Population in Vatican City

Population in Vatican City: 880 people in 1950 and 496 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 496 people
Since 1950: −384 people
Rank, 2023: 229 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 8.09 billion people
Projected, 2100: 1,361 people; UN projection (medium variant)

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people · UN

Estimates, UNEstimates, HYDE and GapminderUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1,361 people in 2100, between 561 people and 3,963 people (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 921 people in 1964, the lowest 496 people in 2023.
Older estimates from HYDE and Gapminder reach back to 1800: 905 people.

Every year

people · UN

Year	Vatican City	World
2023	496	8.09 billion
2022	506	8.02 billion
2021	518	7.95 billion
2020	528	7.89 billion
2019	535	7.81 billion
2018	545	7.73 billion
2017	555	7.65 billion
2016	563	7.56 billion
2015	572	7.47 billion
2014	582	7.38 billion
2013	590	7.29 billion
2012	602	7.2 billion
2011	614	7.11 billion
2010	621	7.02 billion
2009	628	6.93 billion
2008	637	6.84 billion
2007	647	6.76 billion
2006	655	6.67 billion
2005	659	6.59 billion
2004	660	6.5 billion
2003	664	6.42 billion
2002	671	6.34 billion
2001	681	6.26 billion
2000	691	6.17 billion
1999	696	6.09 billion
1998	697	6.01 billion
1997	698	5.93 billion
1996	701	5.84 billion
1995	705	5.76 billion
1994	711	5.68 billion
1993	719	5.59 billion
1992	724	5.51 billion
1991	725	5.42 billion
1990	726	5.33 billion
1989	727	5.23 billion
1988	728	5.14 billion
1987	730	5.05 billion
1986	730	4.96 billion
1985	732	4.87 billion
1984	735	4.78 billion
1983	737	4.7 billion
1982	740	4.61 billion
1981	742	4.53 billion
1980	743	4.45 billion
1979	742	4.37 billion
1978	740	4.29 billion
1977	738	4.22 billion
1976	735	4.14 billion
1975	733	4.07 billion
1974	733	4 billion
1973	735	3.92 billion
1972	737	3.85 billion
1971	739	3.77 billion
1970	745	3.7 billion
1969	753	3.62 billion
1968	769	3.55 billion
1967	805	3.47 billion
1966	841	3.4 billion
1965	887	3.34 billion
1964	921	3.26 billion
1963	918	3.19 billion
1962	917	3.12 billion
1961	916	3.07 billion
1960	918	3.02 billion
1959	920	2.97 billion
1958	919	2.91 billion
1957	918	2.85 billion
1956	916	2.8 billion
1955	911	2.74 billion
1954	904	2.69 billion
1953	898	2.63 billion
1952	892	2.58 billion
1951	886	2.54 billion
1950	880	2.49 billion
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1800	905	–

12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Vatican City	World
2024	496492–500	8.16 billion
2025	501490–514	8.23 billion
2026	506486–528	8.3 billion
2027	520491–552	8.37 billion
2028	530493–573	8.44 billion
2029	529482–585	8.5 billion
2030	527471–598	8.57 billion
2031	523457–608	8.63 billion
2032	522446–621	8.7 billion
2033	529442–643	8.76 billion
2034	533437–663	8.82 billion
2035	536431–684	8.89 billion
2036	538424–702	8.95 billion
2037	538415–716	9.01 billion
2038	548415–743	9.06 billion
2039	567422–780	9.12 billion
2040	587431–819	9.18 billion
2041	604438–854	9.23 billion
2042	617441–886	9.29 billion
2043	627441–917	9.34 billion
2044	638439–948	9.39 billion
2045	649439–982	9.44 billion
2046	661441–1,014	9.49 billion
2047	672443–1,051	9.54 billion
2048	684445–1,096	9.58 billion
2049	700447–1,139	9.62 billion
2050	714450–1,181	9.66 billion
2051	726450–1,224	9.7 billion
2052	739453–1,260	9.74 billion
2053	755462–1,300	9.78 billion
2054	771468–1,345	9.81 billion
2055	784471–1,394	9.85 billion
2056	798471–1,433	9.88 billion
2057	810471–1,465	9.91 billion
2058	820472–1,500	9.94 billion
2059	832473–1,542	9.96 billion
2060	850479–1,591	9.99 billion
2061	868485–1,642	10 billion
2062	882488–1,690	10 billion
2063	897491–1,737	10.1 billion
2064	911496–1,782	10.1 billion
2065	924499–1,827	10.1 billion
2066	939501–1,871	10.1 billion
2067	952502–1,916	10.1 billion
2068	963501–1,970	10.2 billion
2069	977508–2,044	10.2 billion
2070	996517–2,128	10.2 billion
2071	1,018528–2,199	10.2 billion
2072	1,040540–2,260	10.2 billion
2073	1,055545–2,318	10.2 billion
2074	1,070550–2,384	10.2 billion
2075	1,085555–2,453	10.3 billion
2076	1,098557–2,512	10.3 billion
2077	1,110558–2,561	10.3 billion
2078	1,120559–2,606	10.3 billion
2079	1,131559–2,647	10.3 billion
2080	1,142559–2,686	10.3 billion
2081	1,156563–2,736	10.3 billion
2082	1,171565–2,782	10.3 billion
2083	1,186569–2,848	10.3 billion
2084	1,204577–2,932	10.3 billion
2085	1,218578–2,989	10.3 billion
2086	1,229576–3,054	10.3 billion
2087	1,242578–3,155	10.3 billion
2088	1,255579–3,218	10.3 billion
2089	1,266578–3,257	10.3 billion
2090	1,278580–3,304	10.3 billion
2091	1,290580–3,345	10.3 billion
2092	1,300578–3,406	10.3 billion
2093	1,309578–3,456	10.3 billion
2094	1,317578–3,528	10.2 billion
2095	1,326581–3,610	10.2 billion
2096	1,334581–3,696	10.2 billion
2097	1,342579–3,768	10.2 billion
2098	1,348574–3,820	10.2 billion
2099	1,355566–3,907	10.2 billion
2100	1,361561–3,963	10.2 billion

Good to know

Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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