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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Vatican	Greece	Vatican
1960	8,331,725	-	-	-
1961	8,398,050	-	0.8%	-
1962	8,448,233	-	0.6%	-
1963	8,479,625	-	0.37%	-
1964	8,510,429	-	0.36%	-
1965	8,550,333	-	0.47%	-
1966	8,613,651	-	0.74%	-
1967	8,684,088	-	0.82%	-
1968	8,740,765	-	0.65%	-
1969	8,772,764	-	0.37%	-
1970	8,792,806	-	0.23%	-
1971	8,831,036	-	0.43%	-
1972	8,888,628	-	0.65%	-
1973	8,929,086	-	0.46%	-
1974	8,962,022	-	0.37%	-
1975	9,046,541	-	0.94%	-
1976	9,188,150	-	1.57%	-
1977	9,308,479	-	1.31%	-
1978	9,429,959	-	1.31%	-
1979	9,548,258	-	1.25%	-
1980	9,642,505	-	0.99%	-
1981	9,729,350	-	0.9%	-
1982	9,789,513	-	0.62%	-
1983	9,846,627	-	0.58%	-
1984	9,895,801	-	0.5%	-
1985	9,934,300	-	0.39%	-
1986	9,967,213	-	0.33%	-
1987	10,000,595	-	0.33%	-
1988	10,036,983	-	0.36%	-
1989	10,089,498	-	0.52%	-
1990	10,196,792	-	1.06%	-
1991	10,319,927	-	1.21%	-
1992	10,399,061	-	0.77%	-
1993	10,460,415	-	0.59%	-
1994	10,512,922	-	0.5%	-
1995	10,562,153	-	0.47%	-
1996	10,608,800	-	0.44%	-
1997	10,661,259	-	0.49%	-
1998	10,720,509	-	0.56%	-
1999	10,761,698	-	0.38%	-
2000	10,805,808	880	0.41%	-
2001	10,862,132	890	0.52%	1.14%
2002	10,902,022	900	0.37%	1.12%
2003	10,928,070	911	0.24%	1.22%
2004	10,955,141	921	0.25%	1.1%
2005	10,987,314	921	0.29%	0%
2006	11,020,362	932	0.3%	1.19%
2007	11,048,473	821	0.26%	-11.9%
2008	11,077,841	824	0.27%	0.37%
2009	11,107,017	826	0.26%	0.24%
2010	11,121,341	829	0.13%	0.36%
2011	11,104,899	832	-0.15%	0.36%
2012	11,045,011	836	-0.54%	0.48%
2013	10,965,211	839	-0.72%	0.36%
2014	10,892,413	842	-0.66%	0.36%
2015	10,820,883	1,000	-0.66%	18.8%
2016	10,775,971	-	-0.42%	0%
2017	10,754,679	1,000	-0.2%	0%
2018	10,732,882	-	-0.2%	0%
2019	10,721,582	1,000	-0.11%	0%
2020	10,698,599	987	-0.21%	-1.29%
2021	10,569,207	970	-1.21%	-1.68%
2022	10,436,882	944	-1.25%	-2.66%
2023	10,407,351	922	-0.28%	-2.34%
2024	10,405,134	933	-0.02%	1.2%
2025	10,292,291	939	-1.08%	0.59%
2026	10,249,082	952	-0.42%	1.37%
2027	10,204,400	974	-0.44%	2.32%
2028	10,159,146	985	-0.44%	1.13%
2029	10,113,475	983	-0.45%	-0.19%
2030	10,067,720	976	-0.45%	-0.75%
2031	10,021,773	968	-0.46%	-0.75%
2032	9,974,701	968	-0.47%	0%
2033	9,927,344	988	-0.47%	2.09%
2034	9,880,848	992	-0.47%	0.37%
2035	9,834,216	1,000	-0.47%	0.74%
2036	9,787,786	998	-0.47%	-0.18%
2037	9,741,790	1,003	-0.47%	0.55%
2038	9,695,855	1,022	-0.47%	1.83%
2039	9,650,459	1,060	-0.47%	3.78%
2040	9,605,475	1,095	-0.47%	3.3%
2041	9,560,641	1,127	-0.47%	2.86%
2042	9,516,502	1,149	-0.46%	1.96%
2043	9,472,263	1,169	-0.46%	1.76%
2044	9,426,737	1,186	-0.48%	1.42%
2045	9,380,458	1,209	-0.49%	2.02%
2046	9,333,671	1,224	-0.5%	1.22%
2047	9,284,541	1,248	-0.53%	1.95%
2048	9,233,189	1,272	-0.55%	1.92%
2049	9,180,074	1,296	-0.58%	1.88%
2050	9,125,443	1,325	-0.6%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.