Population in Palau compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Papua New Guinea	Palau	Papua New Guinea
1960	9,328	1,995,110	-	-
1961	9,555	2,046,127	2.43%	2.56%
1962	9,793	2,093,919	2.49%	2.34%
1963	10,037	2,141,376	2.49%	2.27%
1964	10,292	2,188,325	2.54%	2.19%
1965	10,547	2,235,820	2.48%	2.17%
1966	10,805	2,285,774	2.45%	2.23%
1967	10,988	2,337,532	1.69%	2.26%
1968	11,080	2,390,803	0.84%	2.28%
1969	11,159	2,446,927	0.71%	2.35%
1970	11,368	2,505,628	1.87%	2.4%
1971	11,759	2,566,421	3.44%	2.43%
1972	12,194	2,628,432	3.7%	2.42%
1973	12,552	2,690,629	2.94%	2.37%
1974	12,687	2,752,671	1.08%	2.31%
1975	12,655	2,814,820	-0.25%	2.26%
1976	12,598	2,877,327	-0.45%	2.22%
1977	12,525	2,940,327	-0.58%	2.19%
1978	12,440	3,003,714	-0.68%	2.16%
1979	12,337	3,067,341	-0.83%	2.12%
1980	12,271	3,131,512	-0.53%	2.09%
1981	12,402	3,197,019	1.07%	2.09%
1982	12,694	3,264,291	2.35%	2.1%
1983	13,006	3,333,633	2.46%	2.12%
1984	13,337	3,405,198	2.54%	2.15%
1985	13,688	3,478,936	2.63%	2.17%
1986	14,024	3,554,793	2.45%	2.18%
1987	14,334	3,632,543	2.21%	2.19%
1988	14,645	3,711,880	2.17%	2.18%
1989	14,945	3,796,078	2.05%	2.27%
1990	15,259	3,896,481	2.1%	2.64%
1991	15,614	4,021,837	2.33%	3.22%
1992	15,989	4,166,699	2.4%	3.6%
1993	16,372	4,320,872	2.4%	3.7%
1994	16,770	4,480,208	2.43%	3.69%
1995	17,195	4,644,278	2.53%	3.66%
1996	17,654	4,813,361	2.67%	3.64%
1997	18,108	4,987,883	2.57%	3.63%
1998	18,524	5,166,390	2.3%	3.58%
1999	18,901	5,349,333	2.04%	3.54%
2000	19,178	5,537,064	1.47%	3.51%
2001	19,352	5,728,435	0.91%	3.46%
2002	19,503	5,924,003	0.78%	3.41%
2003	19,659	6,123,997	0.8%	3.38%
2004	19,820	6,328,041	0.82%	3.33%
2005	19,819	6,535,905	-0.005%	3.28%
2006	19,593	6,747,720	-1.14%	3.24%
2007	19,302	6,963,345	-1.49%	3.2%
2008	19,009	7,183,002	-1.52%	3.15%
2009	18,709	7,406,438	-1.58%	3.11%
2010	18,396	7,633,523	-1.67%	3.07%
2011	18,078	7,859,346	-1.73%	2.96%
2012	17,765	8,081,390	-1.73%	2.83%
2013	17,648	8,302,698	-0.66%	2.74%
2014	17,715	8,523,441	0.38%	2.66%
2015	17,770	8,743,246	0.31%	2.58%
2016	17,797	8,961,718	0.15%	2.5%
2017	17,812	9,178,714	0.08%	2.42%
2018	17,814	9,394,513	0.01%	2.35%
2019	17,798	9,609,010	-0.09%	2.28%
2020	17,792	9,815,746	-0.03%	2.15%
2021	17,783	10,012,896	-0.05%	2.01%
2022	17,759	10,203,169	-0.13%	1.9%
2023	17,727	10,389,635	-0.18%	1.83%
2024	17,695	10,576,502	-0.18%	1.8%
2025	17,663	10,762,813	-0.18%	1.76%
2026	17,618	10,947,845	-0.25%	1.72%
2027	17,564	11,131,268	-0.31%	1.68%
2028	17,504	11,312,895	-0.34%	1.63%
2029	17,436	11,492,799	-0.39%	1.59%
2030	17,376	11,671,420	-0.34%	1.55%
2031	17,299	11,848,221	-0.44%	1.51%
2032	17,228	12,023,121	-0.41%	1.48%
2033	17,163	12,196,639	-0.38%	1.44%
2034	17,092	12,369,248	-0.41%	1.42%
2035	17,012	12,540,596	-0.47%	1.39%
2036	16,940	12,710,682	-0.43%	1.36%
2037	16,858	12,879,737	-0.48%	1.33%
2038	16,779	13,047,122	-0.47%	1.3%
2039	16,689	13,212,668	-0.54%	1.27%
2040	16,604	13,376,156	-0.51%	1.24%
2041	16,510	13,537,361	-0.57%	1.21%
2042	16,403	13,696,139	-0.65%	1.17%
2043	16,302	13,853,410	-0.61%	1.15%
2044	16,202	14,009,926	-0.62%	1.13%
2045	16,097	14,165,578	-0.65%	1.11%
2046	15,977	14,318,889	-0.74%	1.08%
2047	15,863	14,469,210	-0.71%	1.05%
2048	15,749	14,617,364	-0.72%	1.02%
2049	15,632	14,763,600	-0.74%	1%
2050	15,515	14,906,584	-0.75%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Palau's population will shrink by 11.9% to 15,515 people with a rank change from 194th to 195th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.