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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Vatican	Australia	Vatican
1960	10,276,477	-	-	-
1961	10,483,000	-	2.01%	-
1962	10,742,000	-	2.47%	-
1963	10,950,000	-	1.94%	-
1964	11,167,000	-	1.98%	-
1965	11,388,000	-	1.98%	-
1966	11,651,000	-	2.31%	-
1967	11,799,000	-	1.27%	-
1968	12,009,000	-	1.78%	-
1969	12,263,000	-	2.12%	-
1970	12,507,000	-	1.99%	-
1971	12,937,000	-	3.44%	-
1972	13,177,000	-	1.86%	-
1973	13,380,000	-	1.54%	-
1974	13,723,000	-	2.56%	-
1975	13,893,000	-	1.24%	-
1976	14,033,000	-	1.01%	-
1977	14,192,000	-	1.13%	-
1978	14,358,000	-	1.17%	-
1979	14,514,000	-	1.09%	-
1980	14,692,000	-	1.23%	-
1981	14,923,260	-	1.57%	-
1982	15,184,247	-	1.75%	-
1983	15,393,472	-	1.38%	-
1984	15,579,391	-	1.21%	-
1985	15,788,312	-	1.34%	-
1986	16,018,350	-	1.46%	-
1987	16,263,874	-	1.53%	-
1988	16,532,164	-	1.65%	-
1989	16,814,416	-	1.71%	-
1990	17,065,128	-	1.49%	-
1991	17,284,036	-	1.28%	-
1992	17,478,635	-	1.13%	-
1993	17,634,808	-	0.89%	-
1994	17,805,468	-	0.97%	-
1995	18,004,882	-	1.12%	-
1996	18,224,767	-	1.22%	-
1997	18,423,037	-	1.09%	-
1998	18,607,584	-	1%	-
1999	18,812,264	-	1.1%	-
2000	19,028,802	880	1.15%	-
2001	19,274,701	890	1.29%	1.14%
2002	19,495,210	900	1.14%	1.12%
2003	19,720,737	911	1.16%	1.22%
2004	19,932,722	921	1.07%	1.1%
2005	20,176,844	921	1.22%	0%
2006	20,450,966	932	1.36%	1.19%
2007	20,827,622	821	1.84%	-11.9%
2008	21,249,199	824	2.02%	0.37%
2009	21,691,653	826	2.08%	0.24%
2010	22,031,750	829	1.57%	0.36%
2011	22,340,024	832	1.4%	0.36%
2012	22,733,465	836	1.76%	0.48%
2013	23,128,129	839	1.74%	0.36%
2014	23,475,686	842	1.5%	0.36%
2015	23,815,995	1,000	1.45%	18.8%
2016	24,190,907	-	1.57%	0%
2017	24,592,588	1,000	1.66%	0%
2018	24,963,258	-	1.51%	0%
2019	25,334,826	1,000	1.49%	0%
2020	25,649,248	987	1.24%	-1.29%
2021	25,685,412	970	0.14%	-1.68%
2022	26,014,399	944	1.28%	-2.66%
2023	26,652,777	922	2.45%	-2.34%
2024	27,204,809	933	2.07%	1.2%
2025	27,470,426	939	0.98%	0.59%
2026	27,728,157	952	0.94%	1.37%
2027	27,979,877	974	0.91%	2.32%
2028	28,228,958	985	0.89%	1.13%
2029	28,471,054	983	0.86%	-0.19%
2030	28,707,292	976	0.83%	-0.75%
2031	28,940,769	968	0.81%	-0.75%
2032	29,169,013	968	0.79%	0%
2033	29,392,748	988	0.77%	2.09%
2034	29,614,137	992	0.75%	0.37%
2035	29,835,307	1,000	0.75%	0.74%
2036	30,056,752	998	0.74%	-0.18%
2037	30,273,692	1,003	0.72%	0.55%
2038	30,488,994	1,022	0.71%	1.83%
2039	30,703,245	1,060	0.7%	3.78%
2040	30,916,122	1,095	0.69%	3.3%
2041	31,132,858	1,127	0.7%	2.86%
2042	31,352,893	1,149	0.71%	1.96%
2043	31,572,750	1,169	0.7%	1.76%
2044	31,790,565	1,186	0.69%	1.42%
2045	32,009,555	1,209	0.69%	2.02%
2046	32,232,946	1,224	0.7%	1.22%
2047	32,452,651	1,248	0.68%	1.95%
2048	32,672,016	1,272	0.68%	1.92%
2049	32,891,546	1,296	0.67%	1.88%
2050	33,105,190	1,325	0.65%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.