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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	Vatican	Jordan	Vatican
1960	853,471	-	-	-
1961	897,591	-	5.17%	-
1962	940,554	-	4.79%	-
1963	984,714	-	4.7%	-
1964	1,035,640	-	5.17%	-
1965	1,099,440	-	6.16%	-
1966	1,178,360	-	7.18%	-
1967	1,271,183	-	7.88%	-
1968	1,372,460	-	7.97%	-
1969	1,473,100	-	7.33%	-
1970	1,565,163	-	6.25%	-
1971	1,645,145	-	5.11%	-
1972	1,714,555	-	4.22%	-
1973	1,778,094	-	3.71%	-
1974	1,839,182	-	3.44%	-
1975	1,899,055	-	3.26%	-
1976	1,958,177	-	3.11%	-
1977	2,019,002	-	3.11%	-
1978	2,083,595	-	3.2%	-
1979	2,153,882	-	3.37%	-
1980	2,234,186	-	3.73%	-
1981	2,325,517	-	4.09%	-
1982	2,426,927	-	4.36%	-
1983	2,537,307	-	4.55%	-
1984	2,654,688	-	4.63%	-
1985	2,778,810	-	4.68%	-
1986	2,909,887	-	4.72%	-
1987	3,047,634	-	4.73%	-
1988	3,193,039	-	4.77%	-
1989	3,349,627	-	4.9%	-
1990	3,621,908	-	8.13%	-
1991	3,915,149	-	8.1%	-
1992	4,127,693	-	5.43%	-
1993	4,348,020	-	5.34%	-
1994	4,561,406	-	4.91%	-
1995	4,752,096	-	4.18%	-
1996	4,912,516	-	3.38%	-
1997	5,046,285	-	2.72%	-
1998	5,164,284	-	2.34%	-
1999	5,276,444	-	2.17%	-
2000	5,386,945	880	2.09%	-
2001	5,498,894	890	2.08%	1.14%
2002	5,616,066	900	2.13%	1.12%
2003	5,741,828	911	2.24%	1.22%
2004	5,882,061	921	2.44%	1.1%
2005	6,029,587	921	2.51%	0%
2006	6,427,371	932	6.6%	1.19%
2007	6,827,227	821	6.22%	-11.9%
2008	6,989,866	824	2.38%	0.37%
2009	7,141,753	826	2.17%	0.24%
2010	7,297,043	829	2.17%	0.36%
2011	7,480,424	832	2.51%	0.36%
2012	7,587,127	836	1.43%	0.48%
2013	7,991,809	839	5.33%	0.36%
2014	8,791,710	842	10%	0.36%
2015	9,544,729	1,000	8.57%	18.8%
2016	10,006,367	-	4.84%	0%
2017	10,234,226	1,000	2.28%	0%
2018	10,462,306	-	2.23%	0%
2019	10,671,891	1,000	2%	0%
2020	10,865,228	987	1.81%	-1.29%
2021	11,066,356	970	1.85%	-1.68%
2022	11,256,263	944	1.72%	-2.66%
2023	11,439,213	922	1.63%	-2.34%
2024	11,552,876	933	0.99%	1.2%
2025	11,520,678	939	-0.28%	0.59%
2026	11,589,528	952	0.6%	1.37%
2027	11,819,454	974	1.98%	2.32%
2028	12,034,459	985	1.82%	1.13%
2029	12,245,726	983	1.76%	-0.19%
2030	12,448,772	976	1.66%	-0.75%
2031	12,652,545	968	1.64%	-0.75%
2032	12,854,926	968	1.6%	0%
2033	13,050,713	988	1.52%	2.09%
2034	13,245,158	992	1.49%	0.37%
2035	13,440,821	1,000	1.48%	0.74%
2036	13,638,248	998	1.47%	-0.18%
2037	13,840,237	1,003	1.48%	0.55%
2038	14,048,303	1,022	1.5%	1.83%
2039	14,256,684	1,060	1.48%	3.78%
2040	14,471,288	1,095	1.51%	3.3%
2041	14,684,501	1,127	1.47%	2.86%
2042	14,883,641	1,149	1.36%	1.96%
2043	15,077,789	1,169	1.3%	1.76%
2044	15,273,526	1,186	1.3%	1.42%
2045	15,471,971	1,209	1.3%	2.02%
2046	15,662,312	1,224	1.23%	1.22%
2047	15,841,619	1,248	1.14%	1.95%
2048	16,021,374	1,272	1.13%	1.92%
2049	16,197,518	1,296	1.1%	1.88%
2050	16,367,341	1,325	1.05%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jordan increased by 3,578,996 people (a 55.7% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jordan gained 1,585,673 (a 15.8% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2006 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.2% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.