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	83,177,813	944	-0.02%	-2.66%
2023	83,287,273	922	0.13%	-2.34%
2024	83,516,593	933	0.28%	1.2%
2025	83,045,276	939	-0.56%	0.59%
2026	82,619,736	952	-0.51%	1.37%
2027	82,420,656	974	-0.24%	2.32%
2028	82,209,650	985	-0.26%	1.13%
2029	81,988,746	983	-0.27%	-0.19%
2030	81,767,011	976	-0.27%	-0.75%
2031	81,541,291	968	-0.28%	-0.75%
2032	81,315,327	968	-0.28%	0%
2033	81,094,150	988	-0.27%	2.09%
2034	80,879,704	992	-0.26%	0.37%
2035	80,669,570	1,000	-0.26%	0.74%
2036	80,445,835	998	-0.28%	-0.18%
2037	80,222,108	1,003	-0.28%	0.55%
2038	80,001,936	1,022	-0.27%	1.83%
2039	79,780,699	1,060	-0.28%	3.78%
2040	79,565,092	1,095	-0.27%	3.3%
2041	79,361,541	1,127	-0.26%	2.86%
2042	79,167,400	1,149	-0.24%	1.96%
2043	78,962,964	1,169	-0.26%	1.76%
2044	78,743,160	1,186	-0.28%	1.42%
2045	78,518,131	1,209	-0.29%	2.02%
2046	78,293,579	1,224	-0.29%	1.22%
2047	78,066,226	1,248	-0.29%	1.95%
2048	77,826,011	1,272	-0.31%	1.92%
2049	77,578,876	1,296	-0.32%	1.88%
2050	77,335,610	1,325	-0.31%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Germany decreased by 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Germany gained 271,067 (a 0.33% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Germany was ranked 14th most populous country in 2006 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.