# Population growth rate in Palau

Population growth rate in Palau was -0.18% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Place id: `pw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.
- Note: Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population-growth/palau
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population-growth/palau.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population_growth&place=pw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 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 |
| 2013 | -0.66 |
| 2012 | -1.75 |
| 2011 | -1.74 |
| 2010 | -1.69 |
| 2009 | -1.59 |
| 2008 | -1.53 |
| 2007 | -1.5 |
| 2006 | -1.15 |
| 2005 | -0.01 |
| 2004 | 0.82 |
| 2003 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 0.78 |
| 2001 | 0.9 |
| 2000 | 1.45 |
| 1999 | 2.01 |
| 1998 | 2.27 |
| 1997 | 2.54 |
| 1996 | 2.63 |
| 1995 | 2.5 |
| 1994 | 2.4 |
| 1993 | 2.37 |
| 1992 | 2.37 |
| 1991 | 2.3 |
| 1990 | 2.08 |
| 1989 | 2.03 |
| 1988 | 2.15 |
| 1987 | 2.19 |
| 1986 | 2.43 |
| 1985 | 2.6 |
| 1984 | 2.51 |
| 1983 | 2.43 |
| 1982 | 2.33 |
| 1981 | 1.06 |
| 1980 | -0.54 |
| 1979 | -0.83 |
| 1978 | -0.68 |
| 1977 | -0.58 |
| 1976 | -0.45 |
| 1975 | -0.25 |
| 1974 | 1.07 |
| 1973 | 2.89 |
| 1972 | 3.63 |
| 1971 | 3.38 |
| 1970 | 1.86 |
| 1969 | 0.71 |
| 1968 | 0.83 |
| 1967 | 1.68 |
| 1966 | 2.42 |
| 1965 | 2.45 |
| 1964 | 2.51 |
| 1963 | 2.46 |
| 1962 | 2.46 |
| 1961 | 2.4 |