Palau - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Palau was 14,652 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,652 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5,551 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 5,551
1961 5,738
1962 5,929
1963 6,096
1964 6,258
1965 6,413
1966 6,546
1967 6,667
1968 6,778
1969 6,904
1970 7,048
1971 7,231
1972 7,441
1973 7,647
1974 7,803
1975 7,886
1976 7,883
1977 7,803
1978 7,691
1979 7,615
1980 7,616
1981 7,787
1982 8,065
1983 8,401
1984 8,759
1985 9,119
1986 9,434
1987 9,679
1988 9,920
1989 10,181
1990 10,483
1991 10,804
1992 11,155
1993 11,514
1994 11,893
1995 12,256
1996 12,549
1997 12,803
1998 13,038
1999 13,250
2000 13,437
2001 13,591
2002 13,719
2003 13,789
2004 13,979
2005 14,077
2006 14,055
2007 13,920
2008 13,730
2009 13,555
2010 13,433
2011 13,402
2012 13,437
2013 13,530
2014 13,662
2015 13,807
2016 13,957
2017 14,134
2018 14,316
2019 14,485
2020 14,652

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Palau was 80.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.99 in 2020, while its lowest value was 56.82 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 56.82
1961 57.11
1962 57.41
1963 57.70
1964 57.99
1965 58.28
1966 58.57
1967 58.85
1968 59.14
1969 59.43
1970 59.72
1971 60.00
1972 60.29
1973 60.57
1974 60.86
1975 61.14
1976 61.42
1977 61.70
1978 61.98
1979 62.26
1980 62.54
1981 63.41
1982 64.42
1983 65.42
1984 66.41
1985 67.38
1986 68.19
1987 68.54
1988 68.89
1989 69.24
1990 69.59
1991 69.97
1992 70.34
1993 70.70
1994 71.07
1995 71.43
1996 71.31
1997 71.07
1998 70.83
1999 70.58
2000 70.34
2001 70.09
2002 69.85
2003 69.60
2004 70.38
2005 71.15
2006 71.91
2007 72.66
2008 73.39
2009 74.11
2010 74.82
2011 75.51
2012 76.19
2013 76.86
2014 77.52
2015 78.16
2016 78.78
2017 79.37
2018 79.93
2019 80.47
2020 80.99

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization