The latest officially reported population of Palau was 17,695 in 2024 vs 1,368,333 people in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Palau's population is 17,663 people compared to 1,372,940 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Population statistics:
- Trinidad and Tobago's population is 77.7 times bigger than Palau's.
- Palau is ranked the 194th most populous country in the world, while Trinidad and Tobago is the 154th.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.0002% for Palau vs 0.02% for Trinidad and Tobago.
- For the last 10 years, Palau has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +0.19% in Trinidad and Tobago.
- Since 2005, the population of Palau has decreased from 19.8K people to 17.7K (10.9% decline), while Trinidad and Tobago has grown from 1.29M to 1.37M (6.06% growth).
- Trinidad and Tobago is projected to reach its peak in 2028 at 1.37M 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 Trinidad and Tobago: live population counter
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| Current population |
17663
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1372940
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| Population rank | 194/197 | 154/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0002% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
1.63 weeks
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10.6 hours
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| One birth every |
1.89 days
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35.9 minutes
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| One death every |
1.8 days
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45.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.72 weeks
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6.57 hours
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| Annual migration change | -14 | +1,334 |
| Daily growth/decline | +0 | +2 |
| Annual growth/decline | -32 | +823 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.18% | +0.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 176/197 | 161/197 |
Palau and Trinidad and Tobago: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,328 | 844,943 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,555 | 863,144 | 2.43% | 2.15% |
| 1962 | 9,793 | 880,194 | 2.49% | 1.98% |
| 1963 | 10,037 | 896,804 | 2.49% | 1.89% |
| 1964 | 10,292 | 912,963 | 2.54% | 1.8% |
| 1965 | 10,547 | 928,425 | 2.48% | 1.69% |
| 1966 | 10,805 | 942,937 | 2.45% | 1.56% |
| 1967 | 10,988 | 956,418 | 1.69% | 1.43% |
| 1968 | 11,080 | 969,006 | 0.84% | 1.32% |
| 1969 | 11,159 | 980,706 | 0.71% | 1.21% |
| 1970 | 11,368 | 991,471 | 1.87% | 1.1% |
| 1971 | 11,759 | 1,002,585 | 3.44% | 1.12% |
| 1972 | 12,194 | 1,014,921 | 3.7% | 1.23% |
| 1973 | 12,552 | 1,027,851 | 2.94% | 1.27% |
| 1974 | 12,687 | 1,040,761 | 1.08% | 1.26% |
| 1975 | 12,655 | 1,053,469 | -0.25% | 1.22% |
| 1976 | 12,598 | 1,066,311 | -0.45% | 1.22% |
| 1977 | 12,525 | 1,079,554 | -0.58% | 1.24% |
| 1978 | 12,440 | 1,093,380 | -0.68% | 1.28% |
| 1979 | 12,337 | 1,107,639 | -0.83% | 1.3% |
| 1980 | 12,271 | 1,121,744 | -0.53% | 1.27% |
| 1981 | 12,402 | 1,135,132 | 1.07% | 1.19% |
| 1982 | 12,694 | 1,147,927 | 2.35% | 1.13% |
| 1983 | 13,006 | 1,160,534 | 2.46% | 1.1% |
| 1984 | 13,337 | 1,172,984 | 2.54% | 1.07% |
| 1985 | 13,688 | 1,187,366 | 2.63% | 1.23% |
| 1986 | 14,024 | 1,203,124 | 2.45% | 1.33% |
| 1987 | 14,334 | 1,217,364 | 2.21% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 14,645 | 1,230,069 | 2.17% | 1.04% |
| 1989 | 14,945 | 1,241,600 | 2.05% | 0.94% |
| 1990 | 15,259 | 1,252,208 | 2.1% | 0.85% |
| 1991 | 15,614 | 1,262,171 | 2.33% | 0.8% |
| 1992 | 15,989 | 1,271,674 | 2.4% | 0.75% |
| 1993 | 16,372 | 1,280,466 | 2.4% | 0.69% |
| 1994 | 16,770 | 1,288,341 | 2.43% | 0.62% |
| 1995 | 17,195 | 1,295,169 | 2.53% | 0.53% |
| 1996 | 17,654 | 1,300,928 | 2.67% | 0.44% |
