Population in Palau compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Saudi Arabia	Palau	Saudi Arabia
1960	9,328	2,435,403	-	-
1961	9,555	2,526,347	2.43%	3.73%
1962	9,793	2,620,910	2.49%	3.74%
1963	10,037	2,719,341	2.49%	3.76%
1964	10,292	2,821,968	2.54%	3.77%
1965	10,547	2,928,771	2.48%	3.78%
1966	10,805	3,039,887	2.45%	3.79%
1967	10,988	3,157,242	1.69%	3.86%
1968	11,080	3,282,711	0.84%	3.97%
1969	11,159	3,417,114	0.71%	4.09%
1970	11,368	3,562,470	1.87%	4.25%
1971	11,759	3,724,031	3.44%	4.54%
1972	12,194	3,905,722	3.7%	4.88%
1973	12,552	4,106,344	2.94%	5.14%
1974	12,687	4,323,632	1.08%	5.29%
1975	12,655	4,556,287	-0.25%	5.38%
1976	12,598	4,807,933	-0.45%	5.52%
1977	12,525	5,083,048	-0.58%	5.72%
1978	12,440	5,381,902	-0.68%	5.88%
1979	12,337	5,703,698	-0.83%	5.98%
1980	12,271	6,047,997	-0.53%	6.04%
1981	12,402	6,420,551	1.07%	6.16%
1982	12,694	6,824,486	2.35%	6.29%
1983	13,006	7,252,941	2.46%	6.28%
1984	13,337	7,697,307	2.54%	6.13%
1985	13,688	8,151,779	2.63%	5.9%
1986	14,024	8,628,639	2.45%	5.85%
1987	14,334	9,130,194	2.21%	5.81%
1988	14,645	9,629,165	2.17%	5.47%
1989	14,945	10,128,394	2.05%	5.18%
1990	15,259	10,640,691	2.1%	5.06%
1991	15,614	11,160,744	2.33%	4.89%
1992	15,989	11,686,676	2.4%	4.71%
1993	16,372	12,215,862	2.4%	4.53%
1994	16,770	12,750,040	2.43%	4.37%
1995	17,195	13,289,245	2.53%	4.23%
1996	17,654	13,831,009	2.67%	4.08%
1997	18,108	14,374,943	2.57%	3.93%
1998	18,524	14,922,185	2.3%	3.81%
1999	18,901	15,472,075	2.04%	3.69%
2000	19,178	16,177,722	1.47%	4.56%
2001	19,352	17,041,397	0.91%	5.34%
2002	19,503	17,910,910	0.78%	5.1%
2003	19,659	18,786,767	0.8%	4.89%
2004	19,820	19,669,480	0.82%	4.7%
2005	19,819	20,559,890	-0.005%	4.53%
2006	19,593	21,459,144	-1.14%	4.37%
2007	19,302	22,368,313	-1.49%	4.24%
2008	19,009	23,287,877	-1.52%	4.11%
2009	18,709	24,217,654	-1.58%	3.99%
2010	18,396	23,978,487	-1.67%	-0.99%
2011	18,078	25,091,867	-1.73%	4.64%
2012	17,765	26,168,861	-1.73%	4.29%
2013	17,648	27,624,004	-0.66%	5.56%
2014	17,715	28,309,273	0.38%	2.48%
2015	17,770	29,816,382	0.31%	5.32%
2016	17,797	30,954,198	0.15%	3.82%
2017	17,812	30,977,355	0.08%	0.07%
2018	17,814	30,196,281	0.01%	-2.52%
2019	17,798	30,063,799	-0.09%	-0.44%
2020	17,792	31,552,510	-0.03%	4.95%
2021	17,783	30,784,383	-0.05%	-2.43%
2022	17,759	32,175,224	-0.13%	4.52%
2023	17,727	33,702,731	-0.18%	4.75%
2024	17,695	35,300,280	-0.18%	4.74%
2025	17,663	35,927,625	-0.18%	1.78%
2026	17,618	36,550,694	-0.25%	1.73%
2027	17,564	37,167,513	-0.31%	1.69%
2028	17,504	37,775,810	-0.34%	1.64%
2029	17,436	38,364,377	-0.39%	1.56%
2030	17,376	38,918,375	-0.34%	1.44%
2031	17,299	39,450,880	-0.44%	1.37%
2032	17,228	39,983,934	-0.41%	1.35%
2033	17,163	40,517,599	-0.38%	1.33%
2034	17,092	41,052,423	-0.41%	1.32%
2035	17,012	41,588,429	-0.47%	1.31%
2036	16,940	42,125,184	-0.43%	1.29%
2037	16,858	42,661,908	-0.48%	1.27%
2038	16,779	43,198,420	-0.47%	1.26%
2039	16,689	43,734,316	-0.54%	1.24%
2040	16,604	44,269,571	-0.51%	1.22%
2041	16,510	44,804,338	-0.57%	1.21%
2042	16,403	45,338,111	-0.65%	1.19%
2043	16,302	45,870,896	-0.61%	1.18%
2044	16,202	46,403,116	-0.62%	1.16%
2045	16,097	46,934,822	-0.65%	1.15%
2046	15,977	47,465,267	-0.74%	1.13%
2047	15,863	47,993,976	-0.71%	1.11%
2048	15,749	48,521,364	-0.72%	1.1%
2049	15,632	49,047,461	-0.74%	1.08%
2050	15,515	49,572,202	-0.75%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.