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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Vatican	Canada	Vatican
1960	17,909,356	-	-	-
1961	18,271,000	-	2.02%	-
1962	18,614,000	-	1.88%	-
1963	18,964,000	-	1.88%	-
1964	19,325,000	-	1.9%	-
1965	19,678,000	-	1.83%	-
1966	20,048,000	-	1.88%	-
1967	20,412,000	-	1.82%	-
1968	20,744,000	-	1.63%	-
1969	21,028,000	-	1.37%	-
1970	21,324,000	-	1.41%	-
1971	21,962,032	-	2.99%	-
1972	22,218,463	-	1.17%	-
1973	22,491,777	-	1.23%	-
1974	22,807,969	-	1.41%	-
1975	23,143,275	-	1.47%	-
1976	23,449,808	-	1.32%	-
1977	23,725,843	-	1.18%	-
1978	23,963,203	-	1%	-
1979	24,201,544	-	0.99%	-
1980	24,515,667	-	1.3%	-
1981	24,819,915	-	1.24%	-
1982	25,116,942	-	1.2%	-
1983	25,366,451	-	0.99%	-
1984	25,607,053	-	0.95%	-
1985	25,842,116	-	0.92%	-
1986	26,100,278	-	1%	-
1987	26,446,601	-	1.33%	-
1988	26,791,747	-	1.31%	-
1989	27,276,781	-	1.81%	-
1990	27,691,138	-	1.52%	-
1991	28,037,420	-	1.25%	-
1992	28,371,264	-	1.19%	-
1993	28,684,764	-	1.1%	-
1994	29,000,663	-	1.1%	-
1995	29,302,311	-	1.04%	-
1996	29,610,218	-	1.05%	-
1997	29,905,948	-	1%	-
1998	30,155,173	-	0.83%	-
1999	30,401,286	-	0.82%	-
2000	30,685,730	880	0.94%	-
2001	31,020,855	890	1.09%	1.14%
2002	31,359,199	900	1.09%	1.12%
2003	31,642,461	911	0.9%	1.22%
2004	31,938,807	921	0.94%	1.1%
2005	32,242,732	921	0.95%	0%
2006	32,571,193	932	1.02%	1.19%
2007	32,888,886	821	0.98%	-11.9%
2008	33,247,298	824	1.09%	0.37%
2009	33,630,069	826	1.15%	0.24%
2010	34,005,902	829	1.12%	0.36%
2011	34,339,221	832	0.98%	0.36%
2012	34,713,395	836	1.09%	0.48%
2013	35,080,992	839	1.06%	0.36%
2014	35,434,066	842	1.01%	0.36%
2015	35,704,498	1,000	0.76%	18.8%
2016	36,110,803	-	1.14%	0%
2017	36,545,075	1,000	1.2%	0%
2018	37,072,620	-	1.44%	0%
2019	37,618,495	1,000	1.47%	0%
2020	38,028,638	987	1.09%	-1.29%
2021	38,239,864	970	0.56%	-1.68%
2022	38,935,934	944	1.82%	-2.66%
2023	40,083,484	922	2.95%	-2.34%
2024	41,288,599	933	3.01%	1.2%
2025	41,687,850	939	0.97%	0.59%
2026	42,042,113	952	0.85%	1.37%
2027	42,368,857	974	0.78%	2.32%
2028	42,683,927	985	0.74%	1.13%
2029	42,986,030	983	0.71%	-0.19%
2030	43,276,190	976	0.68%	-0.75%
2031	43,559,839	968	0.66%	-0.75%
2032	43,833,228	968	0.63%	0%
2033	44,089,067	988	0.58%	2.09%
2034	44,336,794	992	0.56%	0.37%
2035	44,574,481	1,000	0.54%	0.74%
2036	44,802,196	998	0.51%	-0.18%
2037	45,029,252	1,003	0.51%	0.55%
2038	45,250,482	1,022	0.49%	1.83%
2039	45,461,809	1,060	0.47%	3.78%
2040	45,661,339	1,095	0.44%	3.3%
2041	45,855,081	1,127	0.42%	2.86%
2042	46,046,286	1,149	0.42%	1.96%
2043	46,232,447	1,169	0.4%	1.76%
2044	46,413,908	1,186	0.39%	1.42%
2045	46,594,973	1,209	0.39%	2.02%
2046	46,768,120	1,224	0.37%	1.22%
2047	46,930,946	1,248	0.35%	1.95%
2048	47,092,745	1,272	0.34%	1.92%
2049	47,246,217	1,296	0.33%	1.88%
2050	47,396,788	1,325	0.32%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.