# Population in Palau

Population in Palau was 17,663 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `pw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/palau
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/palau.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=pw

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 17,663 |
| 2024 | 17,695 |
| 2023 | 17,727 |
| 2022 | 17,759 |
| 2021 | 17,783 |
| 2020 | 17,792 |
| 2019 | 17,798 |
| 2018 | 17,814 |
| 2017 | 17,812 |
| 2016 | 17,797 |
| 2015 | 17,770 |
| 2014 | 17,715 |
| 2013 | 17,648 |
| 2012 | 17,765 |
| 2011 | 18,078 |
| 2010 | 18,396 |
| 2009 | 18,709 |
| 2008 | 19,009 |
| 2007 | 19,302 |
| 2006 | 19,593 |
| 2005 | 19,819 |
| 2004 | 19,820 |
| 2003 | 19,659 |
| 2002 | 19,503 |
| 2001 | 19,352 |
| 2000 | 19,178 |
| 1999 | 18,901 |
| 1998 | 18,524 |
| 1997 | 18,108 |
| 1996 | 17,654 |
| 1995 | 17,195 |
| 1994 | 16,770 |
| 1993 | 16,372 |
| 1992 | 15,989 |
| 1991 | 15,614 |
| 1990 | 15,259 |
| 1989 | 14,945 |
| 1988 | 14,645 |
| 1987 | 14,334 |
| 1986 | 14,024 |
| 1985 | 13,688 |
| 1984 | 13,337 |
| 1983 | 13,006 |
| 1982 | 12,694 |
| 1981 | 12,402 |
| 1980 | 12,271 |
| 1979 | 12,337 |
| 1978 | 12,440 |
| 1977 | 12,525 |
| 1976 | 12,598 |
| 1975 | 12,655 |
| 1974 | 12,687 |
| 1973 | 12,552 |
| 1972 | 12,194 |
| 1971 | 11,759 |
| 1970 | 11,368 |
| 1969 | 11,159 |
| 1968 | 11,080 |
| 1967 | 10,988 |
| 1966 | 10,805 |
| 1965 | 10,547 |
| 1964 | 10,292 |
| 1963 | 10,037 |
| 1962 | 9,793 |
| 1961 | 9,555 |
| 1960 | 9,328 |