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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	United States	Palau	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	9,328	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	9,555	183,691,481	2.43%	1.67%
1962	9,793	186,537,737	2.49%	1.55%
1963	10,037	189,241,798	2.49%	1.45%
1964	10,292	191,888,791	2.54%	1.4%
1965	10,547	194,302,963	2.48%	1.26%
1966	10,805	196,560,338	2.45%	1.16%
1967	10,988	198,712,056	1.69%	1.09%
1968	11,080	200,706,052	0.84%	1%
1969	11,159	202,676,946	0.71%	0.98%
1970	11,368	205,052,174	1.87%	1.17%
1971	11,759	207,660,677	3.44%	1.27%
1972	12,194	209,896,021	3.7%	1.08%
1973	12,552	211,908,788	2.94%	0.96%
1974	12,687	213,853,928	1.08%	0.92%
1975	12,655	215,973,199	-0.25%	0.99%
1976	12,598	218,035,164	-0.45%	0.95%
1977	12,525	220,239,425	-0.58%	1.01%
1978	12,440	222,584,545	-0.68%	1.06%
1979	12,337	225,055,487	-0.83%	1.11%
1980	12,271	226,542,250	-0.53%	0.66%
1981	12,402	229,465,744	1.07%	1.29%
1982	12,694	231,664,432	2.35%	0.96%
1983	13,006	233,792,014	2.46%	0.92%
1984	13,337	235,824,908	2.54%	0.87%
1985	13,688	237,923,734	2.63%	0.89%
1986	14,024	240,132,831	2.45%	0.93%
1987	14,334	242,288,936	2.21%	0.9%
1988	14,645	244,499,004	2.17%	0.91%
1989	14,945	246,819,222	2.05%	0.95%
1990	15,259	250,131,894	2.1%	1.34%
1991	15,614	253,492,503	2.33%	1.34%
1992	15,989	256,894,189	2.4%	1.34%
1993	16,372	260,255,352	2.4%	1.31%
1994	16,770	263,435,673	2.43%	1.22%
1995	17,195	266,557,091	2.53%	1.18%
1996	17,654	269,667,391	2.67%	1.17%
1997	18,108	272,911,760	2.57%	1.2%
1998	18,524	276,115,288	2.3%	1.17%
1999	18,901	279,294,713	2.04%	1.15%
2000	19,178	282,162,411	1.47%	1.03%
2001	19,352	284,968,955	0.91%	0.99%
2002	19,503	287,625,193	0.78%	0.93%
2003	19,659	290,107,933	0.8%	0.86%
2004	19,820	292,805,298	0.82%	0.93%
2005	19,819	295,516,599	-0.005%	0.93%
2006	19,593	298,379,912	-1.14%	0.97%
2007	19,302	301,231,207	-1.49%	0.96%
2008	19,009	304,093,966	-1.52%	0.95%
2009	18,709	306,771,529	-1.58%	0.88%
2010	18,396	309,327,143	-1.67%	0.83%
2011	18,078	311,583,481	-1.73%	0.73%
2012	17,765	313,877,662	-1.73%	0.74%
2013	17,648	316,059,947	-0.66%	0.7%
2014	17,715	318,386,329	0.38%	0.74%
2015	17,770	320,738,994	0.31%	0.74%
2016	17,797	323,071,755	0.15%	0.73%
2017	17,812	325,122,128	0.08%	0.63%
2018	17,814	326,838,199	0.01%	0.53%
2019	17,798	328,329,953	-0.09%	0.46%
2020	17,792	331,526,933	-0.03%	0.97%
2021	17,783	331,893,745	-0.05%	0.11%
2022	17,759	333,271,411	-0.13%	0.42%
2023	17,727	334,914,895	-0.18%	0.49%
2024	17,695	340,110,988	-0.18%	1.55%
2025	17,663	341,931,772	-0.18%	0.54%
2026	17,618	343,664,369	-0.25%	0.51%
2027	17,564	345,331,185	-0.31%	0.49%
2028	17,504	346,981,137	-0.34%	0.48%
2029	17,436	348,601,982	-0.39%	0.47%
2030	17,376	350,176,974	-0.34%	0.45%
2031	17,299	351,725,612	-0.44%	0.44%
2032	17,228	353,249,060	-0.41%	0.43%
2033	17,163	354,749,644	-0.38%	0.42%
2034	17,092	356,234,239	-0.41%	0.42%
2035	17,012	357,694,316	-0.47%	0.41%
2036	16,940	359,119,002	-0.43%	0.4%
2037	16,858	360,517,853	-0.48%	0.39%
2038	16,779	361,895,407	-0.47%	0.38%
2039	16,689	363,229,908	-0.54%	0.37%
2040	16,604	364,512,364	-0.51%	0.35%
2041	16,510	365,753,139	-0.57%	0.34%
2042	16,403	366,969,419	-0.65%	0.33%
2043	16,302	368,146,925	-0.61%	0.32%
2044	16,202	369,258,123	-0.62%	0.3%
2045	16,097	370,318,770	-0.65%	0.29%
2046	15,977	371,328,255	-0.74%	0.27%
2047	15,863	372,299,116	-0.71%	0.26%
2048	15,749	373,230,539	-0.72%	0.25%
2049	15,632	374,119,803	-0.74%	0.24%
2050	15,515	374,986,259	-0.75%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.