Urban population share in Palau
79.3% of people in Palau lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.
Palau, 2025
79.3%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Position in 2025
62nd of 217
Urban population share in Palau over time
View
Palau
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Palau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.3% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 79.2% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 79.2% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 79.1% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 79.1% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 79.1% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 79.3% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 79.6% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 79.8% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 80.1% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 80.4% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 80.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 81.1% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 81.1% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 81.0% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 80.7% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 80.2% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 79.7% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 79.0% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 78.3% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 77.6% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 76.4% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 74.5% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 72.4% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 70.5% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 79.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 80.4%, the figure has changed by −1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Palau has the 62nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for Palau
All statistics for Palau
Population estimates and projections
17,727 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
37.8 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
1.91 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
-0.23%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
17,663 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
-0.18%
2025 · World Bank