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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Croatia	Vatican	Croatia	Vatican
1960	4,140,181	-	-	-
1961	4,167,292	-	0.65%	-
1962	4,196,712	-	0.71%	-
1963	4,225,675	-	0.69%	-
1964	4,252,876	-	0.64%	-
1965	4,280,923	-	0.66%	-
1966	4,310,701	-	0.7%	-
1967	4,338,683	-	0.65%	-
1968	4,365,628	-	0.62%	-
1969	4,391,490	-	0.59%	-
1970	4,412,252	-	0.47%	-
1971	4,431,275	-	0.43%	-
1972	4,450,564	-	0.44%	-
1973	4,470,161	-	0.44%	-
1974	4,490,660	-	0.46%	-
1975	4,512,082	-	0.48%	-
1976	4,535,934	-	0.53%	-
1977	4,559,571	-	0.52%	-
1978	4,581,085	-	0.47%	-
1979	4,594,778	-	0.3%	-
1980	4,599,782	-	0.11%	-
1981	4,611,509	-	0.25%	-
1982	4,634,234	-	0.49%	-
1983	4,658,254	-	0.52%	-
1984	4,680,285	-	0.47%	-
1985	4,701,417	-	0.45%	-
1986	4,721,446	-	0.43%	-
1987	4,739,745	-	0.39%	-
1988	4,755,207	-	0.33%	-
1989	4,767,260	-	0.25%	-
1990	4,777,368	-	0.21%	-
1991	4,689,022	-	-1.85%	-
1992	4,575,818	-	-2.41%	-
1993	4,600,463	-	0.54%	-
1994	4,652,024	-	1.12%	-
1995	4,620,030	-	-0.69%	-
1996	4,557,097	-	-1.36%	-
1997	4,534,920	-	-0.49%	-
1998	4,532,135	-	-0.06%	-
1999	4,512,597	-	-0.43%	-
2000	4,468,302	880	-0.98%	-
2001	4,299,642	890	-3.77%	1.14%
2002	4,302,174	900	0.06%	1.12%
2003	4,303,399	911	0.03%	1.22%
2004	4,304,600	921	0.03%	1.1%
2005	4,310,145	921	0.13%	0%
2006	4,311,159	932	0.02%	1.19%
2007	4,310,217	821	-0.02%	-11.9%
2008	4,309,705	824	-0.01%	0.37%
2009	4,305,181	826	-0.1%	0.24%
2010	4,295,427	829	-0.23%	0.36%
2011	4,280,622	832	-0.34%	0.36%
2012	4,260,368	836	-0.47%	0.48%
2013	4,233,922	839	-0.62%	0.36%
2014	4,201,598	842	-0.76%	0.36%
2015	4,151,725	1,000	-1.19%	18.8%
2016	4,106,867	-	-1.08%	0%
2017	4,041,407	1,000	-1.59%	0%
2018	3,988,775	-	-1.3%	0%
2019	3,949,390	1,000	-0.99%	0%
2020	3,914,206	987	-0.89%	-1.29%
2021	3,878,981	970	-0.9%	-1.68%
2022	3,855,641	944	-0.6%	-2.66%
2023	3,859,686	922	0.1%	-2.34%
2024	3,866,300	933	0.17%	1.2%
2025	3,839,202	939	-0.7%	0.59%
2026	3,813,444	952	-0.67%	1.37%
2027	3,788,509	974	-0.65%	2.32%
2028	3,764,509	985	-0.63%	1.13%
2029	3,740,864	983	-0.63%	-0.19%
2030	3,717,091	976	-0.64%	-0.75%
2031	3,693,060	968	-0.65%	-0.75%
2032	3,668,891	968	-0.65%	0%
2033	3,645,252	988	-0.64%	2.09%
2034	3,621,822	992	-0.64%	0.37%
2035	3,598,817	1,000	-0.64%	0.74%
2036	3,576,022	998	-0.63%	-0.18%
2037	3,552,470	1,003	-0.66%	0.55%
2038	3,528,382	1,022	-0.68%	1.83%
2039	3,504,319	1,060	-0.68%	3.78%
2040	3,480,182	1,095	-0.69%	3.3%
2041	3,455,709	1,127	-0.7%	2.86%
2042	3,430,926	1,149	-0.72%	1.96%
2043	3,406,019	1,169	-0.73%	1.76%
2044	3,380,680	1,186	-0.74%	1.42%
2045	3,355,131	1,209	-0.76%	2.02%
2046	3,329,736	1,224	-0.76%	1.22%
2047	3,304,173	1,248	-0.77%	1.95%
2048	3,278,352	1,272	-0.78%	1.92%
2049	3,252,533	1,296	-0.79%	1.88%
2050	3,226,623	1,325	-0.8%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Croatia decreased by 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Croatia lost -312,523 (a 7.53% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Croatia was ranked 117th most populous country in 2005 and is 129th 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) Croatia's population will shrink by 16% to 3,226,623 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.