The latest officially reported population of Palau was 17,695 in 2024 vs 8,642,022 people in Sierra Leone in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Palau's population is 17,663 people compared to 8,961,932 in Sierra Leone.
Population statistics:
- Sierra Leone's population is 507 times bigger than Palau's.
- Palau is ranked the 194th most populous country in the world, while Sierra Leone is the 102nd.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.0002% for Palau vs 0.11% for Sierra Leone.
- For the last 10 years, Palau has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +2.32% in Sierra Leone.
- Since 2005, the population of Palau has decreased from 19.8K people to 17.7K (10.9% decline), while Sierra Leone has grown from 5.5M to 8.96M (62.9% growth).
- Sierra Leone is projected to reach its peak in 2092 at 16M 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 Sierra Leone: live population counter
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| Current population |
17663
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8961932
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| Population rank | 194/197 | 102/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0002% | 0.11% |
| One net population change |
1.63 weeks
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2.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.89 days
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2.03 minutes
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| One death every |
1.8 days
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7.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.72 weeks
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47.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -14 | -11,000 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +497 |
| Annual growth/decline | -32 | +181,510 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.18% | +2.15% |
| Population growth rate rank | 176/197 | 49/197 |
Palau and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,328 | 2,268,356 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,555 | 2,304,227 | 2.43% | 1.58% |
| 1962 | 9,793 | 2,342,242 | 2.49% | 1.65% |
| 1963 | 10,037 | 2,382,258 | 2.49% | 1.71% |
| 1964 | 10,292 | 2,424,390 | 2.54% | 1.77% |
| 1965 | 10,547 | 2,468,666 | 2.48% | 1.83% |
| 1966 | 10,805 | 2,514,638 | 2.45% | 1.86% |
| 1967 | 10,988 | 2,562,384 | 1.69% | 1.9% |
| 1968 | 11,080 | 2,611,532 | 0.84% | 1.92% |
| 1969 | 11,159 | 2,661,365 | 0.71% | 1.91% |
| 1970 | 11,368 | 2,712,286 | 1.87% | 1.91% |
| 1971 | 11,759 | 2,763,222 | 3.44% | 1.88% |
| 1972 | 12,194 | 2,814,388 | 3.7% | 1.85% |
| 1973 | 12,552 | 2,866,955 | 2.94% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 12,687 | 2,920,459 | 1.08% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 12,655 | 2,974,657 | -0.25% | 1.86% |
| 1976 | 12,598 | 3,028,820 | -0.45% | 1.82% |
| 1977 | 12,525 | 3,085,354 | -0.58% | 1.87% |
| 1978 | 12,440 | 3,145,517 | -0.68% | 1.95% |
| 1979 | 12,337 | 3,207,499 | -0.83% | 1.97% |
| 1980 | 12,271 | 3,272,089 | -0.53% | 2.01% |
| 1981 | 12,402 | 3,338,940 | 1.07% | 2.04% |
| 1982 | 12,694 | 3,408,183 | 2.35% | 2.07% |
| 1983 | 13,006 | 3,481,646 | 2.46% | 2.16% |
| 1984 | 13,337 | 3,558,758 | 2.54% | 2.21% |
| 1985 | 13,688 | 3,638,438 | 2.63% | 2.24% |
| 1986 | 14,024 | 3,728,380 | 2.45% | 2.47% |
| 1987 | 14,334 | 3,829,718 | 2.21% | 2.72% |
| 1988 | 14,645 | 3,934,517 | 2.17% | 2.74% |
| 1989 | 14,945 | 4,034,037 | 2.05% | 2.53% |
| 1990 | 15,259 | 4,196,828 | 2.1% | 4.04% |
| 1991 | 15,614 | 4,246,267 | 2.33% | 1.18% |
| 1992 | 15,989 | 4,166,366 | 2.4% | -1.88% |
| 1993 | 16,372 | 4,157,130 | 2.4% | -0.22% |
| 1994 | 16,770 | 4,173,105 | 2.43% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 17,195 | 4,179,179 | 2.53% | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 17,654 | 4,199,210 | 2.67% | 0.48% |
