Population of Palau

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	24 Aug 2024

The current population of Palau is 17,686 as of December 03, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Palau is projected at 17,695, or 18k, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Palau is projected at 17,727, or 18k people, for the year 2023.

Palau ranks 224th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Palau is ranked 17th among 23 countries and territories in Oceania.

Palau population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	17,707	17,695	-23	-0.130	0.0002
2025	17,684	17,663	-43	-0.243	0.0002
2026	17,641	17,614	-53	-0.301	0.0002
2027	17,588	17,564	-49	-0.279	0.0002
2028	17,539	17,504	-70	-0.400	0.0002
2029	17,469	17,439	-59	-0.338	0.0002
2030	17,410	17,376	-68	-0.391	0.0002
2031	17,342	17,302	-80	-0.462	0.0002
2032	17,262	17,232	-60	-0.348	0.0002
2033	17,202	17,166	-72	-0.419	0.0002
2034	17,130	17,092	-76	-0.445	0.0002
2035	17,054	17,015	-78	-0.458	0.0002
2036	16,976	16,942	-69	-0.407	0.0002
2037	16,907	16,862	-90	-0.534	0.0002
2038	16,817	16,778	-78	-0.465	0.0002
2039	16,739	16,691	-96	-0.575	0.0002
2040	16,643	16,602	-82	-0.494	0.0002
2041	16,561	16,509	-104	-0.630	0.0002
2042	16,457	16,404	-106	-0.646	0.0002
2043	16,351	16,304	-94	-0.577	0.0002
2044	16,257	16,200	-114	-0.704	0.0002
2045	16,143	16,089	-108	-0.671	0.0002
2046	16,035	15,979	-112	-0.701	0.0002
2047	15,923	15,866	-115	-0.725	0.0002
2048	15,808	15,751	-115	-0.730	0.0002
2049	15,693	15,633	-120	-0.768	0.0002
2050	15,573	15,518	-109	-0.702	0.0002
2051	15,464	15,403	-121	-0.786	0.0002
2052	15,343	15,280	-126	-0.825	0.0002
2053	15,217	15,156	-122	-0.805	0.0002
2054	15,095	15,034	-123	-0.818	0.0002
2055	14,972	14,910	-124	-0.832	0.0002
2056	14,848	14,788	-120	-0.811	0.0001
2057	14,728	14,664	-129	-0.880	0.0001
2058	14,599	14,544	-110	-0.756	0.0001
2059	14,489	14,428	-121	-0.839	0.0001
2060	14,368	14,315	-107	-0.747	0.0001
2061	14,261	14,204	-115	-0.810	0.0001
2062	14,146	14,091	-111	-0.788	0.0001
2063	14,035	13,982	-105	-0.751	0.0001
2064	13,930	13,879	-102	-0.735	0.0001
2065	13,828	13,781	-95	-0.689	0.0001
2066	13,733	13,682	-102	-0.746	0.0001
2067	13,631	13,583	-96	-0.707	0.0001
2068	13,535	13,488	-95	-0.704	0.0001
2069	13,440	13,394	-92	-0.687	0.0001
2070	13,348	13,305	-87	-0.654	0.0001
2071	13,261	13,216	-91	-0.689	0.0001
2072	13,170	13,135	-70	-0.533	0.0001
2073	13,100	13,058	-84	-0.643	0.0001
2074	13,016	12,970	-93	-0.717	0.0001
2075	12,923	12,885	-76	-0.590	0.0001
2076	12,847	12,807	-80	-0.625	0.0001
2077	12,767	12,729	-77	-0.605	0.0001
2078	12,690	12,653	-73	-0.577	0.0001
2079	12,617	12,582	-71	-0.564	0.0001
2080	12,546	12,506	-80	-0.640	0.0001
2081	12,466	12,428	-75	-0.603	0.0001
2082	12,391	12,358	-66	-0.534	0.0001
2083	12,325	12,293	-65	-0.529	0.0001
2084	12,260	12,220	-80	-0.655	0.0001
2085	12,180	12,149	-62	-0.510	0.0001
2086	12,118	12,084	-69	-0.571	0.0001
2087	12,049	12,013	-72	-0.599	0.0001
2088	11,977	11,947	-61	-0.511	0.0001
2089	11,916	11,877	-78	-0.657	0.0001
2090	11,838	11,800	-77	-0.653	0.0001
2091	11,761	11,726	-71	-0.606	0.0001
2092	11,690	11,657	-66	-0.566	0.0001
2093	11,624	11,591	-67	-0.578	0.0001
2094	11,557	11,525	-64	-0.555	0.0001
2095	11,493	11,459	-68	-0.593	0.0001
2096	11,425	11,393	-65	-0.571	0.0001
2097	11,360	11,325	-71	-0.627	0.0001
2098	11,289	11,257	-65	-0.577	0.0001
2099	11,224	11,192	-64	-0.572	0.0001
2100	11,160	11,126	-68	-0.611	0.0001

