Population in Palau compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	UAE	Palau	UAE
1960	9,328	131,334	-	-
1961	9,555	137,989	2.43%	5.07%
1962	9,793	144,946	2.49%	5.04%
1963	10,037	152,211	2.49%	5.01%
1964	10,292	159,692	2.54%	4.91%
1965	10,547	167,103	2.48%	4.64%
1966	10,805	173,976	2.45%	4.11%
1967	10,988	179,700	1.69%	3.29%
1968	11,080	199,416	0.84%	11%
1969	11,159	239,660	0.71%	20.2%
1970	11,368	286,536	1.87%	19.6%
1971	11,759	335,027	3.44%	16.9%
1972	12,194	385,014	3.7%	14.9%
1973	12,552	436,399	2.94%	13.3%
1974	12,687	489,087	1.08%	12.1%
1975	12,655	542,856	-0.25%	11%
1976	12,598	615,866	-0.45%	13.4%
1977	12,525	710,209	-0.58%	15.3%
1978	12,440	809,274	-0.68%	13.9%
1979	12,337	912,010	-0.83%	12.7%
1980	12,271	1,015,700	-0.53%	11.4%
1981	12,402	1,099,855	1.07%	8.29%
1982	12,694	1,166,370	2.35%	6.05%
1983	13,006	1,235,305	2.46%	5.91%
1984	13,337	1,305,996	2.54%	5.72%
1985	13,688	1,377,911	2.63%	5.51%
1986	14,024	1,467,383	2.45%	6.49%
1987	14,334	1,574,244	2.21%	7.28%
1988	14,645	1,681,788	2.17%	6.83%
1989	14,945	1,789,851	2.05%	6.43%
1990	15,259	1,898,220	2.1%	6.05%
1991	15,614	2,006,626	2.33%	5.71%
1992	15,989	2,114,730	2.4%	5.39%
1993	16,372	2,222,093	2.4%	5.08%
1994	16,770	2,328,188	2.43%	4.77%
1995	17,195	2,434,662	2.53%	4.57%
1996	17,654	2,597,564	2.67%	6.69%
1997	18,108	2,817,410	2.57%	8.46%
1998	18,524	3,040,421	2.3%	7.92%
1999	18,901	3,266,009	2.04%	7.42%
2000	19,178	3,493,575	1.47%	6.97%
2001	19,352	3,723,590	0.91%	6.58%
2002	19,503	3,956,826	0.78%	6.26%
2003	19,659	4,192,457	0.8%	5.96%
2004	19,820	4,428,967	0.82%	5.64%
2005	19,819	4,664,790	-0.005%	5.32%
2006	19,593	5,009,100	-1.14%	7.38%
2007	19,302	5,624,635	-1.49%	12.3%
2008	19,009	6,302,664	-1.52%	12.1%
2009	18,709	6,707,058	-1.58%	6.42%
2010	18,396	6,869,838	-1.67%	2.43%
2011	18,078	7,104,538	-1.73%	3.42%
2012	17,765	7,391,448	-1.73%	4.04%
2013	17,648	7,693,031	-0.66%	4.08%
2014	17,715	8,059,440	0.38%	4.76%
2015	17,770	8,505,237	0.31%	5.53%
2016	17,797	8,935,095	0.15%	5.05%
2017	17,812	9,223,225	0.08%	3.22%
2018	17,814	9,346,701	0.01%	1.34%
2019	17,798	9,445,785	-0.09%	1.06%
2020	17,792	9,401,038	-0.03%	-0.47%
2021	17,783	9,575,152	-0.05%	1.85%
2022	17,759	10,074,977	-0.13%	5.22%
2023	17,727	10,483,751	-0.18%	4.06%
2024	17,695	10,986,400	-0.18%	4.79%
2025	17,663	11,304,093	-0.18%	2.89%
2026	17,618	11,531,926	-0.25%	2.02%
2027	17,564	11,712,175	-0.31%	1.56%
2028	17,504	11,868,257	-0.34%	1.33%
2029	17,436	12,010,111	-0.39%	1.2%
2030	17,376	12,145,577	-0.34%	1.13%
2031	17,299	12,281,573	-0.44%	1.12%
2032	17,228	12,421,758	-0.41%	1.14%
2033	17,163	12,565,679	-0.38%	1.16%
2034	17,092	12,712,942	-0.41%	1.17%
2035	17,012	12,863,015	-0.47%	1.18%
2036	16,940	13,015,458	-0.43%	1.19%
2037	16,858	13,169,969	-0.48%	1.19%
2038	16,779	13,326,337	-0.47%	1.19%
2039	16,689	13,484,193	-0.54%	1.18%
2040	16,604	13,643,197	-0.51%	1.18%
2041	16,510	13,803,349	-0.57%	1.17%
2042	16,403	13,964,553	-0.65%	1.17%
2043	16,302	14,126,724	-0.61%	1.16%
2044	16,202	14,289,828	-0.62%	1.15%
2045	16,097	14,453,775	-0.65%	1.15%
2046	15,977	14,619,554	-0.74%	1.15%
2047	15,863	14,788,991	-0.71%	1.16%
2048	15,749	14,961,419	-0.72%	1.17%
2049	15,632	15,135,496	-0.74%	1.16%
2050	15,515	15,310,628	-0.75%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.