COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Palau Population
Palau population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2000, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.663 | -32 |
| 2024 | 17.695 | -32 |
| 2023 | 17.727 | -32 |
| 2022 | 17.759 | -24 |
| 2021 | 17.783 | -9 |
| 2020 | 17.792 | -6 |
| 2019 | 17.798 | -16 |
| 2018 | 17.814 | 2 |
| 2017 | 17.812 | 15 |
| 2016 | 17.797 | -203 |
| 2015 | 18.000 | 0 |
| 2014 | 18.000 | 0 |
| 2013 | 18.000 | 1.000 |
| 2012 | 17.000 | -1.000 |
| 2011 | 18.000 | 0 |
| 2010 | 18.000 | 0 |
| 2009 | 18.000 | -1.000 |
| 2008 | 19.000 | 0 |
| 2007 | 19.000 | -1.000 |
| 2006 | 20.000 | 0 |
| 2005 | 20.000 | 0 |
| 2004 | 20.000 | 0 |
| 2003 | 20.000 | 1.000 |
| 2002 | 19.000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19.000 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19.000 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesPalau recorded 17.663 people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population decreased by 32.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 26 observations from 2000 to 2025, the average was 18.371; the minimum was 17.000 in 2012 and the maximum was 20.000 in 2003.
Palau ranks 215 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for East Asia & Pacific.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Demographic scale and market size.