Population in Palau compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Philippines	Palau	Philippines
1960	9,328	27,891,897	-	-
1961	9,555	28,792,621	2.43%	3.23%
1962	9,793	29,723,536	2.49%	3.23%
1963	10,037	30,674,731	2.49%	3.2%
1964	10,292	31,643,032	2.54%	3.16%
1965	10,547	32,625,316	2.48%	3.1%
1966	10,805	33,617,170	2.45%	3.04%
1967	10,988	34,621,320	1.69%	2.99%
1968	11,080	35,638,342	0.84%	2.94%
1969	11,159	36,660,799	0.71%	2.87%
1970	11,368	37,622,204	1.87%	2.62%
1971	11,759	38,518,659	3.44%	2.38%
1972	12,194	39,408,560	3.7%	2.31%
1973	12,552	40,294,130	2.94%	2.25%
1974	12,687	41,174,341	1.08%	2.18%
1975	12,655	42,120,826	-0.25%	2.3%
1976	12,598	43,201,488	-0.45%	2.57%
1977	12,525	44,367,962	-0.58%	2.7%
1978	12,440	45,575,281	-0.68%	2.72%
1979	12,337	46,807,103	-0.83%	2.7%
1980	12,271	48,043,740	-0.53%	2.64%
1981	12,402	49,311,727	1.07%	2.64%
1982	12,694	50,695,707	2.35%	2.81%
1983	13,006	52,194,620	2.46%	2.96%
1984	13,337	53,726,181	2.54%	2.93%
1985	13,688	55,213,006	2.63%	2.77%
1986	14,024	56,645,077	2.45%	2.59%
1987	14,334	58,157,496	2.21%	2.67%
1988	14,645	59,739,052	2.17%	2.72%
1989	14,945	61,265,260	2.05%	2.55%
1990	15,259	62,854,666	2.1%	2.59%
1991	15,614	64,382,249	2.33%	2.43%
1992	15,989	65,926,125	2.4%	2.4%
1993	16,372	67,530,621	2.4%	2.43%
1994	16,770	69,019,291	2.43%	2.2%
1995	17,195	70,546,246	2.53%	2.21%
1996	17,654	72,190,242	2.67%	2.33%
1997	18,108	73,908,810	2.57%	2.38%
1998	18,524	75,791,024	2.3%	2.55%
1999	18,901	77,753,257	2.04%	2.59%
2000	19,178	79,625,397	1.47%	2.41%
2001	19,352	81,401,488	0.91%	2.23%
2002	19,503	83,068,889	0.78%	2.05%
2003	19,659	84,731,835	0.8%	2%
2004	19,820	86,394,504	0.82%	1.96%
2005	19,819	88,015,962	-0.005%	1.88%
2006	19,593	89,508,986	-1.14%	1.7%
2007	19,302	91,075,184	-1.49%	1.75%
2008	19,009	92,699,095	-1.52%	1.78%
2009	18,709	94,384,250	-1.58%	1.82%
2010	18,396	96,337,125	-1.67%	2.07%
2011	18,078	98,248,614	-1.73%	1.98%
2012	17,765	100,175,512	-1.73%	1.96%
2013	17,648	102,076,336	-0.66%	1.9%
2014	17,715	103,767,130	0.38%	1.66%
2015	17,770	105,312,992	0.31%	1.49%
2016	17,797	106,735,719	0.15%	1.35%
2017	17,812	108,119,693	0.08%	1.3%
2018	17,814	109,465,287	0.01%	1.24%
2019	17,798	110,804,683	-0.09%	1.22%
2020	17,792	112,081,264	-0.03%	1.15%
2021	17,783	113,100,950	-0.05%	0.91%
2022	17,759	113,964,338	-0.13%	0.76%
2023	17,727	114,891,199	-0.18%	0.81%
2024	17,695	115,843,670	-0.18%	0.83%
2025	17,663	116,786,968	-0.18%	0.81%
2026	17,618	117,724,479	-0.25%	0.8%
2027	17,564	118,656,426	-0.31%	0.79%
2028	17,504	119,583,984	-0.34%	0.78%
2029	17,436	120,502,132	-0.39%	0.77%
2030	17,376	121,408,897	-0.34%	0.75%
2031	17,299	122,301,606	-0.44%	0.74%
2032	17,228	123,180,341	-0.41%	0.72%
2033	17,163	124,049,036	-0.38%	0.71%
2034	17,092	124,904,124	-0.41%	0.69%
2035	17,012	125,740,977	-0.47%	0.67%
2036	16,940	126,558,232	-0.43%	0.65%
2037	16,858	127,352,607	-0.48%	0.63%
2038	16,779	128,118,535	-0.47%	0.6%
2039	16,689	128,850,047	-0.54%	0.57%
2040	16,604	129,546,666	-0.51%	0.54%
2041	16,510	130,209,810	-0.57%	0.51%
2042	16,403	130,837,005	-0.65%	0.48%
2043	16,302	131,427,404	-0.61%	0.45%
2044	16,202	131,979,673	-0.62%	0.42%
2045	16,097	132,492,038	-0.65%	0.39%
2046	15,977	132,962,001	-0.74%	0.35%
2047	15,863	133,385,290	-0.71%	0.32%
2048	15,749	133,759,436	-0.72%	0.28%
2049	15,632	134,089,011	-0.74%	0.25%
2050	15,515	134,373,439	-0.75%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.