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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Syria	Palau	Syria
1960	9,328	4,673,500	-	-
1961	9,555	4,815,466	2.43%	3.04%
1962	9,793	4,959,340	2.49%	2.99%
1963	10,037	5,110,467	2.49%	3.05%
1964	10,292	5,269,087	2.54%	3.1%
1965	10,547	5,435,267	2.48%	3.15%
1966	10,805	5,609,047	2.45%	3.2%
1967	10,988	5,790,198	1.69%	3.23%
1968	11,080	5,978,742	0.84%	3.26%
1969	11,159	6,175,166	0.71%	3.29%
1970	11,368	6,380,609	1.87%	3.33%
1971	11,759	6,598,094	3.44%	3.41%
1972	12,194	6,826,024	3.7%	3.45%
1973	12,552	7,060,321	2.94%	3.43%
1974	12,687	7,302,160	1.08%	3.43%
1975	12,655	7,554,364	-0.25%	3.45%
1976	12,598	7,817,320	-0.45%	3.48%
1977	12,525	8,090,501	-0.58%	3.49%
1978	12,440	8,372,759	-0.68%	3.49%
1979	12,337	8,661,909	-0.83%	3.45%
1980	12,271	8,957,663	-0.53%	3.41%
1981	12,402	9,260,189	1.07%	3.38%
1982	12,694	9,572,511	2.35%	3.37%
1983	13,006	9,904,809	2.46%	3.47%
1984	13,337	10,258,398	2.54%	3.57%
1985	13,688	10,625,672	2.63%	3.58%
1986	14,024	11,002,844	2.45%	3.55%
1987	14,334	11,388,923	2.21%	3.51%
1988	14,645	11,782,264	2.17%	3.45%
1989	14,945	12,179,060	2.05%	3.37%
1990	15,259	12,579,208	2.1%	3.29%
1991	15,614	12,980,821	2.33%	3.19%
1992	15,989	13,385,571	2.4%	3.12%
1993	16,372	13,795,686	2.4%	3.06%
1994	16,770	14,208,583	2.43%	2.99%
1995	17,195	14,616,801	2.53%	2.87%
1996	17,654	15,018,104	2.67%	2.75%
1997	18,108	15,417,542	2.57%	2.66%
1998	18,524	15,820,413	2.3%	2.61%
1999	18,901	16,228,061	2.04%	2.58%
2000	19,178	16,637,888	1.47%	2.53%
2001	19,352	17,051,338	0.91%	2.48%
2002	19,503	17,468,332	0.78%	2.45%
2003	19,659	17,889,296	0.8%	2.41%
2004	19,820	18,336,875	0.82%	2.5%
2005	19,819	18,814,091	-0.005%	2.6%
2006	19,593	19,637,022	-1.14%	4.37%
2007	19,302	20,884,125	-1.49%	6.35%
2008	19,009	21,636,564	-1.52%	3.6%
2009	18,709	21,976,969	-1.58%	1.57%
2010	18,396	22,482,421	-1.67%	2.3%
2011	18,078	22,878,098	-1.73%	1.76%
2012	17,765	22,759,763	-1.73%	-0.52%
2013	17,648	21,666,917	-0.66%	-4.8%
2014	17,715	20,273,659	0.38%	-6.43%
2015	17,770	19,424,618	0.31%	-4.19%
2016	17,797	19,193,834	0.15%	-1.19%
2017	17,812	19,224,668	0.08%	0.16%
2018	17,814	19,577,845	0.01%	1.84%
2019	17,798	20,353,534	-0.09%	3.96%
2020	17,792	21,049,429	-0.03%	3.42%
2021	17,783	21,628,839	-0.05%	2.75%
2022	17,759	22,462,173	-0.13%	3.85%
2023	17,727	23,594,623	-0.18%	5.04%
2024	17,695	24,672,760	-0.18%	4.57%
2025	17,663	25,620,422	-0.18%	3.84%
2026	17,618	26,472,499	-0.25%	3.33%
2027	17,564	27,261,544	-0.31%	2.98%
2028	17,504	28,006,558	-0.34%	2.73%
2029	17,436	28,719,309	-0.39%	2.54%
2030	17,376	29,395,545	-0.34%	2.35%
2031	17,299	30,029,824	-0.44%	2.16%
2032	17,228	30,633,661	-0.41%	2.01%
2033	17,163	31,212,478	-0.38%	1.89%
2034	17,092	31,768,138	-0.41%	1.78%
2035	17,012	32,294,792	-0.47%	1.66%
2036	16,940	32,788,153	-0.43%	1.53%
2037	16,858	33,258,407	-0.48%	1.43%
2038	16,779	33,710,718	-0.47%	1.36%
2039	16,689	34,131,238	-0.54%	1.25%
2040	16,604	34,533,185	-0.51%	1.18%
2041	16,510	34,916,936	-0.57%	1.11%
2042	16,403	35,279,863	-0.65%	1.04%
2043	16,302	35,623,325	-0.61%	0.97%
2044	16,202	35,944,394	-0.62%	0.9%
2045	16,097	36,265,295	-0.65%	0.89%
2046	15,977	36,583,260	-0.74%	0.88%
2047	15,863	36,878,640	-0.71%	0.81%
2048	15,749	37,171,029	-0.72%	0.79%
2049	15,632	37,477,690	-0.74%	0.83%
2050	15,515	37,793,378	-0.75%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.