The latest officially reported population of Palau was 17,695 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Palau's population is 17,663 people compared to 4,614,993 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Panama's population is 261.3 times bigger than Palau's.
- Palau is ranked the 194th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.0002% for Palau vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Palau has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2005, the population of Palau has decreased from 19.8K people to 17.7K (10.9% decline), while Panama has grown from 3.31M to 4.61M (39.3% growth).
- Panama is projected to reach its peak in 2080 at 6.03M people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.
Palau vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
17663
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4614993
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| Population rank | 194/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0002% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1.63 weeks
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.89 days
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
1.8 days
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.72 weeks
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | -14 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | -32 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.18% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 176/197 | 85/197 |
Palau and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,328 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,555 | 1,159,870 | 2.43% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 9,793 | 1,195,301 | 2.49% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 10,037 | 1,232,124 | 2.49% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 10,292 | 1,270,065 | 2.54% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 10,547 | 1,308,835 | 2.48% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 10,805 | 1,348,388 | 2.45% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 10,988 | 1,388,628 | 1.69% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 11,080 | 1,429,447 | 0.84% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 11,159 | 1,470,886 | 0.71% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 11,368 | 1,513,070 | 1.87% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 11,759 | 1,556,081 | 3.44% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 12,194 | 1,599,723 | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 12,552 | 1,643,690 | 2.94% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 12,687 | 1,687,926 | 1.08% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 12,655 | 1,732,389 | -0.25% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 12,598 | 1,776,935 | -0.45% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 12,525 | 1,821,543 | -0.58% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 12,440 | 1,866,311 | -0.68% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 12,337 | 1,911,552 | -0.83% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 12,271 | 1,957,534 | -0.53% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 12,402 | 2,004,418 | 1.07% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 12,694 | 2,052,271 | 2.35% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 13,006 | 2,101,106 | 2.46% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 13,337 | 2,150,782 | 2.54% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 13,688 | 2,200,915 | 2.63% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 14,024 | 2,251,325 | 2.45% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 14,334 | 2,301,970 | 2.21% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 14,645 | 2,352,848 | 2.17% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 14,945 | 2,403,820 | 2.05% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 15,259 | 2,455,583 | 2.1% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 15,614 | 2,508,265 | 2.33% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 15,989 | 2,561,336 | 2.4% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 16,372 | 2,615,099 | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 16,770 | 2,669,546 | 2.43% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 17,195 | 2,724,557 | 2.53% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 17,654 | 2,780,227 | 2.67% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 18,108 | 2,836,695 | 2.57% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 18,524 | 2,893,914 | 2.3% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 18,901 | 2,951,822 | 2.04% | 2% |
| 2000 | 19,178 | 3,010,369 | 1.47% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 19,352 | 3,069,537 | 0.91% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 19,503 | 3,129,344 | 0.78% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 19,659 | 3,189,807 | 0.8% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 19,820 | 3,251,155 | 0.82% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 19,819 | 3,313,026 | -0.005% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 19,593 | 3,375,024 | -1.14% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 19,302 | 3,437,490 | -1.49% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 19,009 | 3,500,648 | -1.52% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 18,709 | 3,564,381 | -1.58% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 18,396 | 3,628,535 | -1.67% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 18,078 | 3,693,505 | -1.73% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 17,765 | 3,759,256 | -1.73% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 17,648 | 3,825,329 | -0.66% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 17,715 | 3,892,101 | 0.38% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 17,770 | 3,960,035 | 0.31% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 17,797 | 4,029,086 | 0.15% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 17,812 | 4,098,707 | 0.08% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 17,814 | 4,167,860 | 0.01% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 17,798 | 4,234,700 | -0.09% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 17,792 | 4,293,261 | -0.03% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 17,783 | 4,345,405 | -0.05% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 17,759 | 4,400,773 | -0.13% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 17,727 | 4,458,759 | -0.18% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 17,695 | 4,515,577 | -0.18% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 17,663 | 4,571,195 | -0.18% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 17,618 | 4,625,720 | -0.25% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 17,564 | 4,679,241 | -0.31% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 17,504 | 4,731,818 | -0.34% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 17,436 | 4,783,378 | -0.39% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 17,376 | 4,833,856 | -0.34% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 17,299 | 4,883,390 | -0.44% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 17,228 | 4,932,075 | -0.41% | 1% |
| 2033 | 17,163 | 4,979,812 | -0.38% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 17,092 | 5,026,494 | -0.41% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 17,012 | 5,072,267 | -0.47% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 16,940 | 5,117,124 | -0.43% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 16,858 | 5,161,085 | -0.48% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 16,779 | 5,204,053 | -0.47% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 16,689 | 5,245,902 | -0.54% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 16,604 | 5,286,595 | -0.51% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 16,510 | 5,326,183 | -0.57% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 16,403 | 5,364,671 | -0.65% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 16,302 | 5,402,037 | -0.61% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 16,202 | 5,438,259 | -0.62% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 16,097 | 5,473,283 | -0.65% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 15,977 | 5,507,148 | -0.74% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 15,863 | 5,539,873 | -0.71% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 15,749 | 5,571,404 | -0.72% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 15,632 | 5,601,670 | -0.74% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 15,515 | 5,630,681 | -0.75% | 0.52% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).
Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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Population differences between Palau and Panama
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| Life expectancy | 69.5 years | 80 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 39.2 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.9:46.1 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 99.6 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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