Population / Palau
Palau Population
Palau population data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 17,663.00.
COUNTRY: Palau
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-15 20:00:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Palau · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
54 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
13.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
14.0 / 20
External stability
1.2 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
5.8 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Palau · population data as people.
Latest
17,663.00
Previous
17,695.00
Range avg.
17,764.00
Rank
111
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17,663.002025 · Rank 111
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Palau recorded 17,663.00 for Population in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 32.00 (0.2%), from 17,695.00 to 17,663.00.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (17,764.00).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 17,663.00 in 2025 and the high was 17,814.00 in 2018.
Comparison
France68.72 million
Italy58.92 million
Netherlands18.09 million
United States341.78 million
China1.41 billion
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