The latest officially reported population of Palau was 17,695 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Palau's population is 17,663 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.
Population statistics:
- Rwanda's population is 839 times bigger than Palau's.
- Palau is ranked the 194th most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.0002% for Palau vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
- For the last 10 years, Palau has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
- Since 2005, the population of Palau has decreased from 19.8K people to 17.7K (10.9% decline), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
- Rwanda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 32.8M 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 Rwanda: live population counter
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| Current population |
17663
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14826674
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| Population rank | 194/197 | 77/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0002% | 0.18% |
| One net population change |
1.63 weeks
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1.74 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.89 days
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1.33 minutes
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| One death every |
1.8 days
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6.35 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.72 weeks
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33.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -14 | -15,582 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +828 |
| Annual growth/decline | -32 | +302,096 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.18% | +2.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 176/197 | 47/197 |
Palau and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).
Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.
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Population differences between Palau and Rwanda
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| Life expectancy | 69.5 years | 68.2 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 24.9 years |
| Median age | 39.2 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.9:46.1 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 99.6 ppl/mi² | 1,497 ppl/mi² |
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