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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Vatican	Germany	Vatican
1960	72,814,900	-	-	-
1961	73,377,632	-	0.77%	-
1962	74,025,784	-	0.88%	-
1963	74,714,353	-	0.93%	-
1964	75,318,337	-	0.81%	-
1965	75,963,695	-	0.86%	-
1966	76,600,311	-	0.84%	-
1967	76,951,336	-	0.46%	-
1968	77,294,314	-	0.45%	-
1969	77,909,682	-	0.8%	-
1970	78,169,289	-	0.33%	-
1971	78,312,842	-	0.18%	-
1972	78,688,452	-	0.48%	-
1973	78,936,666	-	0.32%	-
1974	78,967,433	-	0.04%	-
1975	78,673,554	-	-0.37%	-
1976	78,336,950	-	-0.43%	-
1977	78,159,814	-	-0.23%	-
1978	78,091,820	-	-0.09%	-
1979	78,126,350	-	0.04%	-
1980	78,288,576	-	0.21%	-
1981	78,407,907	-	0.15%	-
1982	78,333,366	-	-0.1%	-
1983	78,128,282	-	-0.26%	-
1984	77,858,685	-	-0.35%	-
1985	77,684,873	-	-0.22%	-
1986	77,720,436	-	0.05%	-
1987	77,839,920	-	0.15%	-
1988	78,144,619	-	0.39%	-
1989	78,751,283	-	0.78%	-
1990	79,433,029	-	0.87%	-
1991	80,013,896	-	0.73%	-
1992	80,624,598	-	0.76%	-
1993	81,156,363	-	0.66%	-
1994	81,438,348	-	0.35%	-
1995	81,678,051	-	0.29%	-
1996	81,914,831	-	0.29%	-
1997	82,034,771	-	0.15%	-
1998	82,047,195	-	0.02%	-
1999	82,100,243	-	0.06%	-
2000	82,211,508	880	0.14%	-
2001	82,349,925	890	0.17%	1.14%
2002	82,488,495	900	0.17%	1.12%
2003	82,534,176	911	0.06%	1.22%
2004	82,516,260	921	-0.02%	1.1%
2005	82,469,422	921	-0.06%	0%
2006	82,376,451	932	-0.11%	1.19%
2007	82,266,372	821	-0.13%	-11.9%
2008	82,110,097	824	-0.19%	0.37%
2009	81,902,307	826	-0.25%	0.24%
2010	81,776,930	829	-0.15%	0.36%
2011	80,274,983	832	-1.84%	0.36%
2012	80,425,823	836	0.19%	0.48%
2013	80,645,605	839	0.27%	0.36%
2014	80,982,500	842	0.42%	0.36%
2015	81,686,611	1,000	0.87%	18.8%
2016	82,348,669	-	0.81%	0%
2017	82,657,002	1,000	0.37%	0%
2018	82,905,782	-	0.3%	0%
2019	83,092,962	1,000	0.23%	0%
2020	83,160,871	987	0.08%	-1.29%
2021	83,196,078	970	0.04%	-1.68%
2022	83,797,985	944	0.72%	-2.66%
2023	83,901,923	922	0.12%	-2.34%
2024	83,510,950	933	-0.47%	1.2%
2025	83,039,665	939	-0.56%	0.59%
2026	82,614,154	952	-0.51%	1.37%
2027	82,415,087	974	-0.24%	2.32%
2028	82,204,095	985	-0.26%	1.13%
2029	81,983,207	983	-0.27%	-0.19%
2030	81,761,486	976	-0.27%	-0.75%
2031	81,535,782	968	-0.28%	-0.75%
2032	81,309,833	968	-0.28%	0%
2033	81,088,671	988	-0.27%	2.09%
2034	80,874,239	992	-0.26%	0.37%
2035	80,664,119	1,000	-0.26%	0.74%
2036	80,440,400	998	-0.28%	-0.18%
2037	80,216,687	1,003	-0.28%	0.55%
2038	79,996,530	1,022	-0.27%	1.83%
2039	79,775,309	1,060	-0.28%	3.78%
2040	79,559,716	1,095	-0.27%	3.3%
2041	79,356,179	1,127	-0.26%	2.86%
2042	79,162,051	1,149	-0.24%	1.96%
2043	78,957,628	1,169	-0.26%	1.76%
2044	78,737,840	1,186	-0.28%	1.42%
2045	78,512,825	1,209	-0.29%	2.02%
2046	78,288,289	1,224	-0.29%	1.22%
2047	78,060,952	1,248	-0.29%	1.95%
2048	77,820,753	1,272	-0.31%	1.92%
2049	77,573,634	1,296	-0.32%	1.88%
2050	77,330,385	1,325	-0.31%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.