.21% 2.33%
1992 10,399,061 15,989 0.77% 2.4%
1993 10,460,415 16,372 0.59% 2.4%
1994 10,512,922 16,770 0.5% 2.43%
1995 10,562,153 17,195 0.47% 2.53%
1996 10,608,800 17,654 0.44% 2.67%
1997 10,661,259 18,108 0.49% 2.57%
1998 10,720,509 18,524 0.56% 2.3%
1999 10,761,698 18,901 0.38% 2.04%
2000 10,805,808 19,178 0.41% 1.47%
2001 10,862,132 19,352 0.52% 0.91%
2002 10,902,022 19,503 0.37% 0.78%
2003 10,928,070 19,659 0.24% 0.8%
2004 10,955,141 19,820 0.25% 0.82%
2005 10,987,314 19,819 0.29% -0.005%
2006 11,020,362 19,593 0.3% -1.14%
2007 11,048,473 19,302 0.26% -1.49%
2008 11,077,841 19,009 0.27% -1.52%
2009 11,107,017 18,709 0.26% -1.58%
2010 11,121,341 18,396 0.13% -1.67%
2011 11,104,899 18,078 -0.15% -1.73%
2012 11,045,011 17,765 -0.54% -1.73%
2013 10,965,211 17,648 -0.72% -0.66%
2014 10,892,413 17,715 -0.66% 0.38%
2015 10,820,883 17,770 -0.66% 0.31%
2016 10,775,971 17,797 -0.42% 0.15%
2017 10,754,679 17,812 -0.2% 0.08%
2018 10,732,882 17,814 -0.2% 0.01%
2019 10,721,582 17,798 -0.11% -0.09%
2020 10,698,599 17,792 -0.21% -0.03%
2021 10,569,207 17,783 -1.21% -0.05%
2022 10,436,882 17,759 -1.25% -0.13%
2023 10,405,588 17,727 -0.3% -0.18%
2024 10,388,805 17,695 -0.16% -0.18%
2025 10,276,140 17,663 -1.08% -0.18%
2026 10,232,997 17,618 -0.42% -0.25%
2027 10,188,386 17,564 -0.44% -0.31%
2028 10,143,203 17,504 -0.44% -0.34%
2029 10,097,603 17,436 -0.45% -0.39%
2030 10,051,921 17,376 -0.45% -0.34%
2031 10,006,045 17,299 -0.46% -0.44%
2032 9,959,048 17,228 -0.47% -0.41%
2033 9,911,765 17,163 -0.47% -0.38%
2034 9,865,342 17,092 -0.47% -0.41%
2035 9,818,783 17,012 -0.47% -0.47%
2036 9,772,426 16,940 -0.47% -0.43%
2037 9,726,502 16,858 -0.47% -0.48%
2038 9,680,639 16,779 -0.47% -0.47%
2039 9,635,315 16,689 -0.47% -0.54%
2040 9,590,401 16,604 -0.47% -0.51%
2041 9,545,637 16,510 -0.47% -0.57%
2042 9,501,568 16,403 -0.46% -0.65%
2043 9,457,398 16,302 -0.46% -0.61%
2044 9,411,943 16,202 -0.48% -0.62%
2045 9,365,737 16,097 -0.49% -0.65%
2046 9,319,023 15,977 -0.5% -0.74%
2047 9,269,970 15,863 -0.53% -0.71%
2048 9,218,699 15,749 -0.55% -0.72%
2049 9,165,668 15,632 -0.58% -0.74%
2050 9,111,122 15,515 -0.6% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.

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