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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Vatican	Colombia	Vatican
1960	15,606,209	-	-	-
1961	16,095,203	-	3.13%	-
1962	16,599,029	-	3.13%	-
1963	17,113,823	-	3.1%	-
1964	17,637,411	-	3.06%	-
1965	18,169,050	-	3.01%	-
1966	18,702,688	-	2.94%	-
1967	19,235,618	-	2.85%	-
1968	19,766,796	-	2.76%	-
1969	20,291,942	-	2.66%	-
1970	20,811,782	-	2.56%	-
1971	21,319,096	-	2.44%	-
1972	21,819,563	-	2.35%	-
1973	22,325,374	-	2.32%	-
1974	22,833,469	-	2.28%	-
1975	23,344,644	-	2.24%	-
1976	23,858,810	-	2.2%	-
1977	24,393,494	-	2.24%	-
1978	24,950,337	-	2.28%	-
1979	25,515,626	-	2.27%	-
1980	26,104,498	-	2.31%	-
1981	26,713,267	-	2.33%	-
1982	27,338,331	-	2.34%	-
1983	27,988,173	-	2.38%	-
1984	28,642,690	-	2.34%	-
1985	29,268,470	-	2.18%	-
1986	29,879,112	-	2.09%	-
1987	30,499,467	-	2.08%	-
1988	31,130,524	-	2.07%	-
1989	31,776,279	-	2.07%	-
1990	32,440,069	-	2.09%	-
1991	33,098,372	-	2.03%	-
1992	33,760,571	-	2%	-
1993	34,441,473	-	2.02%	-
1994	35,127,410	-	1.99%	-
1995	35,804,662	-	1.93%	-
1996	36,462,745	-	1.84%	-
1997	37,121,149	-	1.81%	-
1998	37,792,165	-	1.81%	-
1999	38,454,863	-	1.75%	-
2000	39,089,934	880	1.65%	-
2001	39,709,262	890	1.58%	1.14%
2002	40,324,680	900	1.55%	1.12%
2003	40,937,429	911	1.52%	1.22%
2004	41,543,171	921	1.48%	1.1%
2005	42,128,977	921	1.41%	0%
2006	42,691,084	932	1.33%	1.19%
2007	43,235,374	821	1.27%	-11.9%
2008	43,758,808	824	1.21%	0.37%
2009	44,271,541	826	1.17%	0.24%
2010	44,777,319	829	1.14%	0.36%
2011	45,259,614	832	1.08%	0.36%
2012	45,715,810	836	1.01%	0.48%
2013	46,151,584	839	0.95%	0.36%
2014	46,565,429	842	0.9%	0.36%
2015	46,969,940	1,000	0.87%	18.8%
2016	47,437,512	-	1%	0%
2017	48,131,078	1,000	1.46%	0%
2018	49,024,465	-	1.86%	0%
2019	49,907,985	1,000	1.8%	0%
2020	50,629,997	987	1.45%	-1.29%
2021	51,188,173	970	1.1%	-1.68%
2022	51,737,944	944	1.07%	-2.66%
2023	52,321,152	922	1.13%	-2.34%
2024	52,886,363	933	1.08%	1.2%
2025	53,425,632	939	1.02%	0.59%
2026	53,936,234	952	0.96%	1.37%
2027	54,422,275	974	0.9%	2.32%
2028	54,885,123	985	0.85%	1.13%
2029	55,322,627	983	0.8%	-0.19%
2030	55,736,477	976	0.75%	-0.75%
2031	56,125,966	968	0.7%	-0.75%
2032	56,490,496	968	0.65%	0%
2033	56,832,264	988	0.61%	2.09%
2034	57,151,619	992	0.56%	0.37%
2035	57,445,755	1,000	0.51%	0.74%
2036	57,716,869	998	0.47%	-0.18%
2037	57,965,300	1,003	0.43%	0.55%
2038	58,190,082	1,022	0.39%	1.83%
2039	58,394,310	1,060	0.35%	3.78%
2040	58,576,452	1,095	0.31%	3.3%
2041	58,736,886	1,127	0.27%	2.86%
2042	58,878,126	1,149	0.24%	1.96%
2043	59,000,362	1,169	0.21%	1.76%
2044	59,104,592	1,186	0.18%	1.42%
2045	59,190,826	1,209	0.15%	2.02%
2046	59,259,758	1,224	0.12%	1.22%
2047	59,313,132	1,248	0.09%	1.95%
2048	59,351,262	1,272	0.06%	1.92%
2049	59,375,012	1,296	0.04%	1.88%
2050	59,385,355	1,325	0.02%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.