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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Rwanda	Palau	Rwanda
1960	9,328	3,022,294	-	-
1961	9,555	3,106,779	2.43%	2.8%
1962	9,793	3,186,025	2.49%	2.55%
1963	10,037	3,258,890	2.49%	2.29%
1964	10,292	3,334,834	2.54%	2.33%
1965	10,547	3,423,210	2.48%	2.65%
1966	10,805	3,521,626	2.45%	2.87%
1967	10,988	3,629,577	1.69%	3.07%
1968	11,080	3,744,010	0.84%	3.15%
1969	11,159	3,861,271	0.71%	3.13%
1970	11,368	3,980,669	1.87%	3.09%
1971	11,759	4,100,044	3.44%	3%
1972	12,194	4,220,335	3.7%	2.93%
1973	12,552	4,345,047	2.94%	2.96%
1974	12,687	4,474,228	1.08%	2.97%
1975	12,655	4,607,728	-0.25%	2.98%
1976	12,598	4,745,954	-0.45%	3%
1977	12,525	4,888,240	-0.58%	3%
1978	12,440	5,035,171	-0.68%	3.01%
1979	12,337	5,189,541	-0.83%	3.07%
1980	12,271	5,353,259	-0.53%	3.15%
1981	12,402	5,527,230	1.07%	3.25%
1982	12,694	5,711,549	2.35%	3.33%
1983	13,006	5,905,311	2.46%	3.39%
1984	13,337	6,107,627	2.54%	3.43%
1985	13,688	6,317,228	2.63%	3.43%
1986	14,024	6,531,881	2.45%	3.4%
1987	14,334	6,749,493	2.21%	3.33%
1988	14,645	6,968,071	2.17%	3.24%
1989	14,945	7,184,706	2.05%	3.11%
1990	15,259	7,375,307	2.1%	2.65%
1991	15,614	7,526,966	2.33%	2.06%
1992	15,989	7,683,266	2.4%	2.08%
1993	16,372	7,981,132	2.4%	3.88%
1994	16,770	6,792,352	2.43%	-14.9%
1995	17,195	5,674,118	2.53%	-16.5%
1996	17,654	6,708,764	2.67%	18.2%
1997	18,108	7,755,238	2.57%	15.6%
1998	18,524	8,081,681	2.3%	4.21%
1999	18,901	8,147,912	2.04%	0.82%
2000	19,178	8,213,931	1.47%	0.81%
2001	19,352	8,287,094	0.91%	0.89%
2002	19,503	8,400,180	0.78%	1.36%
2003	19,659	8,586,875	0.8%	2.22%
2004	19,820	8,816,844	0.82%	2.68%
2005	19,819	9,054,528	-0.005%	2.7%
2006	19,593	9,299,246	-1.14%	2.7%
2007	19,302	9,549,933	-1.49%	2.7%
2008	19,009	9,804,269	-1.52%	2.66%
2009	18,709	10,060,432	-1.58%	2.61%
2010	18,396	10,317,553	-1.67%	2.56%
2011	18,078	10,573,733	-1.73%	2.48%
2012	17,765	10,829,901	-1.73%	2.42%
2013	17,648	11,093,340	-0.66%	2.43%
2014	17,715	11,364,757	0.38%	2.45%
2015	17,770	11,640,022	0.31%	2.42%
2016	17,797	11,919,183	0.15%	2.4%
2017	17,812	12,202,060	0.08%	2.37%
2018	17,814	12,487,996	0.01%	2.34%
2019	17,798	12,776,103	-0.09%	2.31%
2020	17,792	13,065,837	-0.03%	2.27%
2021	17,783	13,355,260	-0.05%	2.22%
2022	17,759	13,651,030	-0.13%	2.21%
2023	17,727	13,954,471	-0.18%	2.22%
2024	17,695	14,256,567	-0.18%	2.16%
2025	17,663	14,569,343	-0.18%	2.19%
2026	17,618	14,889,694	-0.25%	2.2%
2027	17,564	15,214,324	-0.31%	2.18%
2028	17,504	15,536,461	-0.34%	2.12%
2029	17,436	15,844,649	-0.39%	1.98%
2030	17,376	16,154,698	-0.34%	1.96%
2031	17,299	16,473,106	-0.44%	1.97%
2032	17,228	16,771,820	-0.41%	1.81%
2033	17,163	17,073,475	-0.38%	1.8%
2034	17,092	17,402,250	-0.41%	1.93%
2035	17,012	17,746,315	-0.47%	1.98%
2036	16,940	18,076,769	-0.43%	1.86%
2037	16,858	18,395,838	-0.48%	1.77%
2038	16,779	18,729,778	-0.47%	1.82%
2039	16,689	19,076,783	-0.54%	1.85%
2040	16,604	19,440,762	-0.51%	1.91%
2041	16,510	19,806,170	-0.57%	1.88%
2042	16,403	20,153,979	-0.65%	1.76%
2043	16,302	20,500,826	-0.61%	1.72%
2044	16,202	20,837,079	-0.62%	1.64%
2045	16,097	21,152,650	-0.65%	1.51%
2046	15,977	21,459,144	-0.74%	1.45%
2047	15,863	21,764,578	-0.71%	1.42%
2048	15,749	22,086,112	-0.72%	1.48%
2049	15,632	22,403,887	-0.74%	1.44%
2050	15,515	22,707,896	-0.75%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.