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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Vatican	Mexico	Vatican
1960	36,724,615	-	-	-
1961	37,890,118	-	3.17%	-
1962	39,129,200	-	3.27%	-
1963	40,424,065	-	3.31%	-
1964	41,772,049	-	3.33%	-
1965	43,174,477	-	3.36%	-
1966	44,629,106	-	3.37%	-
1967	46,129,608	-	3.36%	-
1968	47,668,303	-	3.34%	-
1969	49,233,194	-	3.28%	-
1970	50,814,953	-	3.21%	-
1971	52,412,558	-	3.14%	-
1972	54,030,168	-	3.09%	-
1973	55,667,284	-	3.03%	-
1974	57,320,149	-	2.97%	-
1975	58,982,400	-	2.9%	-
1976	60,645,512	-	2.82%	-
1977	62,308,493	-	2.74%	-
1978	63,979,046	-	2.68%	-
1979	65,648,865	-	2.61%	-
1980	67,300,334	-	2.52%	-
1981	68,892,108	-	2.37%	-
1982	70,433,260	-	2.24%	-
1983	71,971,240	-	2.18%	-
1984	73,506,846	-	2.13%	-
1985	75,043,414	-	2.09%	-
1986	76,585,637	-	2.06%	-
1987	78,136,651	-	2.03%	-
1988	79,695,531	-	2%	-
1989	81,247,182	-	1.95%	-
1990	82,820,170	-	1.94%	-
1991	84,430,572	-	1.94%	-
1992	86,044,809	-	1.91%	-
1993	87,653,807	-	1.87%	-
1994	89,259,205	-	1.83%	-
1995	90,862,455	-	1.8%	-
1996	92,452,702	-	1.75%	-
1997	94,021,207	-	1.7%	-
1998	95,575,245	-	1.65%	-
1999	97,115,707	-	1.61%	-
2000	98,625,552	880	1.55%	-
2001	100,099,099	890	1.49%	1.14%
2002	101,548,624	900	1.45%	1.12%
2003	102,978,515	911	1.41%	1.22%
2004	104,394,131	921	1.37%	1.1%
2005	105,811,504	921	1.36%	0%
2006	107,253,666	932	1.36%	1.19%
2007	108,774,360	821	1.42%	-11.9%
2008	110,374,288	824	1.47%	0.37%
2009	111,999,721	826	1.47%	0.24%
2010	113,623,895	829	1.45%	0.36%
2011	115,243,504	832	1.43%	0.36%
2012	116,818,208	836	1.37%	0.48%
2013	118,343,573	839	1.31%	0.36%
2014	119,784,261	842	1.22%	0.36%
2015	121,072,306	1,000	1.08%	18.8%
2016	122,251,351	-	0.97%	0%
2017	123,400,057	1,000	0.94%	0%
2018	124,573,711	-	0.95%	0%
2019	125,762,982	1,000	0.95%	0%
2020	126,799,054	987	0.82%	-1.29%
2021	127,648,148	970	0.67%	-1.68%
2022	128,613,117	944	0.76%	-2.66%
2023	129,739,759	922	0.88%	-2.34%
2024	130,861,007	933	0.86%	1.2%
2025	131,946,905	939	0.83%	0.59%
2026	132,997,664	952	0.8%	1.37%
2027	134,017,711	974	0.77%	2.32%
2028	135,008,697	985	0.74%	1.13%
2029	135,970,893	983	0.71%	-0.19%
2030	136,904,747	976	0.69%	-0.75%
2031	137,811,068	968	0.66%	-0.75%
2032	138,690,189	968	0.64%	0%
2033	139,542,087	988	0.61%	2.09%
2034	140,362,026	992	0.59%	0.37%
2035	141,150,818	1,000	0.56%	0.74%
2036	141,909,168	998	0.54%	-0.18%
2037	142,637,546	1,003	0.51%	0.55%
2038	143,336,222	1,022	0.49%	1.83%
2039	143,998,296	1,060	0.46%	3.78%
2040	144,624,328	1,095	0.43%	3.3%
2041	145,217,780	1,127	0.41%	2.86%
2042	145,777,459	1,149	0.39%	1.96%
2043	146,300,011	1,169	0.36%	1.76%
2044	146,787,722	1,186	0.33%	1.42%
2045	147,240,096	1,209	0.31%	2.02%
2046	147,654,160	1,224	0.28%	1.22%
2047	148,030,153	1,248	0.25%	1.95%
2048	148,372,233	1,272	0.23%	1.92%
2049	148,677,894	1,296	0.21%	1.88%
2050	148,946,272	1,325	0.18%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.