Population in Palau compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Spain	Palau	Spain
1960	9,328	30,455,000	-	-
1961	9,555	30,739,250	2.43%	0.93%
1962	9,793	31,023,366	2.49%	0.92%
1963	10,037	31,296,651	2.49%	0.88%
1964	10,292	31,609,195	2.54%	1%
1965	10,547	31,954,292	2.48%	1.09%
1966	10,805	32,283,194	2.45%	1.03%
1967	10,988	32,682,947	1.69%	1.24%
1968	11,080	33,113,134	0.84%	1.32%
1969	11,159	33,441,054	0.71%	0.99%
1970	11,368	33,814,531	1.87%	1.12%
1971	11,759	34,224,490	3.44%	1.21%
1972	12,194	34,604,469	3.7%	1.11%
1973	12,552	34,988,947	2.94%	1.11%
1974	12,687	35,373,335	1.08%	1.1%
1975	12,655	35,757,900	-0.25%	1.09%
1976	12,598	36,137,812	-0.45%	1.06%
1977	12,525	36,511,638	-0.58%	1.03%
1978	12,440	36,864,898	-0.68%	0.97%
1979	12,337	37,191,330	-0.83%	0.89%
1980	12,271	37,491,165	-0.53%	0.81%
1981	12,402	37,758,631	1.07%	0.71%
1982	12,694	37,986,012	2.35%	0.6%
1983	13,006	38,171,525	2.46%	0.49%
1984	13,337	38,330,364	2.54%	0.42%
1985	13,688	38,469,512	2.63%	0.36%
1986	14,024	38,584,624	2.45%	0.3%
1987	14,334	38,684,815	2.21%	0.26%
1988	14,645	38,766,939	2.17%	0.21%
1989	14,945	38,827,764	2.05%	0.16%
1990	15,259	38,867,322	2.1%	0.1%
1991	15,614	38,966,376	2.33%	0.25%
1992	15,989	39,157,685	2.4%	0.49%
1993	16,372	39,361,262	2.4%	0.52%
1994	16,770	39,549,108	2.43%	0.48%
1995	17,195	39,724,050	2.53%	0.44%
1996	17,654	39,889,852	2.67%	0.42%
1997	18,108	40,057,389	2.57%	0.42%
1998	18,524	40,223,509	2.3%	0.41%
1999	18,901	40,386,875	2.04%	0.41%
2000	19,178	40,567,864	1.47%	0.45%
2001	19,352	40,850,412	0.91%	0.7%
2002	19,503	41,431,558	0.78%	1.42%
2003	19,659	42,187,645	0.8%	1.82%
2004	19,820	42,921,895	0.82%	1.74%
2005	19,819	43,653,155	-0.005%	1.7%
2006	19,593	44,397,319	-1.14%	1.7%
2007	19,302	45,226,803	-1.49%	1.87%
2008	19,009	45,954,106	-1.52%	1.61%
2009	18,709	46,362,946	-1.58%	0.89%
2010	18,396	46,576,897	-1.67%	0.46%
2011	18,078	46,742,697	-1.73%	0.36%
2012	17,765	46,773,055	-1.73%	0.06%
2013	17,648	46,604,197	-0.66%	-0.36%
2014	17,715	46,460,733	0.38%	-0.31%
2015	17,770	46,422,303	0.31%	-0.08%
2016	17,797	46,458,139	0.15%	0.08%
2017	17,812	46,571,232	0.08%	0.24%
2018	17,814	46,782,011	0.01%	0.45%
2019	17,798	47,118,501	-0.09%	0.72%
2020	17,792	47,359,424	-0.03%	0.51%
2021	17,783	47,443,821	-0.05%	0.18%
2022	17,759	47,786,102	-0.13%	0.72%
2023	17,727	48,352,528	-0.18%	1.19%
2024	17,695	48,848,840	-0.18%	1.03%
2025	17,663	48,827,866	-0.18%	-0.04%
2026	17,618	48,787,930	-0.25%	-0.08%
2027	17,564	48,738,456	-0.31%	-0.1%
2028	17,504	48,683,694	-0.34%	-0.11%
2029	17,436	48,619,674	-0.39%	-0.13%
2030	17,376	48,542,955	-0.34%	-0.16%
2031	17,299	48,454,221	-0.44%	-0.18%
2032	17,228	48,362,482	-0.41%	-0.19%
2033	17,163	48,271,264	-0.38%	-0.19%
2034	17,092	48,177,551	-0.41%	-0.19%
2035	17,012	48,077,695	-0.47%	-0.21%
2036	16,940	47,970,911	-0.43%	-0.22%
2037	16,858	47,860,116	-0.48%	-0.23%
2038	16,779	47,747,343	-0.47%	-0.24%
2039	16,689	47,629,540	-0.54%	-0.25%
2040	16,604	47,504,152	-0.51%	-0.26%
2041	16,510	47,373,061	-0.57%	-0.28%
2042	16,403	47,234,914	-0.65%	-0.29%
2043	16,302	47,092,497	-0.61%	-0.3%
2044	16,202	46,942,712	-0.62%	-0.32%
2045	16,097	46,778,501	-0.65%	-0.35%
2046	15,977	46,604,170	-0.74%	-0.37%
2047	15,863	46,421,312	-0.71%	-0.39%
2048	15,749	46,230,109	-0.72%	-0.41%
2049	15,632	46,024,720	-0.74%	-0.44%
2050	15,515	45,808,469	-0.75%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Palau's population will shrink by 11.9% to 15,515 people with a rank change from 194th to 195th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.