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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	United Kingdom	Palau	United Kingdom
1960	9,328	52,400,000	-	-
1961	9,555	52,800,000	2.43%	0.76%
1962	9,793	53,250,000	2.49%	0.85%
1963	10,037	53,650,000	2.49%	0.75%
1964	10,292	54,000,000	2.54%	0.65%
1965	10,547	54,348,050	2.48%	0.64%
1966	10,805	54,648,500	2.45%	0.55%
1967	10,988	54,943,600	1.69%	0.54%
1968	11,080	55,211,700	0.84%	0.49%
1969	11,159	55,441,750	0.71%	0.42%
1970	11,368	55,663,250	1.87%	0.4%
1971	11,759	55,896,223	3.44%	0.42%
1972	12,194	56,086,065	3.7%	0.34%
1973	12,552	56,194,527	2.94%	0.19%
1974	12,687	56,229,974	1.08%	0.06%
1975	12,655	56,225,800	-0.25%	-0.007%
1976	12,598	56,211,968	-0.45%	-0.02%
1977	12,525	56,193,492	-0.58%	-0.03%
1978	12,440	56,196,504	-0.68%	0.005%
1979	12,337	56,246,951	-0.83%	0.09%
1980	12,271	56,314,216	-0.53%	0.12%
1981	12,402	56,333,829	1.07%	0.03%
1982	12,694	56,313,641	2.35%	-0.04%
1983	13,006	56,332,848	2.46%	0.03%
1984	13,337	56,422,072	2.54%	0.16%
1985	13,688	56,550,268	2.63%	0.23%
1986	14,024	56,681,396	2.45%	0.23%
1987	14,334	56,802,050	2.21%	0.21%
1988	14,645	56,928,327	2.17%	0.22%
1989	14,945	57,076,711	2.05%	0.26%
1990	15,259	57,247,586	2.1%	0.3%
1991	15,614	57,424,897	2.33%	0.31%
1992	15,989	57,580,402	2.4%	0.27%
1993	16,372	57,718,614	2.4%	0.24%
1994	16,770	57,865,745	2.43%	0.25%
1995	17,195	58,019,030	2.53%	0.26%
1996	17,654	58,166,950	2.67%	0.25%
1997	18,108	58,316,954	2.57%	0.26%
1998	18,524	58,487,141	2.3%	0.29%
1999	18,901	58,682,466	2.04%	0.33%
2000	19,178	58,892,514	1.47%	0.36%
2001	19,352	59,119,673	0.91%	0.39%
2002	19,503	59,370,479	0.78%	0.42%
2003	19,659	59,647,577	0.8%	0.47%
2004	19,820	59,987,905	0.82%	0.57%
2005	19,819	60,401,206	-0.005%	0.69%
2006	19,593	60,846,820	-1.14%	0.74%
2007	19,302	61,322,463	-1.49%	0.78%
2008	19,009	61,806,995	-1.52%	0.79%
2009	18,709	62,276,270	-1.58%	0.76%
2010	18,396	62,766,365	-1.67%	0.79%
2011	18,078	63,258,810	-1.73%	0.78%
2012	17,765	63,711,000	-1.73%	0.71%
2013	17,648	64,139,000	-0.66%	0.67%
2014	17,715	64,620,000	0.38%	0.75%
2015	17,770	65,088,000	0.31%	0.72%
2016	17,797	65,607,000	0.15%	0.8%
2017	17,812	65,966,000	0.08%	0.55%
2018	17,814	66,289,000	0.01%	0.49%
2019	17,798	66,631,000	-0.09%	0.52%
2020	17,792	66,744,000	-0.03%	0.17%
2021	17,783	66,984,000	-0.05%	0.36%
2022	17,759	67,604,000	-0.13%	0.93%
2023	17,727	68,492,000	-0.18%	1.31%
2024	17,695	69,226,000	-0.18%	1.07%
2025	17,663	69,639,673	-0.18%	0.6%
2026	17,618	70,020,350	-0.25%	0.55%
2027	17,564	70,382,853	-0.31%	0.52%
2028	17,504	70,732,699	-0.34%	0.5%
2029	17,436	71,061,482	-0.39%	0.46%
2030	17,376	71,377,535	-0.34%	0.44%
2031	17,299	71,678,351	-0.44%	0.42%
2032	17,228	71,959,934	-0.41%	0.39%
2033	17,163	72,234,509	-0.38%	0.38%
2034	17,092	72,497,650	-0.41%	0.36%
2035	17,012	72,749,096	-0.47%	0.35%
2036	16,940	72,990,847	-0.43%	0.33%
2037	16,858	73,218,850	-0.48%	0.31%
2038	16,779	73,441,349	-0.47%	0.3%
2039	16,689	73,658,392	-0.54%	0.3%
2040	16,604	73,868,334	-0.51%	0.29%
2041	16,510	74,074,316	-0.57%	0.28%
2042	16,403	74,275,779	-0.65%	0.27%
2043	16,302	74,475,035	-0.61%	0.27%
2044	16,202	74,667,284	-0.62%	0.26%
2045	16,097	74,848,605	-0.65%	0.24%
2046	15,977	75,020,949	-0.74%	0.23%
2047	15,863	75,184,478	-0.71%	0.22%
2048	15,749	75,337,543	-0.72%	0.2%
2049	15,632	75,476,141	-0.74%	0.18%
2050	15,515	75,600,588	-0.75%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.