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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Vatican	Denmark	Vatican
1960	4,579,603	-	-	-
1961	4,611,687	-	0.7%	-
1962	4,647,727	-	0.78%	-
1963	4,684,483	-	0.79%	-
1964	4,722,072	-	0.8%	-
1965	4,759,012	-	0.78%	-
1966	4,797,381	-	0.81%	-
1967	4,835,354	-	0.79%	-
1968	4,864,883	-	0.61%	-
1969	4,891,860	-	0.55%	-
1970	4,928,757	-	0.75%	-
1971	4,963,126	-	0.7%	-
1972	4,991,596	-	0.57%	-
1973	5,021,861	-	0.61%	-
1974	5,045,297	-	0.47%	-
1975	5,059,862	-	0.29%	-
1976	5,072,596	-	0.25%	-
1977	5,088,419	-	0.31%	-
1978	5,104,248	-	0.31%	-
1979	5,116,801	-	0.25%	-
1980	5,123,027	-	0.12%	-
1981	5,121,572	-	-0.03%	-
1982	5,117,810	-	-0.07%	-
1983	5,114,297	-	-0.07%	-
1984	5,111,619	-	-0.05%	-
1985	5,113,691	-	0.04%	-
1986	5,120,534	-	0.13%	-
1987	5,127,024	-	0.13%	-
1988	5,129,516	-	0.05%	-
1989	5,132,594	-	0.06%	-
1990	5,140,939	-	0.16%	-
1991	5,154,298	-	0.26%	-
1992	5,171,370	-	0.33%	-
1993	5,188,628	-	0.33%	-
1994	5,206,180	-	0.34%	-
1995	5,233,373	-	0.52%	-
1996	5,263,074	-	0.57%	-
1997	5,284,991	-	0.42%	-
1998	5,304,219	-	0.36%	-
1999	5,321,799	-	0.33%	-
2000	5,339,616	880	0.33%	-
2001	5,358,783	890	0.36%	1.14%
2002	5,375,931	900	0.32%	1.12%
2003	5,390,574	911	0.27%	1.22%
2004	5,404,523	921	0.26%	1.1%
2005	5,419,432	921	0.28%	0%
2006	5,437,272	932	0.33%	1.19%
2007	5,461,438	821	0.44%	-11.9%
2008	5,493,621	824	0.59%	0.37%
2009	5,523,095	826	0.54%	0.24%
2010	5,547,683	829	0.45%	0.36%
2011	5,570,572	832	0.41%	0.36%
2012	5,591,572	836	0.38%	0.48%
2013	5,614,932	839	0.42%	0.36%
2014	5,643,475	842	0.51%	0.36%
2015	5,683,483	1,000	0.71%	18.8%
2016	5,728,010	-	0.78%	0%
2017	5,764,980	1,000	0.65%	0%
2018	5,793,636	-	0.5%	0%
2019	5,814,422	1,000	0.36%	0%
2020	5,831,404	987	0.29%	-1.29%
2021	5,856,733	970	0.43%	-1.68%
2022	5,903,037	944	0.79%	-2.66%
2023	5,946,952	922	0.74%	-2.34%
2024	5,976,992	933	0.51%	1.2%
2025	6,002,090	939	0.42%	0.59%
2026	6,023,091	952	0.35%	1.37%
2027	6,041,010	974	0.3%	2.32%
2028	6,056,755	985	0.26%	1.13%
2029	6,070,186	983	0.22%	-0.19%
2030	6,081,559	976	0.19%	-0.75%
2031	6,091,513	968	0.16%	-0.75%
2032	6,099,943	968	0.14%	0%
2033	6,107,156	988	0.12%	2.09%
2034	6,113,785	992	0.11%	0.37%
2035	6,119,365	1,000	0.09%	0.74%
2036	6,123,874	998	0.07%	-0.18%
2037	6,127,386	1,003	0.06%	0.55%
2038	6,130,437	1,022	0.05%	1.83%
2039	6,132,752	1,060	0.04%	3.78%
2040	6,134,223	1,095	0.02%	3.3%
2041	6,135,120	1,127	0.01%	2.86%
2042	6,135,315	1,149	0.003%	1.96%
2043	6,135,244	1,169	-0.001%	1.76%
2044	6,134,789	1,186	-0.007%	1.42%
2045	6,134,218	1,209	-0.009%	2.02%
2046	6,133,182	1,224	-0.02%	1.22%
2047	6,131,427	1,248	-0.03%	1.95%
2048	6,129,548	1,272	-0.03%	1.92%
2049	6,127,293	1,296	-0.04%	1.88%
2050	6,124,397	1,325	-0.05%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Denmark increased by 290,738 people (a 5.35% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Denmark gained 295,276 (a 5.15% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2006 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.68% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 120th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.