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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Palau	Nepal	Palau
1960	10,123,658	9,328	-	-
1961	10,318,396	9,555	1.92%	2.43%
1962	10,521,116	9,793	1.96%	2.49%
1963	10,729,818	10,037	1.98%	2.49%
1964	10,946,392	10,292	2.02%	2.54%
1965	11,173,411	10,547	2.07%	2.48%
1966	11,408,710	10,805	2.11%	2.45%
1967	11,652,716	10,988	2.14%	1.69%
1968	11,906,266	11,080	2.18%	0.84%
1969	12,167,036	11,159	2.19%	0.71%
1970	12,436,190	11,368	2.21%	1.87%
1971	12,710,061	11,759	2.2%	3.44%
1972	12,989,099	12,194	2.2%	3.7%
1973	13,275,239	12,552	2.2%	2.94%
1974	13,568,435	12,687	2.21%	1.08%
1975	13,870,695	12,655	2.23%	-0.25%
1976	14,177,649	12,598	2.21%	-0.45%
1977	14,499,175	12,525	2.27%	-0.58%
1978	14,839,695	12,440	2.35%	-0.68%
1979	15,190,590	12,337	2.36%	-0.83%
1980	15,553,105	12,271	2.39%	-0.53%
1981	15,922,423	12,402	2.37%	1.07%
1982	16,297,987	12,694	2.36%	2.35%
1983	16,689,119	13,006	2.4%	2.46%
1984	17,085,242	13,337	2.37%	2.54%
1985	17,477,692	13,688	2.3%	2.63%
1986	17,868,124	14,024	2.23%	2.45%
1987	18,250,505	14,334	2.14%	2.21%
1988	18,638,661	14,645	2.13%	2.17%
1989	19,057,807	14,945	2.25%	2.05%
1990	19,524,573	15,259	2.45%	2.1%
1991	20,036,500	15,614	2.62%	2.33%
1992	20,609,707	15,989	2.86%	2.4%
1993	21,180,159	16,372	2.77%	2.4%
1994	21,717,479	16,770	2.54%	2.43%
1995	22,245,439	17,195	2.43%	2.53%
1996	22,741,862	17,654	2.23%	2.67%
1997	23,219,463	18,108	2.1%	2.57%
1998	23,680,357	18,524	1.98%	2.3%
1999	24,125,199	18,901	1.88%	2.04%
2000	24,546,509	19,178	1.75%	1.47%
2001	24,946,748	19,352	1.63%	0.91%
2002	25,328,981	19,503	1.53%	0.78%
2003	25,688,758	19,659	1.42%	0.8%
2004	26,016,656	19,820	1.28%	0.82%
2005	26,309,458	19,819	1.13%	-0.005%
2006	26,565,425	19,593	0.97%	-1.14%
2007	26,788,492	19,302	0.84%	-1.49%
2008	26,990,037	19,009	0.75%	-1.52%
2009	27,173,035	18,709	0.68%	-1.58%
2010	27,341,952	18,396	0.62%	-1.67%
2011	27,464,494	18,078	0.45%	-1.73%
2012	27,534,915	17,765	0.26%	-1.73%
2013	27,589,996	17,648	0.2%	-0.66%
2014	27,672,370	17,715	0.3%	0.38%
2015	27,823,629	17,770	0.55%	0.31%
2016	27,955,462	17,797	0.47%	0.15%
2017	28,011,258	17,812	0.2%	0.08%
2018	28,079,689	17,814	0.24%	0.01%
2019	28,414,064	17,798	1.19%	-0.09%
2020	28,966,574	17,792	1.94%	-0.03%
2021	29,475,010	17,783	1.76%	-0.05%
2022	29,715,436	17,759	0.82%	-0.13%
2023	29,694,614	17,727	-0.07%	-0.18%
2024	29,651,054	17,695	-0.15%	-0.18%
2025	29,618,120	17,663	-0.11%	-0.18%
2026	29,629,406	17,618	0.04%	-0.25%
2027	29,727,164	17,564	0.33%	-0.31%
2028	29,947,588	17,504	0.74%	-0.34%
2029	30,232,115	17,436	0.95%	-0.39%
2030	30,509,999	17,376	0.92%	-0.34%
2031	30,780,916	17,299	0.89%	-0.44%
2032	31,045,411	17,228	0.86%	-0.41%
2033	31,304,035	17,163	0.83%	-0.38%
2034	31,555,068	17,092	0.8%	-0.41%
2035	31,798,003	17,012	0.77%	-0.47%
2036	32,033,714	16,940	0.74%	-0.43%
2037	32,262,286	16,858	0.71%	-0.48%
2038	32,484,801	16,779	0.69%	-0.47%
2039	32,700,695	16,689	0.66%	-0.54%
2040	32,909,540	16,604	0.64%	-0.51%
2041	33,112,254	16,510	0.62%	-0.57%
2042	33,309,062	16,403	0.59%	-0.65%
2043	33,499,440	16,302	0.57%	-0.61%
2044	33,683,331	16,202	0.55%	-0.62%
2045	33,861,058	16,097	0.53%	-0.65%
2046	34,032,994	15,977	0.51%	-0.74%
2047	34,197,261	15,863	0.48%	-0.71%
2048	34,352,077	15,749	0.45%	-0.72%
2049	34,500,201	15,632	0.43%	-0.74%
2050	34,642,021	15,515	0.41%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.