The latest officially reported population of Palau was 17,695 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Palau's population is 17,618 people compared to 10,980,672 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Tajikistan's population is 623 times bigger than Palau's.
- Palau is ranked the 194th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.0002% for Palau vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Palau has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Palau has decreased from 19.6K people to 17.6K (10.1% decline), while Tajikistan has grown from 7.06M to 11M (55.6% growth).
- Tajikistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 20.2M people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.
Palau vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
17618
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10980672
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| Population rank | 194/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0002% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
1.63 weeks
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.89 days
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
1.8 days
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.72 weeks
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -14 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | -32 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.18% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 176/197 | 55/197 |
Palau and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,328 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,555 | 2,181,805 | 2.43% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 9,793 | 2,255,026 | 2.49% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 10,037 | 2,331,736 | 2.49% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 10,292 | 2,411,260 | 2.54% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 10,547 | 2,492,998 | 2.48% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 10,805 | 2,577,184 | 2.45% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 10,988 | 2,664,130 | 1.69% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 11,080 | 2,753,848 | 0.84% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 11,159 | 2,845,273 | 0.71% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 11,368 | 2,936,779 | 1.87% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 11,759 | 3,028,837 | 3.44% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 12,194 | 3,123,691 | 3.7% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 12,552 | 3,222,290 | 2.94% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 12,687 | 3,324,499 | 1.08% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 12,655 | 3,430,425 | -0.25% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 12,598 | 3,540,076 | -0.45% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 12,525 | 3,653,265 | -0.58% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 12,440 | 3,768,508 | -0.68% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 12,337 | 3,882,691 | -0.83% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 12,271 | 3,995,256 | -0.53% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 12,402 | 4,109,022 | 1.07% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 12,694 | 4,227,171 | 2.35% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 13,006 | 4,350,874 | 2.46% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 13,337 | 4,480,026 | 2.54% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 13,688 | 4,619,003 | 2.63% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 14,024 | 4,772,139 | 2.45% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 14,334 | 4,939,059 | 2.21% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 14,645 | 5,114,989 | 2.17% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 14,945 | 5,267,249 | 2.05% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 15,259 | 5,398,768 | 2.1% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 15,614 | 5,541,205 | 2.33% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 15,989 | 5,649,400 | 2.4% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 16,372 | 5,724,993 | 2.4% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 16,770 | 5,825,368 | 2.43% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 17,195 | 5,948,584 | 2.53% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 17,654 | 6,066,523 | 2.67% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 18,108 | 6,139,829 | 2.57% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 18,524 | 6,176,397 | 2.3% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 18,901 | 6,208,370 | 2.04% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 19,178 | 6,284,735 | 1.47% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 19,352 | 6,407,377 | 0.91% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 19,503 | 6,531,669 | 0.78% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 19,659 | 6,658,575 | 0.8% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 19,820 | 6,790,547 | 0.82% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 19,819 | 6,924,720 | -0.005% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 19,593 | 7,057,566 | -1.14% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 19,302 | 7,194,477 | -1.49% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 19,009 | 7,338,403 | -1.52% | 2% |
| 2009 | 18,709 | 7,490,230 | -1.58% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 18,396 | 7,652,141 | -1.67% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 18,078 | 7,824,785 | -1.73% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 17,765 | 8,014,084 | -1.73% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 17,648 | 8,216,724 | -0.66% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 17,715 | 8,425,552 | 0.38% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 17,770 | 8,643,840 | 0.31% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 17,797 | 8,865,631 | 0.15% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 17,812 | 9,085,946 | 0.08% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 17,814 | 9,307,333 | 0.01% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 17,798 | 9,529,966 | -0.09% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 17,792 | 9,749,310 | -0.03% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 17,783 | 9,966,908 | -0.05% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 17,759 | 10,182,222 | -0.13% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 17,727 | 10,389,799 | -0.18% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 17,695 | 10,590,927 | -0.18% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 17,663 | 10,786,735 | -0.18% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 17,618 | 10,978,598 | -0.25% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 17,564 | 11,168,387 | -0.31% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 17,504 | 11,356,920 | -0.34% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 17,436 | 11,545,276 | -0.39% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 17,376 | 11,733,066 | -0.34% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 17,299 | 11,920,472 | -0.44% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 17,228 | 12,110,150 | -0.41% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 17,163 | 12,302,290 | -0.38% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 17,092 | 12,496,888 | -0.41% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 17,012 | 12,695,586 | -0.47% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 16,940 | 12,899,096 | -0.43% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 16,858 | 13,104,339 | -0.48% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 16,779 | 13,308,237 | -0.47% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 16,689 | 13,511,372 | -0.54% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 16,604 | 13,713,948 | -0.51% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 16,510 | 13,915,192 | -0.57% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 16,403 | 14,115,137 | -0.65% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 16,302 | 14,311,598 | -0.61% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 16,202 | 14,504,865 | -0.62% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 16,097 | 14,694,858 | -0.65% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 15,977 | 14,879,388 | -0.74% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 15,863 | 15,059,869 | -0.71% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 15,749 | 15,236,594 | -0.72% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 15,632 | 15,408,032 | -0.74% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 15,515 | 15,574,643 | -0.75% | 1.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).
Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Palau and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 69.6 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 39.2 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.9:46.1 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 99.6 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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