Population in Palau compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	South Africa	Palau	South Africa
1960	9,328	16,440,172	-	-
1961	9,555	16,908,035	2.43%	2.85%
1962	9,793	17,418,522	2.49%	3.02%
1963	10,037	17,954,564	2.49%	3.08%
1964	10,292	18,511,361	2.54%	3.1%
1965	10,547	19,089,380	2.48%	3.12%
1966	10,805	19,690,087	2.45%	3.15%
1967	10,988	20,314,066	1.69%	3.17%
1968	11,080	20,957,287	0.84%	3.17%
1969	11,159	21,614,676	0.71%	3.14%
1970	11,368	22,279,984	1.87%	3.08%
1971	11,759	22,942,143	3.44%	2.97%
1972	12,194	23,609,456	3.7%	2.91%
1973	12,552	24,294,263	2.94%	2.9%
1974	12,687	24,989,108	1.08%	2.86%
1975	12,655	25,690,940	-0.25%	2.81%
1976	12,598	26,395,450	-0.45%	2.74%
1977	12,525	27,118,952	-0.58%	2.74%
1978	12,440	27,869,507	-0.68%	2.77%
1979	12,337	28,634,162	-0.83%	2.74%
1980	12,271	29,518,857	-0.53%	3.09%
1981	12,402	30,541,044	1.07%	3.46%
1982	12,694	31,615,339	2.35%	3.52%
1983	13,006	32,739,304	2.46%	3.56%
1984	13,337	33,892,788	2.54%	3.52%
1985	13,688	35,042,093	2.63%	3.39%
1986	14,024	36,180,515	2.45%	3.25%
1987	14,334	37,326,190	2.21%	3.17%
1988	14,645	38,480,649	2.17%	3.09%
1989	14,945	39,628,575	2.05%	2.98%
1990	15,259	40,746,268	2.1%	2.82%
1991	15,614	41,687,898	2.33%	2.31%
1992	15,989	42,443,509	2.4%	1.81%
1993	16,372	43,297,156	2.4%	2.01%
1994	16,770	44,004,139	2.43%	1.63%
1995	17,195	44,541,554	2.53%	1.22%
1996	17,654	45,123,018	2.67%	1.31%
1997	18,108	45,666,838	2.57%	1.21%
1998	18,524	46,223,880	2.3%	1.22%
1999	18,901	46,730,335	2.04%	1.1%
2000	19,178	47,159,719	1.47%	0.92%
2001	19,352	47,566,800	0.91%	0.86%
2002	19,503	48,019,415	0.78%	0.95%
2003	19,659	48,500,348	0.8%	1%
2004	19,820	48,991,421	0.82%	1.01%
2005	19,819	49,490,033	-0.005%	1.02%
2006	19,593	49,998,277	-1.14%	1.03%
2007	19,302	50,528,584	-1.49%	1.06%
2008	19,009	51,114,599	-1.52%	1.16%
2009	18,709	51,728,516	-1.58%	1.2%
2010	18,396	52,344,051	-1.67%	1.19%
2011	18,078	52,995,205	-1.73%	1.24%
2012	17,765	53,782,567	-1.73%	1.49%
2013	17,648	54,678,791	-0.66%	1.67%
2014	17,715	55,594,838	0.38%	1.68%
2015	17,770	56,723,537	0.31%	2.03%
2016	17,797	57,259,551	0.15%	0.94%
2017	17,812	57,635,162	0.08%	0.66%
2018	17,814	58,613,001	0.01%	1.7%
2019	17,798	59,587,885	-0.09%	1.66%
2020	17,792	60,562,381	-0.03%	1.64%
2021	17,783	61,502,603	-0.05%	1.55%
2022	17,759	62,378,410	-0.13%	1.42%
2023	17,727	63,212,384	-0.18%	1.34%
2024	17,695	64,007,187	-0.18%	1.26%
2025	17,663	64,747,317	-0.18%	1.16%
2026	17,618	65,453,086	-0.25%	1.09%
2027	17,564	66,143,018	-0.31%	1.05%
2028	17,504	66,830,384	-0.34%	1.04%
2029	17,436	67,506,850	-0.39%	1.01%
2030	17,376	68,161,357	-0.34%	0.97%
2031	17,299	68,798,574	-0.44%	0.93%
2032	17,228	69,426,441	-0.41%	0.91%
2033	17,163	70,040,484	-0.38%	0.88%
2034	17,092	70,641,572	-0.41%	0.86%
2035	17,012	71,234,749	-0.47%	0.84%
2036	16,940	71,816,372	-0.43%	0.82%
2037	16,858	72,387,807	-0.48%	0.8%
2038	16,779	72,949,611	-0.47%	0.78%
2039	16,689	73,496,152	-0.54%	0.75%
2040	16,604	74,035,615	-0.51%	0.73%
2041	16,510	74,575,444	-0.57%	0.73%
2042	16,403	75,111,899	-0.65%	0.72%
2043	16,302	75,641,512	-0.61%	0.71%
2044	16,202	76,164,461	-0.62%	0.69%
2045	16,097	76,681,448	-0.65%	0.68%
2046	15,977	77,199,542	-0.74%	0.68%
2047	15,863	77,716,650	-0.71%	0.67%
2048	15,749	78,215,323	-0.72%	0.64%
2049	15,632	78,699,584	-0.74%	0.62%
2050	15,515	79,177,329	-0.75%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.