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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palau	Zambia	Palau	Zambia
1960	9,328	3,153,729	-	-
1961	9,555	3,254,086	2.43%	3.18%
1962	9,793	3,358,099	2.49%	3.2%
1963	10,037	3,465,907	2.49%	3.21%
1964	10,292	3,577,017	2.54%	3.21%
1965	10,547	3,692,086	2.48%	3.22%
1966	10,805	3,812,003	2.45%	3.25%
1967	10,988	3,936,343	1.69%	3.26%
1968	11,080	4,065,593	0.84%	3.28%
1969	11,159	4,197,116	0.71%	3.24%
1970	11,368	4,321,718	1.87%	2.97%
1971	11,759	4,442,525	3.44%	2.8%
1972	12,194	4,569,309	3.7%	2.85%
1973	12,552	4,702,693	2.94%	2.92%
1974	12,687	4,842,746	1.08%	2.98%
1975	12,655	4,990,086	-0.25%	3.04%
1976	12,598	5,143,842	-0.45%	3.08%
1977	12,525	5,302,480	-0.58%	3.08%
1978	12,440	5,465,374	-0.68%	3.07%
1979	12,337	5,631,728	-0.83%	3.04%
1980	12,271	5,802,833	-0.53%	3.04%
1981	12,402	5,983,289	1.07%	3.11%
1982	12,694	6,178,637	2.35%	3.26%
1983	13,006	6,381,038	2.46%	3.28%
1984	13,337	6,580,490	2.54%	3.13%
1985	13,688	6,780,953	2.63%	3.05%
1986	14,024	6,986,471	2.45%	3.03%
1987	14,334	7,191,282	2.21%	2.93%
1988	14,645	7,391,440	2.17%	2.78%
1989	14,945	7,589,216	2.05%	2.68%
1990	15,259	7,786,169	2.1%	2.6%
1991	15,614	7,981,650	2.33%	2.51%
1992	15,989	8,176,680	2.4%	2.44%
1993	16,372	8,373,921	2.4%	2.41%
1994	16,770	8,576,269	2.43%	2.42%
1995	17,195	8,785,763	2.53%	2.44%
1996	17,654	9,004,053	2.67%	2.48%
1997	18,108	9,237,063	2.57%	2.59%
1998	18,524	9,482,408	2.3%	2.66%
1999	18,901	9,740,005	2.04%	2.72%
2000	19,178	10,017,631	1.47%	2.85%
2001	19,352	10,325,185	0.91%	3.07%
2002	19,503	10,647,949	0.78%	3.13%
2003	19,659	10,983,595	0.8%	3.15%
2004	19,820	11,338,198	0.82%	3.23%
2005	19,819	11,718,819	-0.005%	3.36%
2006	19,593	12,129,553	-1.14%	3.5%
2007	19,302	12,565,085	-1.49%	3.59%
2008	19,009	13,021,324	-1.52%	3.63%
2009	18,709	13,490,389	-1.58%	3.6%
2010	18,396	13,965,594	-1.67%	3.52%
2011	18,078	14,437,796	-1.73%	3.38%
2012	17,765	14,913,629	-1.73%	3.3%
2013	17,648	15,398,997	-0.66%	3.25%
2014	17,715	15,895,315	0.38%	3.22%
2015	17,770	16,399,089	0.31%	3.17%
2016	17,797	16,914,423	0.15%	3.14%
2017	17,812	17,441,320	0.08%	3.12%
2018	17,814	17,973,569	0.01%	3.05%
2019	17,798	18,513,839	-0.09%	3.01%
2020	17,792	19,059,395	-0.03%	2.95%
2021	17,783	19,603,607	-0.05%	2.86%
2022	17,759	20,152,938	-0.13%	2.8%
2023	17,727	20,723,965	-0.18%	2.83%
2024	17,695	21,314,956	-0.18%	2.85%
2025	17,663	21,913,869	-0.18%	2.81%
2026	17,618	22,521,905	-0.25%	2.77%
2027	17,564	23,138,716	-0.31%	2.74%
2028	17,504	23,761,368	-0.34%	2.69%
2029	17,436	24,389,681	-0.39%	2.64%
2030	17,376	25,024,887	-0.34%	2.6%
2031	17,299	25,666,496	-0.44%	2.56%
2032	17,228	26,311,946	-0.41%	2.51%
2033	17,163	26,960,073	-0.38%	2.46%
2034	17,092	27,611,621	-0.41%	2.42%
2035	17,012	28,266,887	-0.47%	2.37%
2036	16,940	28,925,103	-0.43%	2.33%
2037	16,858	29,583,482	-0.48%	2.28%
2038	16,779	30,240,549	-0.47%	2.22%
2039	16,689	30,895,586	-0.54%	2.17%
2040	16,604	31,550,394	-0.51%	2.12%
2041	16,510	32,204,340	-0.57%	2.07%
2042	16,403	32,856,596	-0.65%	2.03%
2043	16,302	33,510,500	-0.61%	1.99%
2044	16,202	34,165,920	-0.62%	1.96%
2045	16,097	34,821,101	-0.65%	1.92%
2046	15,977	35,475,795	-0.74%	1.88%
2047	15,863	36,129,270	-0.71%	1.84%
2048	15,749	36,782,260	-0.72%	1.81%
2049	15,632	37,434,667	-0.74%	1.77%
2050	15,515	38,083,369	-0.75%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palau decreased by 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palau lost -179 (a 1.01% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Palau was ranked 194th most populous country in 2006 and is still 194th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.