Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Vatican	Equatorial Guinea	Vatican
1960	269,807	-	-	-
1961	274,896	-	1.89%	-
1962	280,286	-	1.96%	-
1963	285,965	-	2.03%	-
1964	291,942	-	2.09%	-
1965	298,238	-	2.16%	-
1966	304,859	-	2.22%	-
1967	311,805	-	2.28%	-
1968	318,849	-	2.26%	-
1969	322,517	-	1.15%	-
1970	320,803	-	-0.53%	-
1971	315,940	-	-1.52%	-
1972	309,468	-	-2.05%	-
1973	302,281	-	-2.32%	-
1974	294,953	-	-2.42%	-
1975	287,901	-	-2.39%	-
1976	281,031	-	-2.39%	-
1977	276,779	-	-1.51%	-
1978	276,531	-	-0.09%	-
1979	279,846	-	1.2%	-
1980	288,644	-	3.14%	-
1981	303,252	-	5.06%	-
1982	322,216	-	6.25%	-
1983	343,421	-	6.58%	-
1984	364,899	-	6.25%	-
1985	385,547	-	5.66%	-
1986	404,728	-	4.98%	-
1987	422,522	-	4.4%	-
1988	439,651	-	4.05%	-
1989	456,808	-	3.9%	-
1990	474,274	-	3.82%	-
1991	492,217	-	3.78%	-
1992	510,770	-	3.77%	-
1993	530,023	-	3.77%	-
1994	550,138	-	3.8%	-
1995	571,264	-	3.84%	-
1996	593,492	-	3.89%	-
1997	616,893	-	3.94%	-
1998	641,474	-	3.98%	-
1999	667,214	-	4.01%	-
2000	703,279	880	5.41%	-
2001	749,836	890	6.62%	1.14%
2002	797,957	900	6.42%	1.12%
2003	847,862	911	6.25%	1.22%
2004	899,917	921	6.14%	1.1%
2005	947,367	921	5.27%	0%
2006	990,343	932	4.54%	1.19%
2007	1,036,044	821	4.61%	-11.9%
2008	1,084,530	824	4.68%	0.37%
2009	1,135,673	826	4.72%	0.24%
2010	1,189,085	829	4.7%	0.36%
2011	1,241,835	832	4.44%	0.36%
2012	1,293,483	836	4.16%	0.48%
2013	1,346,218	839	4.08%	0.36%
2014	1,399,828	842	3.98%	0.36%
2015	1,453,923	1,000	3.86%	18.8%
2016	1,508,186	-	3.73%	0%
2017	1,562,396	1,000	3.59%	0%
2018	1,616,422	-	3.46%	0%
2019	1,670,177	1,000	3.33%	0%
2020	1,716,468	987	2.77%	-1.29%
2021	1,758,786	970	2.47%	-1.68%
2022	1,803,545	944	2.54%	-2.66%
2023	1,847,549	922	2.44%	-2.34%
2024	1,892,516	933	2.43%	1.2%
2025	1,938,427	939	2.43%	0.59%
2026	1,984,463	952	2.37%	1.37%
2027	2,030,749	974	2.33%	2.32%
2028	2,077,253	985	2.29%	1.13%
2029	2,123,699	983	2.24%	-0.19%
2030	2,170,434	976	2.2%	-0.75%
2031	2,218,077	968	2.2%	-0.75%
2032	2,267,025	968	2.21%	0%
2033	2,315,991	988	2.16%	2.09%
2034	2,364,847	992	2.11%	0.37%
2035	2,414,263	1,000	2.09%	0.74%
2036	2,463,880	998	2.06%	-0.18%
2037	2,513,955	1,003	2.03%	0.55%
2038	2,564,843	1,022	2.02%	1.83%
2039	2,615,417	1,060	1.97%	3.78%
2040	2,665,575	1,095	1.92%	3.3%
2041	2,715,477	1,127	1.87%	2.86%
2042	2,764,764	1,149	1.82%	1.96%
2043	2,813,769	1,169	1.77%	1.76%
2044	2,862,511	1,186	1.73%	1.42%
2045	2,911,227	1,209	1.7%	2.02%
2046	2,959,088	1,224	1.64%	1.22%
2047	3,005,551	1,248	1.57%	1.95%
2048	3,051,480	1,272	1.53%	1.92%
2049	3,097,625	1,296	1.51%	1.88%
2050	3,143,719	1,325	1.49%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th 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) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.