| 1997 | 18,108 | 1,305,836 | 2.57% | 0.38% |
| 1998 | 18,524 | 1,310,225 | 2.3% | 0.34% |
| 1999 | 18,901 | 1,314,708 | 2.04% | 0.34% |
| 2000 | 19,178 | 1,319,774 | 1.47% | 0.39% |
| 2001 | 19,352 | 1,325,567 | 0.91% | 0.44% |
| 2002 | 19,503 | 1,332,011 | 0.78% | 0.49% |
| 2003 | 19,659 | 1,338,709 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 19,820 | 1,345,380 | 0.82% | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 19,819 | 1,294,494 | -0.005% | -3.78% |
| 2006 | 19,593 | 1,297,944 | -1.14% | 0.27% |
| 2007 | 19,302 | 1,303,188 | -1.49% | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 19,009 | 1,308,587 | -1.52% | 0.41% |
| 2009 | 18,709 | 1,310,106 | -1.58% | 0.12% |
| 2010 | 18,396 | 1,317,714 | -1.67% | 0.58% |
| 2011 | 18,078 | 1,328,019 | -1.73% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 17,765 | 1,335,194 | -1.73% | 0.54% |
| 2013 | 17,648 | 1,340,557 | -0.66% | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 17,715 | 1,345,343 | 0.38% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 17,770 | 1,349,667 | 0.31% | 0.32% |
| 2016 | 17,797 | 1,353,895 | 0.15% | 0.31% |
| 2017 | 17,812 | 1,356,633 | 0.08% | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 17,814 | 1,359,193 | 0.01% | 0.19% |
| 2019 | 17,798 | 1,363,985 | -0.09% | 0.35% |
| 2020 | 17,792 | 1,366,725 | -0.03% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 17,783 | 1,367,558 | -0.05% | 0.06% |
| 2022 | 17,759 | 1,365,805 | -0.13% | -0.13% |
| 2023 | 17,727 | 1,367,510 | -0.18% | 0.12% |
| 2024 | 17,695 | 1,368,333 | -0.18% | 0.06% |
| 2025 | 17,663 | 1,371,404 | -0.18% | 0.22% |
| 2026 | 17,618 | 1,373,317 | -0.25% | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 17,564 | 1,374,242 | -0.31% | 0.07% |
| 2028 | 17,504 | 1,374,318 | -0.34% | 0.006% |
| 2029 | 17,436 | 1,373,690 | -0.39% | -0.05% |
| 2030 | 17,376 | 1,372,463 | -0.34% | -0.09% |
| 2031 | 17,299 | 1,370,749 | -0.44% | -0.12% |
| 2032 | 17,228 | 1,368,525 | -0.41% | -0.16% |
| 2033 | 17,163 | 1,365,873 | -0.38% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 17,092 | 1,362,803 | -0.41% | -0.22% |
| 2035 | 17,012 | 1,359,333 | -0.47% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 16,940 | 1,355,490 | -0.43% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 16,858 | 1,351,300 | -0.48% | -0.31% |
| 2038 | 16,779 | 1,346,775 | -0.47% | -0.33% |
| 2039 | 16,689 | 1,341,909 | -0.54% | -0.36% |
| 2040 | 16,604 | 1,336,720 | -0.51% | -0.39% |
| 2041 | 16,510 | 1,331,223 | -0.57% | -0.41% |
| 2042 | 16,403 | 1,325,440 | -0.65% | -0.43% |
| 2043 | 16,302 | 1,319,360 | -0.61% | -0.46% |
| 2044 | 16,202 | 1,313,024 | -0.62% | -0.48% |
| 2045 | 16,097 | 1,306,452 | -0.65% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 15,977 | 1,299,645 | -0.74% | -0.52% |
| 2047 | 15,863 | 1,292,634 | -0.71% | -0.54% |
| 2048 | 15,749 | 1,285,402 | -0.72% | -0.56% |
| 2049 | 15,632 | 1,277,967 | -0.74% | -0.58% |
| 2050 | 15,515 | 1,270,340 | -0.75% | -0.6% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,173 people (a 4.26% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 23,273 (a 1.72% growth).
Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2005 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.47% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port of Spain | 84.1K |
| Chaguanas | 83.5K |
| San Fernando | 55.4K |
| Scarborough | 17K |
| San Juan | 13.8K |
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Population differences between Palau and Trinidad and Tobago
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| Life expectancy | 69.5 years | 73.7 years |
| Average age | 38.4 years | 38.2 years |
| Median age | 39.2 years | 38.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.9:46.1 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.91 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| Population density | 99.6 ppl/mi² | 691 ppl/mi² |
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