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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	South Sudan	Palau	South Sudan
1960	9,328	2,931,559	-	-
1961	9,555	2,976,724	2.43%	1.54%
1962	9,793	3,024,308	2.49%	1.6%
1963	10,037	3,072,669	2.49%	1.6%
1964	10,292	3,129,918	2.54%	1.86%
1965	10,547	3,189,835	2.48%	1.91%
1966	10,805	3,236,423	2.45%	1.46%
1967	10,988	3,277,648	1.69%	1.27%
1968	11,080	3,321,528	0.84%	1.34%
1969	11,159	3,365,533	0.71%	1.32%
1970	11,368	3,409,614	1.87%	1.31%
1971	11,759	3,468,646	3.44%	1.73%
1972	12,194	3,542,497	3.7%	2.13%
1973	12,552	3,627,383	2.94%	2.4%
1974	12,687	3,723,259	1.08%	2.64%
1975	12,655	3,821,494	-0.25%	2.64%
1976	12,598	3,921,910	-0.45%	2.63%
1977	12,525	4,024,032	-0.58%	2.6%
1978	12,440	4,127,657	-0.68%	2.58%
1979	12,337	4,232,605	-0.83%	2.54%
1980	12,271	4,339,030	-0.53%	2.51%
1981	12,402	4,447,272	1.07%	2.49%
1982	12,694	4,557,686	2.35%	2.48%
1983	13,006	4,661,574	2.46%	2.28%
1984	13,337	4,750,627	2.54%	1.91%
1985	13,688	4,834,296	2.63%	1.76%
1986	14,024	4,921,240	2.45%	1.8%
1987	14,334	4,962,395	2.21%	0.84%
1988	14,645	4,848,029	2.17%	-2.3%
1989	14,945	4,713,229	2.05%	-2.78%
1990	15,259	4,737,633	2.1%	0.52%
1991	15,614	4,836,677	2.33%	2.09%
1992	15,989	4,909,749	2.4%	1.51%
1993	16,372	4,956,002	2.4%	0.94%
1994	16,770	5,071,184	2.43%	2.32%
1995	17,195	5,225,836	2.53%	3.05%
1996	17,654	5,356,925	2.67%	2.51%
1997	18,108	5,509,136	2.57%	2.84%
1998	18,524	5,620,068	2.3%	2.01%
1999	18,901	5,771,628	2.04%	2.7%
2000	19,178	6,032,267	1.47%	4.52%
2001	19,352	6,308,391	0.91%	4.58%
2002	19,503	6,596,806	0.78%	4.57%
2003	19,659	6,903,127	0.8%	4.64%
2004	19,820	7,233,041	0.82%	4.78%
2005	19,819	7,590,143	-0.005%	4.94%
2006	19,593	7,976,526	-1.14%	5.09%
2007	19,302	8,388,788	-1.49%	5.17%
2008	19,009	8,817,647	-1.52%	5.11%
2009	18,709	9,243,556	-1.58%	4.83%
2010	18,396	9,745,953	-1.67%	5.44%
2011	18,078	10,288,109	-1.73%	5.56%
2012	17,765	10,756,240	-1.73%	4.55%
2013	17,648	11,166,275	-0.66%	3.81%
2014	17,715	11,235,073	0.38%	0.62%
2015	17,770	11,107,561	0.31%	-1.13%
2016	17,797	10,830,102	0.15%	-2.5%
2017	17,812	10,259,154	0.08%	-5.27%
2018	17,814	10,122,977	0.01%	-1.33%
2019	17,798	10,423,384	-0.09%	2.97%
2020	17,792	10,698,467	-0.03%	2.64%
2021	17,783	10,865,780	-0.05%	1.56%
2022	17,759	11,021,177	-0.13%	1.43%
2023	17,727	11,483,374	-0.18%	4.19%
2024	17,695	11,943,408	-0.18%	4.01%
2025	17,663	12,188,793	-0.18%	2.05%
2026	17,618	12,436,036	-0.25%	2.03%
2027	17,564	12,687,301	-0.31%	2.02%
2028	17,504	12,941,503	-0.34%	2%
2029	17,436	13,198,080	-0.39%	1.98%
2030	17,376	13,457,446	-0.34%	1.97%
2031	17,299	13,725,413	-0.44%	1.99%
2032	17,228	13,996,343	-0.41%	1.97%
2033	17,163	14,261,762	-0.38%	1.9%
2034	17,092	14,527,550	-0.41%	1.86%
2035	17,012	14,798,602	-0.47%	1.87%
2036	16,940	15,070,098	-0.43%	1.83%
2037	16,858	15,335,700	-0.48%	1.76%
2038	16,779	15,595,968	-0.47%	1.7%
2039	16,689	15,850,696	-0.54%	1.63%
2040	16,604	16,101,470	-0.51%	1.58%
2041	16,510	16,350,149	-0.57%	1.54%
2042	16,403	16,593,361	-0.65%	1.49%
2043	16,302	16,829,209	-0.61%	1.42%
2044	16,202	17,060,176	-0.62%	1.37%
2045	16,097	17,286,412	-0.65%	1.33%
2046	15,977	17,509,693	-0.74%	1.29%
2047	15,863	17,728,331	-0.71%	1.25%
2048	15,749	17,938,437	-0.72%	1.19%
2049	15,632	18,142,893	-0.74%	1.14%
2050	15,515	18,341,968	-0.75%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.