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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Palestine	Palau	Palestine
1960	9,328	-	-	-
1961	9,555	-	2.43%	-
1962	9,793	-	2.49%	-
1963	10,037	-	2.49%	-
1964	10,292	-	2.54%	-
1965	10,547	-	2.48%	-
1966	10,805	-	2.45%	-
1967	10,988	-	1.69%	-
1968	11,080	-	0.84%	-
1969	11,159	-	0.71%	-
1970	11,368	-	1.87%	-
1971	11,759	-	3.44%	-
1972	12,194	-	3.7%	-
1973	12,552	-	2.94%	-
1974	12,687	-	1.08%	-
1975	12,655	-	-0.25%	-
1976	12,598	-	-0.45%	-
1977	12,525	-	-0.58%	-
1978	12,440	-	-0.68%	-
1979	12,337	-	-0.83%	-
1980	12,271	-	-0.53%	-
1981	12,402	-	1.07%	-
1982	12,694	-	2.35%	-
1983	13,006	-	2.46%	-
1984	13,337	-	2.54%	-
1985	13,688	-	2.63%	-
1986	14,024	-	2.45%	-
1987	14,334	-	2.21%	-
1988	14,645	-	2.17%	-
1989	14,945	-	2.05%	-
1990	15,259	1,978,248	2.1%	-
1991	15,614	2,068,845	2.33%	4.58%
1992	15,989	2,163,591	2.4%	4.58%
1993	16,372	2,262,676	2.4%	4.58%
1994	16,770	2,366,298	2.43%	4.58%
1995	17,195	2,474,666	2.53%	4.58%
1996	17,654	2,587,997	2.67%	4.58%
1997	18,108	2,706,518	2.57%	4.58%
1998	18,524	2,776,568	2.3%	2.59%
1999	18,901	2,848,431	2.04%	2.59%
2000	19,178	2,922,153	1.47%	2.59%
2001	19,352	2,997,784	0.91%	2.59%
2002	19,503	3,075,373	0.78%	2.59%
2003	19,659	3,154,969	0.8%	2.59%
2004	19,820	3,236,626	0.82%	2.59%
2005	19,819	3,320,396	-0.005%	2.59%
2006	19,593	3,406,334	-1.14%	2.59%
2007	19,302	3,494,496	-1.49%	2.59%
2008	19,009	3,591,977	-1.52%	2.79%
2009	18,709	3,689,099	-1.58%	2.7%
2010	18,396	3,786,161	-1.67%	2.63%
2011	18,078	3,882,986	-1.73%	2.56%
2012	17,765	3,979,998	-1.73%	2.5%
2013	17,648	4,076,708	-0.66%	2.43%
2014	17,715	4,173,398	0.38%	2.37%
2015	17,770	4,270,092	0.31%	2.32%
2016	17,797	4,367,088	0.15%	2.27%
2017	17,812	4,454,805	0.08%	2.01%
2018	17,814	4,569,087	0.01%	2.57%
2019	17,798	4,685,306	-0.09%	2.54%
2020	17,792	4,803,269	-0.03%	2.52%
2021	17,783	4,922,749	-0.05%	2.49%
2022	17,759	5,043,612	-0.13%	2.46%
2023	17,727	5,165,775	-0.18%	2.42%
2024	17,695	5,289,152	-0.18%	2.39%
2025	17,663	5,379,801	-0.18%	1.71%
2026	17,618	5,479,090	-0.25%	1.85%
2027	17,564	5,582,345	-0.31%	1.88%
2028	17,504	5,684,855	-0.34%	1.84%
2029	17,436	5,787,948	-0.39%	1.81%
2030	17,376	5,892,492	-0.34%	1.81%
2031	17,299	5,998,645	-0.44%	1.8%
2032	17,228	6,106,047	-0.41%	1.79%
2033	17,163	6,215,922	-0.38%	1.8%
2034	17,092	6,327,947	-0.41%	1.8%
2035	17,012	6,441,493	-0.47%	1.79%
2036	16,940	6,555,481	-0.43%	1.77%
2037	16,858	6,669,212	-0.48%	1.73%
2038	16,779	6,783,431	-0.47%	1.71%
2039	16,689	6,899,866	-0.54%	1.72%
2040	16,604	7,018,099	-0.51%	1.71%
2041	16,510	7,135,825	-0.57%	1.68%
2042	16,403	7,253,328	-0.65%	1.65%
2043	16,302	7,369,647	-0.61%	1.6%
2044	16,202	7,484,632	-0.62%	1.56%
2045	16,097	7,598,729	-0.65%	1.52%
2046	15,977	7,710,259	-0.74%	1.47%
2047	15,863	7,818,786	-0.71%	1.41%
2048	15,749	7,925,101	-0.72%	1.36%
2049	15,632	8,029,929	-0.74%	1.32%
2050	15,515	8,134,618	-0.75%	1.3%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Palestine gained 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Palestine's population increased by 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Palestine was ranked 127th in 2005 and ranked 122nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Palau's population will shrink by 12.2% to 15,515 people with a rank change from 194th to 195th. The population of Palestine will increase by 49% to 8,134,618 people and rank change from 122nd to 112th.