Australia vs Palau: Share of the population born in another country

Australia

30.4%

in 2024

Palau

29.5%

in 2024

Australia rank

39th

Palau rank

40th

Share of the population born in another country over time

Australia currently reports 30.4% against 29.5% in Palau, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 39th and Palau ranks 40th of 231 countries.

Indicator: Share of the population born in another country
Unit: %
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 231 places, 1,848 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Immigrants as a share of the total population.