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Population in Angola compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 1,000 people in the Vatican in 2019. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 949 in the Vatican.

Population statistics:

  • Angola's population is 42,133 times bigger than the Vatican's.
  • Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while the Vatican is the 197th.
  • The countries together account for 0.48% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 0.00001% for the Vatican.
  • For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +1.9% in the Vatican.
  • Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while the Vatican has grown from 921 to 949 (3.04% growth).
  • Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people compared to the peak of 2.51K people in 2100 for the Vatican.

Angola vs Vatican: live population counter

Angola Vatican
Current population
39983997
949
Population rank 39/197 197/197
Percent of world population 0.48% 0.00001%
One net population change
27.8 seconds
1 month
One birth every
22.8 seconds
n/a
One death every
2.07 minutes
n/a
One migration net change every
3.33 hours
n/a
Annual migration change -2,629 n/a
Daily growth/decline +3,112 +0
Annual growth/decline +1,135,943 +0
Annual growth/decline rate +3.09% +0%
Population growth rate rank 13/197 165/197

Angola and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Angola
Population

Growth rate
Vatican
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Angola Vatican Angola Vatican
1960 5,231,654 - - -
1961 5,301,583 - 1.34% -
1962 5,354,310 - 0.99% -
1963 5,408,320 - 1.01% -
1964 5,464,187 - 1.03% -
1965 5,521,981 - 1.06% -
1966 5,581,386 - 1.08% -
1967 5,641,807 - 1.08% -
1968 5,702,699 - 1.08% -
1969 5,763,685 - 1.07% -
1970 5,852,788 - 1.55% -
1971 5,991,102 - 2.36% -
1972 6,174,262 - 3.06% -
1973 6,388,528 - 3.47% -
1974 6,613,367 - 3.52% -
1975 6,842,947 - 3.47% -
1976 7,074,664 - 3.39% -
1977 7,317,829 - 3.44% -
1978 7,576,734 - 3.54% -
1979 7,847,207 - 3.57% -
1980 8,133,872 - 3.65% -
1981 8,435,607 - 3.71% -
1982 8,751,648 - 3.75% -
1983 9,082,983 - 3.79% -
1984 9,425,917 - 3.78% -
1985 9,779,120 - 3.75% -
1986 10,139,450 - 3.68% -
1987 10,497,858 - 3.53% -
1988 10,861,291 - 3.46% -
1989 11,238,562 - 3.47% -
1990 11,626,360 - 3.45% -
1991 12,023,529 - 3.42% -
1992 12,423,712 - 3.33% -
1993 12,827,135 - 3.25% -
1994 13,249,764 - 3.29% -
1995 13,699,778 - 3.4% -
1996 14,170,973 - 3.44% -
1997 14,660,413 - 3.45% -
1998 15,159,370 - 3.4% -
1999 15,667,235 - 3.35% -
2000 16,194,869 880 3.37% -
2001 16,747,208 890 3.41% 1.14%
2002 17,327,699 900 3.47% 1.12%
2003 17,943,712 911 3.56% 1.22%
2004 18,600,423 921 3.66% 1.1%
2005 19,291,161 921 3.71% 0%
2006 20,015,279 932 3.75% 1.19%
2007 20,778,561 821 3.81% -11.9%
2008 21,578,655 824 3.85% 0.37%
2009 22,414,773 826 3.87% 0.24%
2010 23,294,825 829 3.93% 0.36%
2011 24,218,352 832 3.96% 0.36%
2012 25,177,394 836 3.96% 0.48%
2013 26,165,620 839 3.93% 0.36%
2014 27,160,769 842 3.8% 0.36%
2015 28,157,798 1,000 3.67% 18.8%
2016 29,183,070 - 3.64% 0%
2017 30,234,839 1,000 3.6% 0%
2018 31,297,155 - 3.51% 0%
2019 32,375,632 1,000 3.45% 0%
2020 33,451,132 987 3.32% -1.29%
2021 34,532,429 970 3.23% -1.68%
2022 35,635,029 944 3.19% -2.66%
2023 36,749,906 922 3.13% -2.34%
2024 37,885,849 933 3.09% 1.2%
2025 39,040,029 939 3.05% 0.59%
2026 40,215,174 952 3.01% 1.37%
2027 41,415,119 974 2.98% 2.32%
2028 42,641,677 985 2.96% 1.13%
2029 43,891,847 983 2.93% -0.19%
2030 45,160,453 976 2.89% -0.75%
2031 46,449,962 968 2.86% -0.75%
2032 47,759,505 968 2.82% 0%
2033 49,091,470 988 2.79% 2.09%
2034 50,447,449 992 2.76% 0.37%
2035 51,821,711 1,000 2.72% 0.74%
2036 53,215,935 998 2.69% -0.18%
2037 54,625,858 1,003 2.65% 0.55%
2038 56,053,776 1,022 2.61% 1.83%
2039 57,501,906 1,060 2.58% 3.78%
2040 58,965,319 1,095 2.54% 3.3%
2041 60,441,178 1,127 2.5% 2.86%
2042 61,927,899 1,149 2.46% 1.96%
2043 63,430,872 1,169 2.43% 1.76%
2044 64,945,294 1,186 2.39% 1.42%
2045 66,464,320 1,209 2.34% 2.02%
2046 68,000,587 1,224 2.31% 1.22%
2047 69,554,157 1,248 2.28% 1.95%
2048 71,118,776 1,272 2.25% 1.92%
2049 72,701,379 1,296 2.23% 1.88%
2050 74,295,387 1,325 2.19% 2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.

Biggest cities by population

Angola
City Population
Luanda 2.49M
Huambo 844K
Cabinda 739K
Benguela 562K
Lobito 436K
Luena 357K
N'zeto 47.8K
Ambriz 22.7K
Vatican
City Population
Vatican City 882

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