Population in Palau compared to Vanuatu: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Palau and Vanuatu: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Vanuatu	Palau	Vanuatu
1960	9,328	64,431	-	-
1961	9,555	66,264	2.43%	2.84%
1962	9,793	68,174	2.49%	2.88%
1963	10,037	70,159	2.49%	2.91%
1964	10,292	72,219	2.54%	2.94%
1965	10,547	74,358	2.48%	2.96%
1966	10,805	76,590	2.45%	3%
1967	10,988	78,921	1.69%	3.04%
1968	11,080	81,314	0.84%	3.03%
1969	11,159	83,755	0.71%	3%
1970	11,368	86,266	1.87%	3%
1971	11,759	88,862	3.44%	3.01%
1972	12,194	91,562	3.7%	3.04%
1973	12,552	94,362	2.94%	3.06%
1974	12,687	97,260	1.08%	3.07%
1975	12,655	100,269	-0.25%	3.09%
1976	12,598	103,388	-0.45%	3.11%
1977	12,525	106,618	-0.58%	3.12%
1978	12,440	109,963	-0.68%	3.14%
1979	12,337	113,040	-0.83%	2.8%
1980	12,271	115,660	-0.53%	2.32%
1981	12,402	118,249	1.07%	2.24%
1982	12,694	121,035	2.35%	2.36%
1983	13,006	123,998	2.46%	2.45%
1984	13,337	127,109	2.54%	2.51%
1985	13,688	130,356	2.63%	2.55%
1986	14,024	133,720	2.45%	2.58%
1987	14,334	137,187	2.21%	2.59%
1988	14,645	140,756	2.17%	2.6%
1989	14,945	144,393	2.05%	2.58%
1990	15,259	148,063	2.1%	2.54%
1991	15,614	151,793	2.33%	2.52%
1992	15,989	155,608	2.4%	2.51%
1993	16,372	159,463	2.4%	2.48%
1994	16,770	163,314	2.43%	2.41%
1995	17,195	167,137	2.53%	2.34%
1996	17,654	170,911	2.67%	2.26%
1997	18,108	174,626	2.57%	2.17%
1998	18,524	178,313	2.3%	2.11%
1999	18,901	182,048	2.04%	2.09%
2000	19,178	186,281	1.47%	2.33%
2001	19,352	191,031	0.91%	2.55%
2002	19,503	195,863	0.78%	2.53%
2003	19,659	200,746	0.8%	2.49%
2004	19,820	205,711	0.82%	2.47%
2005	19,819	210,760	-0.005%	2.45%
2006	19,593	215,923	-1.14%	2.45%
2007	19,302	221,276	-1.49%	2.48%
2008	19,009	226,896	-1.52%	2.54%
2009	18,709	232,731	-1.58%	2.57%
2010	18,396	238,248	-1.67%	2.37%
2011	18,078	243,474	-1.73%	2.19%
2012	17,765	248,883	-1.73%	2.22%
2013	17,648	254,482	-0.66%	2.25%
2014	17,715	260,240	0.38%	2.26%
2015	17,770	266,101	0.31%	2.25%
2016	17,797	272,087	0.15%	2.25%
2017	17,812	278,507	0.08%	2.36%
2018	17,814	285,259	0.01%	2.42%
2019	17,798	291,985	-0.09%	2.36%
2020	17,792	298,858	-0.03%	2.35%
2021	17,783	305,868	-0.05%	2.35%
2022	17,759	313,046	-0.13%	2.35%
2023	17,727	320,409	-0.18%	2.35%
2024	17,695	327,777	-0.18%	2.3%
2025	17,663	335,169	-0.18%	2.26%
2026	17,618	342,565	-0.25%	2.21%
2027	17,564	349,970	-0.31%	2.16%
2028	17,504	357,397	-0.34%	2.12%
2029	17,436	364,883	-0.39%	2.09%
2030	17,376	372,429	-0.34%	2.07%
2031	17,299	380,015	-0.44%	2.04%
2032	17,228	387,657	-0.41%	2.01%
2033	17,163	395,366	-0.38%	1.99%
2034	17,092	403,188	-0.41%	1.98%
2035	17,012	411,061	-0.47%	1.95%
2036	16,940	419,006	-0.43%	1.93%
2037	16,858	427,031	-0.48%	1.92%
2038	16,779	435,150	-0.47%	1.9%
2039	16,689	443,311	-0.54%	1.88%
2040	16,604	451,509	-0.51%	1.85%
2041	16,510	459,733	-0.57%	1.82%
2042	16,403	468,003	-0.65%	1.8%
2043	16,302	476,308	-0.61%	1.77%
2044	16,202	484,636	-0.62%	1.75%
2045	16,097	492,989	-0.65%	1.72%
2046	15,977	501,316	-0.74%	1.69%
2047	15,863	509,621	-0.71%	1.66%
2048	15,749	517,889	-0.72%	1.62%
2049	15,632	526,138	-0.74%	1.59%
2050	15,515	534,374	-0.75%	1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Palau decreased by 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Palau lost -107 (a 0.6% decline), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2005 and is still 194th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.