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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Vatican	Belarus	Vatican
1960	8,198,000	-	-	-
1961	8,271,216	-	0.89%	-
1962	8,351,928	-	0.98%	-
1963	8,437,232	-	1.02%	-
1964	8,524,224	-	1.03%	-
1965	8,610,000	-	1.01%	-
1966	8,696,496	-	1%	-
1967	8,785,648	-	1.03%	-
1968	8,874,552	-	1.01%	-
1969	8,960,304	-	0.97%	-
1970	9,040,000	-	0.89%	-
1971	9,115,576	-	0.84%	-
1972	9,188,968	-	0.81%	-
1973	9,257,272	-	0.74%	-
1974	9,317,584	-	0.65%	-
1975	9,367,000	-	0.53%	-
1976	9,411,000	-	0.47%	-
1977	9,463,000	-	0.55%	-
1978	9,525,000	-	0.66%	-
1979	9,584,000	-	0.62%	-
1980	9,643,000	-	0.62%	-
1981	9,710,000	-	0.69%	-
1982	9,776,000	-	0.68%	-
1983	9,843,000	-	0.69%	-
1984	9,910,000	-	0.68%	-
1985	9,975,000	-	0.66%	-
1986	10,043,000	-	0.68%	-
1987	10,111,000	-	0.68%	-
1988	10,140,000	-	0.29%	-
1989	10,170,000	-	0.3%	-
1990	10,189,348	-	0.19%	-
1991	10,194,050	-	0.05%	-
1992	10,216,470	-	0.22%	-
1993	10,239,050	-	0.22%	-
1994	10,226,955	-	-0.12%	-
1995	10,193,831	-	-0.32%	-
1996	10,159,569	-	-0.34%	-
1997	10,117,433	-	-0.41%	-
1998	10,071,963	-	-0.45%	-
1999	10,026,738	-	-0.45%	-
2000	9,979,610	880	-0.47%	-
2001	9,928,549	890	-0.51%	1.14%
2002	9,865,548	900	-0.63%	1.12%
2003	9,796,749	911	-0.7%	1.22%
2004	9,730,146	921	-0.68%	1.1%
2005	9,663,915	921	-0.68%	0%
2006	9,604,924	932	-0.61%	1.19%
2007	9,560,953	821	-0.46%	-11.9%
2008	9,527,985	824	-0.34%	0.37%
2009	9,504,583	826	-0.25%	0.24%
2010	9,483,836	829	-0.22%	0.36%
2011	9,461,643	832	-0.23%	0.36%
2012	9,446,836	836	-0.16%	0.48%
2013	9,443,211	839	-0.04%	0.36%
2014	9,448,515	842	0.06%	0.36%
2015	9,461,076	1,000	0.13%	18.8%
2016	9,469,379	-	0.09%	0%
2017	9,458,989	1,000	-0.11%	0%
2018	9,438,785	-	-0.21%	0%
2019	9,419,758	1,000	-0.2%	0%
2020	9,379,952	987	-0.42%	-1.29%
2021	9,302,585	970	-0.82%	-1.68%
2022	9,228,071	944	-0.8%	-2.66%
2023	9,178,298	922	-0.54%	-2.34%
2024	9,132,629	933	-0.5%	1.2%
2025	9,073,036	939	-0.65%	0.59%
2026	9,011,944	952	-0.67%	1.37%
2027	8,950,041	974	-0.69%	2.32%
2028	8,887,762	985	-0.7%	1.13%
2029	8,824,424	983	-0.71%	-0.19%
2030	8,760,466	976	-0.72%	-0.75%
2031	8,696,768	968	-0.73%	-0.75%
2032	8,633,068	968	-0.73%	0%
2033	8,569,172	988	-0.74%	2.09%
2034	8,505,555	992	-0.74%	0.37%
2035	8,442,461	1,000	-0.74%	0.74%
2036	8,379,897	998	-0.74%	-0.18%
2037	8,317,831	1,003	-0.74%	0.55%
2038	8,255,917	1,022	-0.74%	1.83%
2039	8,193,893	1,060	-0.75%	3.78%
2040	8,132,083	1,095	-0.75%	3.3%
2041	8,070,545	1,127	-0.76%	2.86%
2042	8,009,602	1,149	-0.76%	1.96%
2043	7,949,312	1,169	-0.75%	1.76%
2044	7,889,014	1,186	-0.76%	1.42%
2045	7,828,555	1,209	-0.77%	2.02%
2046	7,767,902	1,224	-0.77%	1.22%
2047	7,706,676	1,248	-0.79%	1.95%
2048	7,644,179	1,272	-0.81%	1.92%
2049	7,580,508	1,296	-0.83%	1.88%
2050	7,516,034	1,325	-0.85%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.