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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Vatican	Bolivia	Vatican
1960	3,702,323	-	-	-
1961	3,778,731	-	2.06%	-
1962	3,857,493	-	2.08%	-
1963	3,938,913	-	2.11%	-
1964	4,022,996	-	2.13%	-
1965	4,109,796	-	2.16%	-
1966	4,199,550	-	2.18%	-
1967	4,292,572	-	2.22%	-
1968	4,388,944	-	2.25%	-
1969	4,488,232	-	2.26%	-
1970	4,590,010	-	2.27%	-
1971	4,694,342	-	2.27%	-
1972	4,800,978	-	2.27%	-
1973	4,910,200	-	2.27%	-
1974	5,022,475	-	2.29%	-
1975	5,137,539	-	2.29%	-
1976	5,256,496	-	2.32%	-
1977	5,379,166	-	2.33%	-
1978	5,504,123	-	2.32%	-
1979	5,630,849	-	2.3%	-
1980	5,758,900	-	2.27%	-
1981	5,888,109	-	2.24%	-
1982	6,018,088	-	2.21%	-
1983	6,149,060	-	2.18%	-
1984	6,281,868	-	2.16%	-
1985	6,416,185	-	2.14%	-
1986	6,552,479	-	2.12%	-
1987	6,692,162	-	2.13%	-
1988	6,835,508	-	2.14%	-
1989	6,981,766	-	2.14%	-
1990	7,130,142	-	2.13%	-
1991	7,280,289	-	2.11%	-
1992	7,430,336	-	2.06%	-
1993	7,579,195	-	2%	-
1994	7,727,322	-	1.95%	-
1995	7,874,676	-	1.91%	-
1996	8,021,736	-	1.87%	-
1997	8,167,900	-	1.82%	-
1998	8,313,394	-	1.78%	-
1999	8,459,806	-	1.76%	-
2000	8,606,326	880	1.73%	-
2001	8,752,736	890	1.7%	1.14%
2002	8,900,355	900	1.69%	1.12%
2003	9,050,700	911	1.69%	1.22%
2004	9,204,287	921	1.7%	1.1%
2005	9,360,754	921	1.7%	0%
2006	9,521,689	932	1.72%	1.19%
2007	9,685,960	821	1.73%	-11.9%
2008	9,850,858	824	1.7%	0.37%
2009	10,016,275	826	1.68%	0.24%
2010	10,182,345	829	1.66%	0.36%
2011	10,348,929	832	1.64%	0.36%
2012	10,515,807	836	1.61%	0.48%
2013	10,682,608	839	1.59%	0.36%
2014	10,848,888	842	1.56%	0.36%
2015	11,014,705	1,000	1.53%	18.8%
2016	11,180,020	-	1.5%	0%
2017	11,344,587	1,000	1.47%	0%
2018	11,508,368	-	1.44%	0%
2019	11,671,386	1,000	1.42%	0%
2020	11,816,299	987	1.24%	-1.29%
2021	11,937,360	970	1.02%	-1.68%
2022	12,077,154	944	1.17%	-2.66%
2023	12,244,159	922	1.38%	-2.34%
2024	12,413,315	933	1.38%	1.2%
2025	12,581,842	939	1.36%	0.59%
2026	12,749,291	952	1.33%	1.37%
2027	12,915,581	974	1.3%	2.32%
2028	13,080,490	985	1.28%	1.13%
2029	13,243,771	983	1.25%	-0.19%
2030	13,405,558	976	1.22%	-0.75%
2031	13,565,504	968	1.19%	-0.75%
2032	13,723,365	968	1.16%	0%
2033	13,879,048	988	1.13%	2.09%
2034	14,032,573	992	1.11%	0.37%
2035	14,183,821	1,000	1.08%	0.74%
2036	14,332,310	998	1.05%	-0.18%
2037	14,478,101	1,003	1.02%	0.55%
2038	14,621,400	1,022	0.99%	1.83%
2039	14,761,945	1,060	0.96%	3.78%
2040	14,899,391	1,095	0.93%	3.3%
2041	15,033,982	1,127	0.9%	2.86%
2042	15,165,741	1,149	0.88%	1.96%
2043	15,294,503	1,169	0.85%	1.76%
2044	15,420,207	1,186	0.82%	1.42%
2045	15,542,783	1,209	0.79%	2.02%
2046	15,662,310	1,224	0.77%	1.22%
2047	15,778,742	1,248	0.74%	1.95%
2048	15,892,248	1,272	0.72%	1.92%
2049	16,002,807	1,296	0.7%	1.88%
2050	16,110,156	1,325	0.67%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th 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) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.7% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.