Palau population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,375	7,474	199	2.663	0.0003
1951	7,574	7,651	153	2.000	0.0003
1952	7,727	7,815	176	2.252	0.0003
1953	7,903	8,002	199	2.487	0.0003
1954	8,102	8,210	215	2.619	0.0003
1955	8,317	8,415	197	2.341	0.0003
1956	8,514	8,593	158	1.839	0.0003
1957	8,672	8,747	150	1.715	0.0003
1958	8,822	8,902	160	1.797	0.0003
1959	8,982	9,101	238	2.615	0.0003
1960	9,220	9,328	215	2.305	0.0003
1961	9,435	9,555	240	2.512	0.0003
1962	9,675	9,793	236	2.410	0.0003
1963	9,911	10,037	252	2.511	0.0003
1964	10,163	10,292	258	2.507	0.0003
1965	10,421	10,547	253	2.399	0.0003
1966	10,674	10,805	261	2.416	0.0003
1967	10,935	10,988	106	0.965	0.0003
1968	11,041	11,080	78	0.704	0.0003
1969	11,119	11,159	80	0.717	0.0003
1970	11,199	11,368	339	2.982	0.0003
1971	11,538	11,759	442	3.759	0.0003
1972	11,980	12,194	428	3.510	0.0003
1973	12,408	12,552	288	2.295	0.0003
1974	12,696	12,687	-19	-0.150	0.0003
1975	12,677	12,655	-44	-0.348	0.0003
1976	12,633	12,598	-69	-0.548	0.0003
1977	12,564	12,525	-77	-0.615	0.0003
1978	12,487	12,440	-95	-0.764	0.0003
1979	12,392	12,337	-110	-0.892	0.0003
1980	12,282	12,271	-22	-0.179	0.0003
1981	12,260	12,402	283	2.282	0.0003
1982	12,543	12,694	303	2.387	0.0003
1983	12,846	13,006	320	2.461	0.0003
1984	13,166	13,337	342	2.564	0.0003
1985	13,508	13,688	361	2.637	0.0003
1986	13,869	14,024	309	2.204	0.0003
1987	14,178	14,334	311	2.170	0.0003
1988	14,489	14,645	312	2.131	0.0003
1989	14,801	14,945	288	1.927	0.0003
1990	15,089	15,259	340	2.228	0.0003
1991	15,429	15,614	371	2.376	0.0003
1992	15,800	15,989	378	2.364	0.0003
1993	16,178	16,372	389	2.376	0.0003
1994	16,567	16,770	406	2.421	0.0003
1995	16,973	17,195	444	2.582	0.0003
1996	17,417	17,654	474	2.685	0.0003
1997	17,891	18,108	434	2.397	0.0003
1998	18,325	18,524	399	2.154	0.0003
1999	18,724	18,901	355	1.878	0.0003
2000	19,079	19,178	199	1.038	0.0003
2001	19,278	19,352	148	0.765	0.0003
2002	19,426	19,503	153	0.785	0.0003
2003	19,579	19,659	160	0.814	0.0003
2004	19,739	19,820	163	0.822	0.0003
2005	19,902	19,819	-167	-0.843	0.0003
2006	19,735	19,593	-284	-1.450	0.0003
2007	19,451	19,302	-298	-1.544	0.0003
2008	19,153	19,009	-289	-1.520	0.0003
2009	18,864	18,709	-309	-1.652	0.0003
2010	18,555	18,396	-317	-1.723	0.0003
2011	18,238	18,078	-321	-1.776	0.0003
2012	17,917	17,765	-303	-1.706	0.0002
2013	17,614	17,648	68	0.385	0.0002
2014	17,682	17,715	66	0.373	0.0002
2015	17,748	17,770	43	0.242	0.0002
2016	17,791	17,797	12	0.067	0.0002
2017	17,803	17,812	18	0.101	0.0002
2018	17,821	17,814	-13	-0.073	0.0002
2019	17,808	17,798	-20	-0.112	0.0002
2020	17,788	17,792	8	0.045	0.0002
2021	17,796	17,783	-26	-0.146	0.0002
2022	17,770	17,759	-22	-0.124	0.0002
2023	17,748	17,727	-41	-0.231	0.0002