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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Qatar	Palau	Qatar
1960	9,328	36,010	-	-
1961	9,555	39,680	2.43%	10.2%
1962	9,793	44,630	2.49%	12.5%
1963	10,037	50,380	2.49%	12.9%
1964	10,292	56,867	2.54%	12.9%
1965	10,547	64,065	2.48%	12.7%
1966	10,805	72,192	2.45%	12.7%
1967	10,988	81,439	1.69%	12.8%
1968	11,080	91,749	0.84%	12.7%
1969	11,159	103,025	0.71%	12.3%
1970	11,368	116,350	1.87%	12.9%
1971	11,759	131,346	3.44%	12.9%
1972	12,194	146,506	3.7%	11.5%
1973	12,552	161,841	2.94%	10.5%
1974	12,687	177,362	1.08%	9.59%
1975	12,655	193,087	-0.25%	8.87%
1976	12,598	209,052	-0.45%	8.27%
1977	12,525	225,285	-0.58%	7.77%
1978	12,440	241,808	-0.68%	7.33%
1979	12,337	258,670	-0.83%	6.97%
1980	12,271	275,913	-0.53%	6.67%
1981	12,402	293,553	1.07%	6.39%
1982	12,694	311,537	2.35%	6.13%
1983	13,006	329,709	2.46%	5.83%
1984	13,337	347,878	2.54%	5.51%
1985	13,688	365,940	2.63%	5.19%
1986	14,024	382,422	2.45%	4.5%
1987	14,334	397,005	2.21%	3.81%
1988	14,645	411,264	2.17%	3.59%
1989	14,945	425,646	2.05%	3.5%
1990	15,259	440,175	2.1%	3.41%
1991	15,614	454,853	2.33%	3.33%
1992	15,989	469,657	2.4%	3.25%
1993	16,372	484,545	2.4%	3.17%
1994	16,770	499,459	2.43%	3.08%
1995	17,195	514,325	2.53%	2.98%
1996	17,654	529,019	2.67%	2.86%
1997	18,108	550,500	2.57%	4.06%
1998	18,524	580,540	2.3%	5.46%
1999	18,901	612,500	2.04%	5.51%
2000	19,178	644,989	1.47%	5.3%
2001	19,352	677,925	0.91%	5.11%
2002	19,503	711,205	0.78%	4.91%
2003	19,659	744,682	0.8%	4.71%
2004	19,820	773,332	0.82%	3.85%
2005	19,819	825,408	-0.005%	6.73%
2006	19,593	972,831	-1.14%	17.9%
2007	19,302	1,208,595	-1.49%	24.2%
2008	19,009	1,426,938	-1.52%	18.1%
2009	18,709	1,608,903	-1.58%	12.8%
2010	18,396	1,616,832	-1.67%	0.49%
2011	18,078	1,624,761	-1.73%	0.49%
2012	17,765	1,722,438	-1.73%	6.01%
2013	17,648	1,916,426	-0.66%	11.3%
2014	17,715	2,151,745	0.38%	12.3%
2015	17,770	2,344,557	0.31%	8.96%
2016	17,797	2,477,113	0.15%	5.65%
2017	17,812	2,545,820	0.08%	2.77%
2018	17,814	2,580,734	0.01%	1.37%
2019	17,798	2,638,657	-0.09%	2.24%
2020	17,792	2,794,148	-0.03%	5.89%
2021	17,783	2,504,910	-0.05%	-10.4%
2022	17,759	2,657,333	-0.13%	6.08%
2023	17,727	2,656,032	-0.18%	-0.05%
2024	17,695	2,857,822	-0.18%	7.6%
2025	17,663	2,921,065	-0.18%	2.21%
2026	17,618	2,975,134	-0.25%	1.85%
2027	17,564	3,019,526	-0.31%	1.49%
2028	17,504	3,057,695	-0.34%	1.26%
2029	17,436	3,092,803	-0.39%	1.15%
2030	17,376	3,125,174	-0.34%	1.05%
2031	17,299	3,156,754	-0.44%	1.01%
2032	17,228	3,189,188	-0.41%	1.03%
2033	17,163	3,222,500	-0.38%	1.04%
2034	17,092	3,256,691	-0.41%	1.06%
2035	17,012	3,291,711	-0.47%	1.08%
2036	16,940	3,327,585	-0.43%	1.09%
2037	16,858	3,364,333	-0.48%	1.1%
2038	16,779	3,401,906	-0.47%	1.12%
2039	16,689	3,440,293	-0.54%	1.13%
2040	16,604	3,479,439	-0.51%	1.14%
2041	16,510	3,519,302	-0.57%	1.15%
2042	16,403	3,559,840	-0.65%	1.15%
2043	16,302	3,601,019	-0.61%	1.16%
2044	16,202	3,642,784	-0.62%	1.16%
2045	16,097	3,685,111	-0.65%	1.16%
2046	15,977	3,727,959	-0.74%	1.16%
2047	15,863	3,771,287	-0.71%	1.16%
2048	15,749	3,815,108	-0.72%	1.16%
2049	15,632	3,859,368	-0.74%	1.16%
2050	15,515	3,904,074	-0.75%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.