Population in Palau compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Saint Lucia	Palau	Saint Lucia
1960	9,328	92,585	-	-
1961	9,555	93,490	2.43%	0.98%
1962	9,793	94,505	2.49%	1.09%
1963	10,037	95,519	2.49%	1.07%
1964	10,292	96,505	2.54%	1.03%
1965	10,547	97,493	2.48%	1.02%
1966	10,805	98,463	2.45%	0.99%
1967	10,988	99,504	1.69%	1.06%
1968	11,080	100,675	0.84%	1.18%
1969	11,159	101,879	0.71%	1.2%
1970	11,368	103,165	1.87%	1.26%
1971	11,759	104,564	3.44%	1.36%
1972	12,194	106,002	3.7%	1.38%
1973	12,552	107,498	2.94%	1.41%
1974	12,687	109,076	1.08%	1.47%
1975	12,655	110,725	-0.25%	1.51%
1976	12,598	112,425	-0.45%	1.54%
1977	12,525	114,135	-0.58%	1.52%
1978	12,440	115,834	-0.68%	1.49%
1979	12,337	117,528	-0.83%	1.46%
1980	12,271	119,290	-0.53%	1.5%
1981	12,402	121,166	1.07%	1.57%
1982	12,694	123,087	2.35%	1.59%
1983	13,006	125,044	2.46%	1.59%
1984	13,337	127,067	2.54%	1.62%
1985	13,688	129,159	2.63%	1.65%
1986	14,024	131,239	2.45%	1.61%
1987	14,334	133,227	2.21%	1.51%
1988	14,645	135,000	2.17%	1.33%
1989	14,945	136,512	2.05%	1.12%
1990	15,259	137,857	2.1%	0.99%
1991	15,614	139,520	2.33%	1.21%
1992	15,989	141,617	2.4%	1.5%
1993	16,372	143,726	2.4%	1.49%
1994	16,770	145,890	2.43%	1.51%
1995	17,195	148,208	2.53%	1.59%
1996	17,654	150,436	2.67%	1.5%
1997	18,108	152,569	2.57%	1.42%
1998	18,524	154,677	2.3%	1.38%
1999	18,901	156,702	2.04%	1.31%
2000	19,178	158,616	1.47%	1.22%
2001	19,352	160,237	0.91%	1.02%
2002	19,503	161,641	0.78%	0.88%
2003	19,659	162,976	0.8%	0.83%
2004	19,820	164,239	0.82%	0.77%
2005	19,819	165,450	-0.005%	0.74%
2006	19,593	166,639	-1.14%	0.72%
2007	19,302	167,758	-1.49%	0.67%
2008	19,009	168,808	-1.52%	0.63%
2009	18,709	169,869	-1.58%	0.63%
2010	18,396	170,906	-1.67%	0.61%
2011	18,078	171,801	-1.73%	0.52%
2012	17,765	172,587	-1.73%	0.46%
2013	17,648	173,369	-0.66%	0.45%
2014	17,715	174,138	0.38%	0.44%
2015	17,770	174,905	0.31%	0.44%
2016	17,797	175,646	0.15%	0.42%
2017	17,812	176,342	0.08%	0.4%
2018	17,814	177,017	0.01%	0.38%
2019	17,798	177,661	-0.09%	0.36%
2020	17,792	178,250	-0.03%	0.33%
2021	17,783	178,522	-0.05%	0.15%
2022	17,759	178,781	-0.13%	0.15%
2023	17,727	179,285	-0.18%	0.28%
2024	17,695	179,744	-0.18%	0.26%
2025	17,663	180,148	-0.18%	0.23%
2026	17,618	180,489	-0.25%	0.19%
2027	17,564	180,771	-0.31%	0.16%
2028	17,504	181,003	-0.34%	0.13%
2029	17,436	181,198	-0.39%	0.11%
2030	17,376	181,360	-0.34%	0.09%
2031	17,299	181,463	-0.44%	0.06%
2032	17,228	181,495	-0.41%	0.02%
2033	17,163	181,458	-0.38%	-0.02%
2034	17,092	181,354	-0.41%	-0.06%
2035	17,012	181,177	-0.47%	-0.1%
2036	16,940	180,948	-0.43%	-0.13%
2037	16,858	180,636	-0.48%	-0.17%
2038	16,779	180,230	-0.47%	-0.22%
2039	16,689	179,781	-0.54%	-0.25%
2040	16,604	179,296	-0.51%	-0.27%
2041	16,510	178,760	-0.57%	-0.3%
2042	16,403	178,187	-0.65%	-0.32%
2043	16,302	177,593	-0.61%	-0.33%
2044	16,202	176,937	-0.62%	-0.37%
2045	16,097	176,243	-0.65%	-0.39%
2046	15,977	175,520	-0.74%	-0.41%
2047	15,863	174,726	-0.71%	-0.45%
2048	15,749	173,877	-0.72%	-0.49%
2049	15,632	172,991	-0.74%	-0.51%
2050	15,515	172,081	-0.75%	-0.53%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.