Palau
Population growth in Palau
Population growth in Palau: 2.66% a year in 1950 and -0.23% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.23% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.89 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 188 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.61% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.61% a year in 2100, between -5.96% a year and 3.02% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.76% a year in 1971, the lowest -1.78% a year in 2011.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.23 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.12 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.15 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.05 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -0.11 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -0.07 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.07 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.24 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.37 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.39 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -1.71 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | -1.78 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | -1.72 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -1.65 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -1.52 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -1.54 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -1.45 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -0.84 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.82 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.81 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.79 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.77 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.04 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.88 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 2.15 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 2.4 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 2.69 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.58 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.42 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.38 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.36 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.38 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.23 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 1.93 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.13 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 2.17 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 2.2 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 2.64 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 2.56 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 2.46 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 2.39 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 2.28 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | -0.18 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | -0.89 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | -0.76 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | -0.62 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | -0.55 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | -0.35 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | -0.15 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.3 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 3.51 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 3.76 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.98 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 0.72 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 0.7 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 0.97 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2.42 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 2.4 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.51 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.51 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 2.41 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.51 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.31 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.62 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.72 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.84 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.34 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.62 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.49 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.25 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.66 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.13-1.53–1.04 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.24-2.05–1.35 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.3-2.39–1.51 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.28-2.65–1.82 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.4-2.92–1.83 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.34-3.01–2.02 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.39-3.05–2.16 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.46-3.41–2.21 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.35-3.2–2.29 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.42-3.53–2.39 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.45-3.54–2.6 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.46-3.62–2.63 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.41-3.68–2.58 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.53-3.76–2.39 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.47-3.84–2.58 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.58-4–2.37 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.49-3.92–2.52 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.63-4.16–2.52 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.65-4.07–2.41 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.58-4.1–2.49 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.7-4.29–2.47 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.67-4.33–2.48 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.7-4.51–2.58 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.73-4.48–2.68 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.73-4.54–2.85 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.77-4.63–2.64 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.7-4.67–2.82 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.79-4.66–2.85 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.83-4.66–2.64 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.81-4.77–2.64 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.82-4.77–2.65 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.83-4.87–2.61 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.81-4.77–2.59 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.88-4.97–2.43 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.76-4.91–2.75 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.84-5.02–2.48 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.75-4.88–2.7 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.81-5.24–2.82 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.79-5–2.78 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.75-5.05–2.68 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.74-5.13–2.82 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.69-4.99–2.81 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.75-5.11–2.74 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.71-5.22–2.89 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.7-5.16–2.96 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.69-5.09–2.8 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.65-5.07–2.84 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.69-5.02–2.75 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.53-4.98–3.09 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.64-5.25–2.86 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.72-5.27–2.75 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.59-5.05–2.83 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.63-5.14–2.81 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.61-5.04–2.85 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.58-5.21–3.15 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.56-5.06–3.11 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.64-5.15–2.94 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.6-5.13–3.28 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.53-5.31–3.1 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.53-5.11–2.94 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.66-5.32–2.92 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.51-5.41–3.11 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.57-5.21–2.98 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.6-5.3–2.95 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.51-5.16–3.1 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.66-5.59–3.04 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.65-5.51–2.99 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.61-5.41–3.08 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.57-5.68–3.33 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.58-5.57–3.22 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.56-5.62–3.16 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.59-5.59–3.23 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.57-5.59–3.24 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.63-5.58–3.05 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.58-6.04–2.99 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.57-6.03–3.22 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.61-5.96–3.02 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Palau in numbers
Every measure for Palau on one page