Population in Palau compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Sri Lanka	Palau	Sri Lanka
1960	9,328	9,661,389	-	-
1961	9,555	9,899,372	2.43%	2.46%
1962	9,793	10,143,754	2.49%	2.47%
1963	10,037	10,395,040	2.49%	2.48%
1964	10,292	10,653,397	2.54%	2.49%
1965	10,547	10,916,965	2.48%	2.47%
1966	10,805	11,183,928	2.45%	2.45%
1967	10,988	11,457,328	1.69%	2.44%
1968	11,080	11,736,088	0.84%	2.43%
1969	11,159	12,013,858	0.71%	2.37%
1970	11,368	12,287,110	1.87%	2.27%
1971	11,759	12,551,910	3.44%	2.16%
1972	12,194	12,809,205	3.7%	2.05%
1973	12,552	13,060,916	2.94%	1.97%
1974	12,687	13,305,693	1.08%	1.87%
1975	12,655	13,548,984	-0.25%	1.83%
1976	12,598	13,796,770	-0.45%	1.83%
1977	12,525	14,049,371	-0.58%	1.83%
1978	12,440	14,310,128	-0.68%	1.86%
1979	12,337	14,579,614	-0.83%	1.88%
1980	12,271	14,847,974	-0.53%	1.84%
1981	12,402	15,099,414	1.07%	1.69%
1982	12,694	15,286,567	2.35%	1.24%
1983	13,006	15,388,794	2.46%	0.67%
1984	13,337	15,441,860	2.54%	0.34%
1985	13,688	15,544,154	2.63%	0.66%
1986	14,024	15,731,256	2.45%	1.2%
1987	14,334	15,916,576	2.21%	1.18%
1988	14,645	16,078,621	2.17%	1.02%
1989	14,945	16,248,557	2.05%	1.06%
1990	15,259	16,352,458	2.1%	0.64%
1991	15,614	16,475,354	2.33%	0.75%
1992	15,989	16,739,284	2.4%	1.6%
1993	16,372	17,025,918	2.4%	1.71%
1994	16,770	17,275,773	2.43%	1.47%
1995	17,195	17,564,068	2.53%	1.67%
1996	17,654	17,905,018	2.67%	1.94%
1997	18,108	18,248,200	2.57%	1.92%
1998	18,524	18,596,003	2.3%	1.91%
1999	18,901	18,944,731	2.04%	1.88%
2000	19,178	19,293,054	1.47%	1.84%
2001	19,352	19,600,362	0.91%	1.59%
2002	19,503	19,805,752	0.78%	1.05%
2003	19,659	19,951,521	0.8%	0.74%
2004	19,820	20,087,605	0.82%	0.68%
2005	19,819	20,216,524	-0.005%	0.64%
2006	19,593	20,352,411	-1.14%	0.67%
2007	19,302	20,492,545	-1.49%	0.69%
2008	19,009	20,629,378	-1.52%	0.67%
2009	18,709	20,756,435	-1.58%	0.62%
2010	18,396	20,879,089	-1.67%	0.59%
2011	18,078	21,009,048	-1.73%	0.62%
2012	17,765	21,169,458	-1.73%	0.76%
2013	17,648	20,585,000	-0.66%	-2.76%
2014	17,715	20,778,000	0.38%	0.94%
2015	17,770	20,970,000	0.31%	0.92%
2016	17,797	21,209,000	0.15%	1.14%
2017	17,812	21,453,000	0.08%	1.15%
2018	17,814	21,670,000	0.01%	1.01%
2019	17,798	21,803,000	-0.09%	0.61%
2020	17,792	21,919,000	-0.03%	0.53%
2021	17,783	22,156,000	-0.05%	1.08%
2022	17,759	22,181,000	-0.13%	0.11%
2023	17,727	22,037,000	-0.18%	-0.65%
2024	17,695	21,916,000	-0.18%	-0.55%
2025	17,663	22,035,440	-0.18%	0.54%
2026	17,618	22,148,172	-0.25%	0.51%
2027	17,564	22,255,601	-0.31%	0.49%
2028	17,504	22,357,682	-0.34%	0.46%
2029	17,436	22,453,922	-0.39%	0.43%
2030	17,376	22,546,245	-0.34%	0.41%
2031	17,299	22,635,106	-0.44%	0.39%
2032	17,228	22,720,118	-0.41%	0.38%
2033	17,163	22,802,043	-0.38%	0.36%
2034	17,092	22,879,527	-0.41%	0.34%
2035	17,012	22,952,739	-0.47%	0.32%
2036	16,940	23,022,027	-0.43%	0.3%
2037	16,858	23,088,877	-0.48%	0.29%
2038	16,779	23,152,480	-0.47%	0.28%
2039	16,689	23,211,633	-0.54%	0.26%
2040	16,604	23,265,986	-0.51%	0.23%
2041	16,510	23,315,260	-0.57%	0.21%
2042	16,403	23,359,578	-0.65%	0.19%
2043	16,302	23,398,752	-0.61%	0.17%
2044	16,202	23,433,096	-0.62%	0.15%
2045	16,097	23,464,943	-0.65%	0.14%
2046	15,977	23,492,738	-0.74%	0.12%
2047	15,863	23,512,629	-0.71%	0.08%
2048	15,749	23,525,953	-0.72%	0.06%
2049	15,632	23,533,940	-0.74%	0.03%
2050	15,515	23,538,230	-0.75%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.