Vatican City
Population growth in Vatican City
Population growth in Vatican City: 0.68% a year in 1950 and -1.82% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -1.82% a year
- Since 1950
- −2.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 224 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.29% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.29% a year in 2100, between -2.95% a year and 3.84% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 0.77% a year in 1954, the lowest -8.35% a year in 1965.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Vatican City | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -1.82 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -2.57 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -2.12 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -1.52 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -1.31 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -2.2 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | -1.44 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -1.42 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | -1.75 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -1.72 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -0.85 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -3.16 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | -0.98 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | -1.13 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -1.43 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -1.41 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -1.7 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -0.76 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -0.3 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | -0.15 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | -0.9 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | -1.34 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | -1.61 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | -1.16 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -0.29 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | -0.29 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | -0.43 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | -0.71 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -0.99 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -1.25 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | -0.28 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | -0.14 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | -0.14 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | -0.28 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | -0.27 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.27 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | -0.68 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | -0.14 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | -0.54 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | -0.27 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | -0.27 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.41 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.14 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 0.41 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.41 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 0 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 0 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | -0.41 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | -0.14 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | -0.54 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | -0.94 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | -1.33 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | -2.86 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | -6.33 | 2 |
| 1966 | -2.26 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | -8.35 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 0.54 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 0.22 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 0 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 0.11 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | -0.44 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 0 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 0.11 | 2 |
| 1957 | 0.11 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 0.44 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 0.66 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 0.77 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 0.67 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 0.67 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 0.68 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 0.68 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Vatican City | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.820.3–3.5 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.6-1.37–2.63 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.38-0.77–3.85 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 3.851.48–6.6 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.19-2.3–2.89 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.57-3.26–2.54 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.19-3–3.01 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -1.34-4.28–1.88 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.96-2.15–4.32 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.51-1.29–4.84 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0-2.95–3.25 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.31-1.73–4.7 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.56-3.71–2.66 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.56-2.67–3.97 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 3.1-0.03–6.46 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 3.530.25–6.95 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 3.24-0.08–6.62 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 2.65-0.55–6.03 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.46-1.7–5.02 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.91-1.15–5.48 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.57-1.78–4.99 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.85-1.49–5.3 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.82-1.49–5.27 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.49-1.75–4.92 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 2.19-0.86–5.55 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 2.14-1.03–5.55 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 1.82-1.28–5.14 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.65-1.47–5.21 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.76-1.43–5.37 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 2.65-0.45–6.21 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.56-1.58–5.13 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.91-1.17–5.32 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.63-1.44–5.13 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.24-1.88–4.82 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.22-2.04–4.62 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.68-1.48–5.14 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 2.47-0.54–6.05 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 1.73-1.47–5.35 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 1.7-1.45–5.31 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 1.67-1.46–5.05 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 1.32-1.82–4.82 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 1.62-1.61–5.02 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 1.49-1.77–4.88 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 1.26-2.04–4.87 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 1.04-2.27–4.67 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 1.84-1.49–5.29 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 2.01-1.43–5.43 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 2.46-0.87–5.95 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 1.64-1.79–5.24 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 1.33-2.1–4.69 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 1.59-1.78–5.09 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 1.2-2.08–4.46 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 1.18-2.19–4.58 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.9-2.23–4.14 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.98-2.24–4.53 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.8-2.52–4.29 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 1.14-2.06–4.72 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 1.38-1.78–4.93 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 1.11-2.15–4.79 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 1.52-1.77–4.92 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 1.41-1.88–4.81 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.9-2.41–4.37 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.98-2.32–4.36 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 1.21-2–4.6 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.8-2.41–4.37 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.95-2.46–4.57 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 1.02-2.26–4.63 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.7-2.47–4.17 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.85-2.5–4.26 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.61-2.78–4.19 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.68-2.65–4.11 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.68-2.53–4.25 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.53-2.79–3.94 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.6-2.76–4.07 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.37-2.84–3.6 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.59-2.53–3.98 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.29-2.95–3.84 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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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