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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	South Korea	Palau	South Korea
1960	9,328	25,012,374	-	-
1961	9,555	25,765,673	2.43%	3.01%
1962	9,793	26,513,030	2.49%	2.9%
1963	10,037	27,261,747	2.49%	2.82%
1964	10,292	27,984,155	2.54%	2.65%
1965	10,547	28,704,674	2.48%	2.57%
1966	10,805	29,435,571	2.45%	2.55%
1967	10,988	30,130,983	1.69%	2.36%
1968	11,080	30,838,302	0.84%	2.35%
1969	11,159	31,544,266	0.71%	2.29%
1970	11,368	32,240,827	1.87%	2.21%
1971	11,759	32,882,704	3.44%	1.99%
1972	12,194	33,505,406	3.7%	1.89%
1973	12,552	34,103,149	2.94%	1.78%
1974	12,687	34,692,266	1.08%	1.73%
1975	12,655	35,280,725	-0.25%	1.7%
1976	12,598	35,848,523	-0.45%	1.61%
1977	12,525	36,411,795	-0.58%	1.57%
1978	12,440	36,969,185	-0.68%	1.53%
1979	12,337	37,534,236	-0.83%	1.53%
1980	12,271	38,123,775	-0.53%	1.57%
1981	12,402	38,723,248	1.07%	1.57%
1982	12,694	39,326,352	2.35%	1.56%
1983	13,006	39,910,403	2.46%	1.49%
1984	13,337	40,405,956	2.54%	1.24%
1985	13,688	40,805,744	2.63%	0.99%
1986	14,024	41,213,674	2.45%	1%
1987	14,334	41,621,690	2.21%	0.99%
1988	14,645	42,031,247	2.17%	0.98%
1989	14,945	42,449,038	2.05%	0.99%
1990	15,259	42,869,283	2.1%	0.99%
1991	15,614	43,295,704	2.33%	0.99%
1992	15,989	43,747,962	2.4%	1.04%
1993	16,372	44,194,628	2.4%	1.02%
1994	16,770	44,641,540	2.43%	1.01%
1995	17,195	45,092,991	2.53%	1.01%
1996	17,654	45,524,681	2.67%	0.96%
1997	18,108	45,953,580	2.57%	0.94%
1998	18,524	46,286,503	2.3%	0.72%
1999	18,901	46,616,677	2.04%	0.71%
2000	19,178	47,008,111	1.47%	0.84%
2001	19,352	47,370,164	0.91%	0.77%
2002	19,503	47,644,736	0.78%	0.58%
2003	19,659	47,892,330	0.8%	0.52%
2004	19,820	48,082,519	0.82%	0.4%
2005	19,819	48,184,561	-0.005%	0.21%
2006	19,593	48,438,292	-1.14%	0.53%
2007	19,302	48,683,638	-1.49%	0.51%
2008	19,009	49,054,708	-1.52%	0.76%
2009	18,709	49,307,835	-1.58%	0.52%
2010	18,396	49,554,112	-1.67%	0.5%
2011	18,078	49,936,638	-1.73%	0.77%
2012	17,765	50,199,853	-1.73%	0.53%
2013	17,648	50,428,893	-0.66%	0.46%
2014	17,715	50,746,659	0.38%	0.63%
2015	17,770	51,014,947	0.31%	0.53%
2016	17,797	51,217,803	0.15%	0.4%
2017	17,812	51,361,911	0.08%	0.28%
2018	17,814	51,585,058	0.01%	0.43%
2019	17,798	51,764,822	-0.09%	0.35%
2020	17,792	51,836,239	-0.03%	0.14%
2021	17,783	51,769,539	-0.05%	-0.13%
2022	17,759	51,672,569	-0.13%	-0.19%
2023	17,727	51,712,619	-0.18%	0.08%
2024	17,695	51,751,065	-0.18%	0.07%
2025	17,663	51,700,480	-0.18%	-0.1%
2026	17,618	51,633,793	-0.25%	-0.13%
2027	17,564	51,552,198	-0.31%	-0.16%
2028	17,504	51,456,707	-0.34%	-0.19%
2029	17,436	51,347,230	-0.39%	-0.21%
2030	17,376	51,221,713	-0.34%	-0.24%
2031	17,299	51,081,220	-0.44%	-0.27%
2032	17,228	50,924,233	-0.41%	-0.31%
2033	17,163	50,747,132	-0.38%	-0.35%
2034	17,092	50,549,508	-0.41%	-0.39%
2035	17,012	50,333,286	-0.47%	-0.43%
2036	16,940	50,098,951	-0.43%	-0.47%
2037	16,858	49,845,669	-0.48%	-0.51%
2038	16,779	49,573,234	-0.47%	-0.55%
2039	16,689	49,283,770	-0.54%	-0.58%
2040	16,604	48,980,369	-0.51%	-0.62%
2041	16,510	48,661,905	-0.57%	-0.65%
2042	16,403	48,331,004	-0.65%	-0.68%
2043	16,302	47,990,085	-0.61%	-0.71%
2044	16,202	47,634,183	-0.62%	-0.74%
2045	16,097	47,263,526	-0.65%	-0.78%
2046	15,977	46,881,228	-0.74%	-0.81%
2047	15,863	46,482,133	-0.71%	-0.85%
2048	15,749	46,063,595	-0.72%	-0.9%
2049	15,632	45,626,805	-0.74%	-0.95%
2050	15,515	45,172,356	-0.75%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.