| 1997 | 18,108 | 4,253,716 | 2.57% | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 18,524 | 4,295,785 | 2.3% | 0.99% |
| 1999 | 18,901 | 4,318,043 | 2.04% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 19,178 | 4,423,611 | 1.47% | 2.44% |
| 2001 | 19,352 | 4,692,716 | 0.91% | 6.08% |
| 2002 | 19,503 | 4,971,435 | 0.78% | 5.94% |
| 2003 | 19,659 | 5,177,687 | 0.8% | 4.15% |
| 2004 | 19,820 | 5,355,717 | 0.82% | 3.44% |
| 2005 | 19,819 | 5,501,712 | -0.005% | 2.73% |
| 2006 | 19,593 | 5,624,466 | -1.14% | 2.23% |
| 2007 | 19,302 | 5,749,352 | -1.49% | 2.22% |
| 2008 | 19,009 | 5,894,722 | -1.52% | 2.53% |
| 2009 | 18,709 | 6,055,646 | -1.58% | 2.73% |
| 2010 | 18,396 | 6,222,714 | -1.67% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 18,078 | 6,387,251 | -1.73% | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 17,765 | 6,551,080 | -1.73% | 2.56% |
| 2013 | 17,648 | 6,714,051 | -0.66% | 2.49% |
| 2014 | 17,715 | 6,876,385 | 0.38% | 2.42% |
| 2015 | 17,770 | 7,037,655 | 0.31% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | 17,797 | 7,205,328 | 0.15% | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 17,812 | 7,379,299 | 0.08% | 2.41% |
| 2018 | 17,814 | 7,554,563 | 0.01% | 2.38% |
| 2019 | 17,798 | 7,731,991 | -0.09% | 2.35% |
| 2020 | 17,792 | 7,912,558 | -0.03% | 2.34% |
| 2021 | 17,783 | 8,094,602 | -0.05% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 17,759 | 8,276,807 | -0.13% | 2.25% |
| 2023 | 17,727 | 8,460,512 | -0.18% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 17,695 | 8,642,022 | -0.18% | 2.15% |
| 2025 | 17,663 | 8,819,789 | -0.18% | 2.06% |
| 2026 | 17,618 | 8,996,743 | -0.25% | 2.01% |
| 2027 | 17,564 | 9,174,695 | -0.31% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 17,504 | 9,349,021 | -0.34% | 1.9% |
| 2029 | 17,436 | 9,520,811 | -0.39% | 1.84% |
| 2030 | 17,376 | 9,694,851 | -0.34% | 1.83% |
| 2031 | 17,299 | 9,870,295 | -0.44% | 1.81% |
| 2032 | 17,228 | 10,047,193 | -0.41% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 17,163 | 10,221,006 | -0.38% | 1.73% |
| 2034 | 17,092 | 10,391,485 | -0.41% | 1.67% |
| 2035 | 17,012 | 10,563,163 | -0.47% | 1.65% |
| 2036 | 16,940 | 10,734,341 | -0.43% | 1.62% |
| 2037 | 16,858 | 10,902,263 | -0.48% | 1.56% |
| 2038 | 16,779 | 11,066,143 | -0.47% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 16,689 | 11,230,060 | -0.54% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 16,604 | 11,398,391 | -0.51% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 16,510 | 11,566,213 | -0.57% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 16,403 | 11,728,787 | -0.65% | 1.41% |
| 2043 | 16,302 | 11,887,934 | -0.61% | 1.36% |
| 2044 | 16,202 | 12,049,424 | -0.62% | 1.36% |
| 2045 | 16,097 | 12,208,872 | -0.65% | 1.32% |
| 2046 | 15,977 | 12,363,446 | -0.74% | 1.27% |
| 2047 | 15,863 | 12,512,739 | -0.71% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 15,749 | 12,659,609 | -0.72% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 15,632 | 12,805,136 | -0.74% | 1.15% |
| 2050 | 15,515 | 12,948,320 | -0.75% | 1.12% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).
Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.
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Population differences between Palau and Sierra Leone
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| Life expectancy | 69.5 years | 62.2 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 24.4 years |
| Median age | 39.2 years | 20.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.9:46.1 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman |
| Population density | 99.6 ppl/mi² | 310 ppl/mi² |
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