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Palau — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Palau, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.18%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -107.5% since 1961
Population growth for Palau was -0.18% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.63% in 1972. The lowest was -1.75% in 2012 (about 9.6× the latest value).
Palau ranks 189 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 87%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Palau sits below it. It peaked in 1972 and has fallen 105% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 158%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.18%
First (1961)
2.40%
Change
-107.5%
Highest
3.63%
in 1972
Lowest
-1.75%
in 2012
Average
0.98%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.18% |
| 2024 | -0.18% |
| 2023 | -0.18% |
| 2022 | -0.14% |
| 2021 | -0.05% |
| 2020 | -0.03% |
| 2019 | -0.09% |
| 2018 | 0.01% |
| 2017 | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 0.15% |
| 2015 | 0.31% |
| 2014 | 0.38% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.