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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Yemen	Palau	Yemen
1960	9,328	5,532,301	-	-
1961	9,555	5,655,232	2.43%	2.22%
1962	9,793	5,782,221	2.49%	2.25%
1963	10,037	5,911,135	2.49%	2.23%
1964	10,292	6,048,006	2.54%	2.32%
1965	10,547	6,195,593	2.48%	2.44%
1966	10,805	6,351,494	2.45%	2.52%
1967	10,988	6,516,444	1.69%	2.6%
1968	11,080	6,690,524	0.84%	2.67%
1969	11,159	6,875,859	0.71%	2.77%
1970	11,368	7,065,279	1.87%	2.75%
1971	11,759	7,257,462	3.44%	2.72%
1972	12,194	7,460,068	3.7%	2.79%
1973	12,552	7,672,796	2.94%	2.85%
1974	12,687	7,896,783	1.08%	2.92%
1975	12,655	8,133,598	-0.25%	3%
1976	12,598	8,384,113	-0.45%	3.08%
1977	12,525	8,648,222	-0.58%	3.15%
1978	12,440	8,926,586	-0.68%	3.22%
1979	12,337	9,224,194	-0.83%	3.33%
1980	12,271	9,543,358	-0.53%	3.46%
1981	12,402	9,882,362	1.07%	3.55%
1982	12,694	10,241,006	2.35%	3.63%
1983	13,006	10,621,499	2.46%	3.72%
1984	13,337	11,025,597	2.54%	3.8%
1985	13,688	11,453,825	2.63%	3.88%
1986	14,024	11,901,040	2.45%	3.9%
1987	14,334	12,369,912	2.21%	3.94%
1988	14,645	12,859,708	2.17%	3.96%
1989	14,945	13,364,174	2.05%	3.92%
1990	15,259	13,887,862	2.1%	3.92%
1991	15,614	14,430,201	2.33%	3.91%
1992	15,989	14,989,494	2.4%	3.88%
1993	16,372	15,563,914	2.4%	3.83%
1994	16,770	16,149,147	2.43%	3.76%
1995	17,195	16,740,058	2.53%	3.66%
1996	17,654	17,313,177	2.67%	3.42%
1997	18,108	17,873,936	2.57%	3.24%
1998	18,524	18,446,013	2.3%	3.2%
1999	18,901	19,029,420	2.04%	3.16%
2000	19,178	19,624,141	1.47%	3.13%
2001	19,352	20,226,147	0.91%	3.07%
2002	19,503	20,835,086	0.78%	3.01%
2003	19,659	21,456,379	0.8%	2.98%
2004	19,820	22,095,167	0.82%	2.98%
2005	19,819	22,790,085	-0.005%	3.15%
2006	19,593	23,543,083	-1.14%	3.3%
2007	19,302	24,318,082	-1.49%	3.29%
2008	19,009	25,111,941	-1.52%	3.26%
2009	18,709	25,927,724	-1.58%	3.25%
2010	18,396	26,754,387	-1.67%	3.19%
2011	18,078	27,582,897	-1.73%	3.1%
2012	17,765	28,433,647	-1.73%	3.08%
2013	17,648	29,312,952	-0.66%	3.09%
2014	17,715	30,226,309	0.38%	3.12%
2015	17,770	31,159,379	0.31%	3.09%
2016	17,797	32,109,010	0.15%	3.05%
2017	17,812	33,090,921	0.08%	3.06%
2018	17,814	34,085,182	0.01%	3%
2019	17,798	35,111,408	-0.09%	3.01%
2020	17,792	36,134,863	-0.03%	2.91%
2021	17,783	37,140,230	-0.05%	2.78%
2022	17,759	38,222,876	-0.13%	2.92%
2023	17,727	39,390,799	-0.18%	3.06%
2024	17,695	40,583,164	-0.18%	3.03%
2025	17,663	41,773,871	-0.18%	2.93%
2026	17,618	42,961,650	-0.25%	2.84%
2027	17,564	44,145,620	-0.31%	2.76%
2028	17,504	45,323,685	-0.34%	2.67%
2029	17,436	46,497,573	-0.39%	2.59%
2030	17,376	47,667,649	-0.34%	2.52%
2031	17,299	48,827,503	-0.44%	2.43%
2032	17,228	49,979,089	-0.41%	2.36%
2033	17,163	51,129,867	-0.38%	2.3%
2034	17,092	52,279,989	-0.41%	2.25%
2035	17,012	53,429,308	-0.47%	2.2%
2036	16,940	54,578,046	-0.43%	2.15%
2037	16,858	55,724,259	-0.48%	2.1%
2038	16,779	56,872,152	-0.47%	2.06%
2039	16,689	58,024,713	-0.54%	2.03%
2040	16,604	59,181,514	-0.51%	1.99%
2041	16,510	60,345,667	-0.57%	1.97%
2042	16,403	61,517,965	-0.65%	1.94%
2043	16,302	62,696,517	-0.61%	1.92%
2044	16,202	63,880,172	-0.62%	1.89%
2045	16,097	65,066,344	-0.65%	1.86%
2046	15,977	66,253,578	-0.74%	1.82%
2047	15,863	67,438,796	-0.71%	1.79%
2048	15,749	68,620,844	-0.72%	1.75%
2049	15,632	69,799,794	-0.74%	1.72%
2050	15,515	70,976,389	-0.75%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.