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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Vatican	Italy	Vatican
1960	50,199,700	-	-	-
1961	50,536,350	-	0.67%	-
1962	50,879,450	-	0.68%	-
1963	51,252,000	-	0.73%	-
1964	51,675,350	-	0.83%	-
1965	52,112,350	-	0.85%	-
1966	52,519,000	-	0.78%	-
1967	52,900,500	-	0.73%	-
1968	53,235,750	-	0.63%	-
1969	53,537,950	-	0.57%	-
1970	53,821,850	-	0.53%	-
1971	54,073,490	-	0.47%	-
1972	54,381,345	-	0.57%	-
1973	54,751,406	-	0.68%	-
1974	55,110,868	-	0.66%	-
1975	55,441,001	-	0.6%	-
1976	55,718,260	-	0.5%	-
1977	55,955,411	-	0.43%	-
1978	56,155,143	-	0.36%	-
1979	56,317,749	-	0.29%	-
1980	56,433,883	-	0.21%	-
1981	56,501,675	-	0.12%	-
1982	56,543,548	-	0.07%	-
1983	56,564,074	-	0.04%	-
1984	56,576,718	-	0.02%	-
1985	56,593,071	-	0.03%	-
1986	56,596,155	-	0.005%	-
1987	56,601,931	-	0.01%	-
1988	56,629,288	-	0.05%	-
1989	56,671,781	-	0.08%	-
1990	56,719,240	-	0.08%	-
1991	56,758,521	-	0.07%	-
1992	56,797,087	-	0.07%	-
1993	56,831,821	-	0.06%	-
1994	56,843,400	-	0.02%	-
1995	56,844,303	-	0.002%	-
1996	56,860,281	-	0.03%	-
1997	56,890,372	-	0.05%	-
1998	56,906,744	-	0.03%	-
1999	56,916,317	-	0.02%	-
2000	56,942,108	880	0.05%	-
2001	56,976,981	890	0.06%	1.14%
2002	57,089,824	900	0.2%	1.12%
2003	57,399,184	911	0.54%	1.22%
2004	57,828,179	921	0.75%	1.1%
2005	58,166,682	921	0.59%	0%
2006	58,399,861	932	0.4%	1.19%
2007	58,756,247	821	0.61%	-11.9%
2008	59,211,181	824	0.77%	0.37%
2009	59,555,454	826	0.58%	0.24%
2010	59,819,407	829	0.44%	0.36%
2011	60,026,841	832	0.35%	0.36%
2012	60,191,247	836	0.27%	0.48%
2013	60,311,613	839	0.2%	0.36%
2014	60,320,707	842	0.02%	0.36%
2015	60,229,605	1,000	-0.15%	18.8%
2016	60,115,223	-	-0.19%	0%
2017	60,002,252	1,000	-0.19%	0%
2018	60,148,658	-	0.24%	0%
2019	59,729,081	1,000	-0.7%	0%
2020	59,438,851	987	-0.49%	-1.29%
2021	59,133,173	970	-0.51%	-1.68%
2022	59,013,667	944	-0.2%	-2.66%
2023	58,993,475	922	-0.03%	-2.34%
2024	58,986,023	933	-0.01%	1.2%
2025	58,790,597	939	-0.33%	0.59%
2026	58,571,823	952	-0.37%	1.37%
2027	58,335,864	974	-0.4%	2.32%
2028	58,094,373	985	-0.41%	1.13%
2029	57,851,042	983	-0.42%	-0.19%
2030	57,597,622	976	-0.44%	-0.75%
2031	57,333,277	968	-0.46%	-0.75%
2032	57,071,235	968	-0.46%	0%
2033	56,812,747	988	-0.45%	2.09%
2034	56,548,816	992	-0.46%	0.37%
2035	56,279,536	1,000	-0.48%	0.74%
2036	56,009,844	998	-0.48%	-0.18%
2037	55,737,477	1,003	-0.49%	0.55%
2038	55,460,735	1,022	-0.5%	1.83%
2039	55,177,508	1,060	-0.51%	3.78%
2040	54,889,107	1,095	-0.52%	3.3%
2041	54,601,628	1,127	-0.52%	2.86%
2042	54,307,412	1,149	-0.54%	1.96%
2043	53,997,106	1,169	-0.57%	1.76%
2044	53,679,603	1,186	-0.59%	1.42%
2045	53,357,669	1,209	-0.6%	2.02%
2046	53,025,288	1,224	-0.62%	1.22%
2047	52,680,150	1,248	-0.65%	1.95%
2048	52,324,241	1,272	-0.68%	1.92%
2049	51,959,050	1,296	-0.7%	1.88%
2050	51,579,060	1,325	-0.73%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.