Rural population in Palau in 2025 — 3,659 people. Ranked 201 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.1%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Palau
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,659 | −20 | −0.54% |
| 2024 | 3,679 | −17 | −0.46% |
| 2023 | 3,696 | −13 | −0.35% |
| 2022 | 3,709 | −10 | −0.27% |
| 2021 | 3,719 | −3 | −0.08% |
| 2020 | 3,722 | +34 | +0.92% |
| 2019 | 3,688 | +45 | +1.24% |
| 2018 | 3,643 | +50 | +1.39% |
| 2017 | 3,593 | +53 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 3,540 | +55 | +1.58% |
| 2015 | 3,485 | +72 | +2.11% |
| 2014 | 3,413 | +73 | +2.19% |
| 2013 | 3,340 | −13 | −0.39% |
| 2012 | 3,353 | −86 | −2.5% |
| 2011 | 3,439 | −118 | −3.32% |
| 2010 | 3,557 | −144 | −3.89% |
| 2009 | 3,701 | −165 | −4.27% |
| 2008 | 3,866 | −184 | −4.54% |
| 2007 | 4,050 | −200 | −4.71% |
| 2006 | 4,250 | −195 | −4.39% |
| 2005 | 4,445 | −224 | −4.8% |
| 2004 | 4,669 | −335 | −6.69% |
| 2003 | 5,004 | −382 | −7.09% |
| 2002 | 5,386 | −316 | −5.54% |
| 2001 | 5,702 | −130 | −2.23% |
| 2000 | 5,832 | +103 | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 5,729 | +203 | +3.67% |
| 1998 | 5,526 | +232 | +4.38% |
| 1997 | 5,294 | +218 | +4.29% |
| 1996 | 5,076 | +157 | +3.19% |
| 1995 | 4,919 | +94 | +1.95% |
| 1994 | 4,825 | +57 | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 4,768 | +40 | +0.85% |
| 1992 | 4,728 | +36 | +0.77% |
| 1991 | 4,692 | +43 | +0.92% |
| 1990 | 4,649 | +48 | +1.04% |
| 1989 | 4,601 | +53 | +1.17% |
| 1988 | 4,548 | +57 | +1.27% |
| 1987 | 4,491 | +48 | +1.08% |
| 1986 | 4,443 | +34 | +0.77% |
| 1985 | 4,409 | −18 | −0.41% |
| 1984 | 4,427 | −54 | −1.21% |
| 1983 | 4,481 | −57 | −1.26% |
| 1982 | 4,538 | −31 | −0.68% |
| 1981 | 4,569 | −33 | −0.72% |
| 1980 | 4,602 | −72 | −1.54% |
| 1979 | 4,674 | −75 | −1.58% |
| 1978 | 4,749 | −61 | −1.27% |
| 1977 | 4,810 | −56 | −1.15% |
| 1976 | 4,866 | −53 | −1.08% |
| 1975 | 4,919 | −52 | −1.05% |
| 1974 | 4,971 | +0 | +0% |
| 1973 | 4,971 | +74 | +1.51% |
| 1972 | 4,897 | +94 | +1.96% |
| 1971 | 4,803 | +66 | +1.39% |
| 1970 | 4,737 | −19 | −0.4% |
| 1969 | 4,756 | −85 | −1.76% |
| 1968 | 4,841 | −90 | −1.83% |
| 1967 | 4,931 | −59 | −1.18% |
| 1966 | 4,990 | −29 | −0.58% |
| 1965 | 5,019 | −35 | −0.69% |
| 1964 | 5,054 | −36 | −0.71% |
| 1963 | 5,090 | −44 | −0.86% |
| 1962 | 5,134 | −47 | −0.91% |
| 1961 | 5,181 | −52 | −0.99% |
| 1960 | 5,233 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
