Palau
Urban population in Palau
Urban population in Palau: 25.7% in 1950 and 79.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 79.3%
- Since 1950
- +53.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 67 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 90.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 90.4% in 2050.
- The highest was 81.1% in 2012, the lowest 25.7% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Palau |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.3 |
| 2024 | 79.2 |
| 2023 | 79.2 |
| 2022 | 79.1 |
| 2021 | 79.1 |
| 2020 | 79.1 |
| 2019 | 79.3 |
| 2018 | 79.6 |
| 2017 | 79.8 |
| 2016 | 80.1 |
| 2015 | 80.4 |
| 2014 | 80.7 |
| 2013 | 81.1 |
| 2012 | 81.1 |
| 2011 | 81 |
| 2010 | 80.7 |
| 2009 | 80.2 |
| 2008 | 79.7 |
| 2007 | 79 |
| 2006 | 78.3 |
| 2005 | 77.6 |
| 2004 | 76.5 |
| 2003 | 74.5 |
| 2002 | 72.4 |
| 2001 | 70.5 |
| 2000 | 69.6 |
| 1999 | 69.7 |
| 1998 | 70.2 |
| 1997 | 70.8 |
| 1996 | 71.3 |
| 1995 | 71.4 |
| 1994 | 71.2 |
| 1993 | 70.9 |
| 1992 | 70.4 |
| 1991 | 70 |
| 1990 | 69.5 |
| 1989 | 69.2 |
| 1988 | 68.9 |
| 1987 | 68.7 |
| 1986 | 68.3 |
| 1985 | 67.8 |
| 1984 | 66.8 |
| 1983 | 65.5 |
| 1982 | 64.3 |
| 1981 | 63.2 |
| 1980 | 62.5 |
| 1979 | 62.1 |
| 1978 | 61.8 |
| 1977 | 61.6 |
| 1976 | 61.4 |
| 1975 | 61.1 |
| 1974 | 60.8 |
| 1973 | 60.4 |
| 1972 | 59.8 |
| 1971 | 59.2 |
| 1970 | 58.3 |
| 1969 | 57.4 |
| 1968 | 56.3 |
| 1967 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 53.8 |
| 1965 | 52.4 |
| 1964 | 50.9 |
| 1963 | 49.3 |
| 1962 | 47.6 |
| 1961 | 45.8 |
| 1960 | 43.9 |
| 1959 | 41.9 |
| 1958 | 39.9 |
| 1957 | 38.3 |
| 1956 | 36.7 |
| 1955 | 34.9 |
| 1954 | 33.2 |
| 1953 | 31.4 |
| 1952 | 29.5 |
| 1951 | 27.6 |
| 1950 | 25.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Palau |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 79.4 |
| 2027 | 79.5 |
| 2028 | 79.6 |
| 2029 | 79.8 |
| 2030 | 80 |
| 2031 | 80.2 |
| 2032 | 80.4 |
| 2033 | 80.7 |
| 2034 | 81 |
| 2035 | 81.3 |
| 2036 | 81.6 |
| 2037 | 82 |
| 2038 | 82.4 |
| 2039 | 82.9 |
| 2040 | 83.3 |
| 2041 | 83.9 |
| 2042 | 84.4 |
| 2043 | 85 |
| 2044 | 85.6 |
| 2045 | 86.3 |
| 2046 | 87 |
| 2047 | 87.8 |
| 2048 | 88.6 |
| 2049 | 89.5 |
| 2050 | 90.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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