Population in Palau compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Seychelles	Palau	Seychelles
1960	9,328	41,700	-	-
1961	9,555	42,889	2.43%	2.85%
1962	9,793	44,042	2.49%	2.69%
1963	10,037	45,176	2.49%	2.57%
1964	10,292	46,322	2.54%	2.54%
1965	10,547	47,500	2.48%	2.54%
1966	10,805	48,699	2.45%	2.52%
1967	10,988	49,911	1.69%	2.49%
1968	11,080	51,134	0.84%	2.45%
1969	11,159	52,365	0.71%	2.41%
1970	11,368	53,600	1.87%	2.36%
1971	11,759	54,695	3.44%	2.04%
1972	12,194	56,029	3.7%	2.44%
1973	12,552	56,892	2.94%	1.54%
1974	12,687	57,937	1.08%	1.84%
1975	12,655	59,292	-0.25%	2.34%
1976	12,598	60,504	-0.45%	2.04%
1977	12,525	61,786	-0.58%	2.12%
1978	12,440	62,150	-0.68%	0.59%
1979	12,337	62,686	-0.83%	0.86%
1980	12,271	63,261	-0.53%	0.92%
1981	12,402	64,035	1.07%	1.22%
1982	12,694	64,413	2.35%	0.59%
1983	13,006	64,335	2.46%	-0.12%
1984	13,337	64,717	2.54%	0.59%
1985	13,688	65,244	2.63%	0.81%
1986	14,024	65,652	2.45%	0.63%
1987	14,334	68,499	2.21%	4.34%
1988	14,645	68,755	2.17%	0.37%
1989	14,945	69,167	2.05%	0.6%
1990	15,259	69,507	2.1%	0.49%
1991	15,614	70,439	2.33%	1.34%
1992	15,989	70,763	2.4%	0.46%
1993	16,372	72,253	2.4%	2.11%
1994	16,770	74,205	2.43%	2.7%
1995	17,195	75,304	2.53%	1.48%
1996	17,654	76,417	2.67%	1.48%
1997	18,108	77,319	2.57%	1.18%
1998	18,524	78,846	2.3%	1.97%
1999	18,901	80,410	2.04%	1.98%
2000	19,178	81,131	1.47%	0.9%
2001	19,352	81,202	0.91%	0.09%
2002	19,503	83,723	0.78%	3.1%
2003	19,659	82,781	0.8%	-1.13%
2004	19,820	82,475	0.82%	-0.37%
2005	19,819	82,858	-0.005%	0.46%
2006	19,593	84,600	-1.14%	2.1%
2007	19,302	85,033	-1.49%	0.51%
2008	19,009	86,956	-1.52%	2.26%
2009	18,709	87,298	-1.58%	0.39%
2010	18,396	89,770	-1.67%	2.83%
2011	18,078	87,441	-1.73%	-2.59%
2012	17,765	88,303	-1.73%	0.99%
2013	17,648	89,949	-0.66%	1.86%
2014	17,715	91,359	0.38%	1.57%
2015	17,770	93,419	0.31%	2.25%
2016	17,797	94,677	0.15%	1.35%
2017	17,812	95,843	0.08%	1.23%
2018	17,814	96,762	0.01%	0.96%
2019	17,798	97,625	-0.09%	0.89%
2020	17,792	98,462	-0.03%	0.86%
2021	17,783	99,258	-0.05%	0.81%
2022	17,759	119,878	-0.13%	20.8%
2023	17,727	119,773	-0.18%	-0.09%
2024	17,695	121,354	-0.18%	1.32%
2025	17,663	123,549	-0.18%	1.81%
2026	17,618	125,581	-0.25%	1.64%
2027	17,564	127,380	-0.31%	1.43%
2028	17,504	128,883	-0.34%	1.18%
2029	17,436	130,011	-0.39%	0.87%
2030	17,376	130,635	-0.34%	0.48%
2031	17,299	130,989	-0.44%	0.27%
2032	17,228	131,305	-0.41%	0.24%
2033	17,163	131,578	-0.38%	0.21%
2034	17,092	131,816	-0.41%	0.18%
2035	17,012	132,027	-0.47%	0.16%
2036	16,940	132,202	-0.43%	0.13%
2037	16,858	132,348	-0.48%	0.11%
2038	16,779	132,467	-0.47%	0.09%
2039	16,689	132,552	-0.54%	0.06%
2040	16,604	132,631	-0.51%	0.06%
2041	16,510	132,681	-0.57%	0.04%
2042	16,403	132,700	-0.65%	0.01%
2043	16,302	132,698	-0.61%	-0.001%
2044	16,202	132,665	-0.62%	-0.03%
2045	16,097	132,613	-0.65%	-0.04%
2046	15,977	132,531	-0.74%	-0.06%
2047	15,863	132,415	-0.71%	-0.09%
2048	15,749	132,264	-0.72%	-0.11%
2049	15,632	132,085	-0.74%	-0.14%
2050	15,515	131,885	-0.75%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.