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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Vatican	Nepal	Vatican
1960	10,123,658	-	-	-
1961	10,318,396	-	1.92%	-
1962	10,521,116	-	1.96%	-
1963	10,729,818	-	1.98%	-
1964	10,946,392	-	2.02%	-
1965	11,173,411	-	2.07%	-
1966	11,408,710	-	2.11%	-
1967	11,652,716	-	2.14%	-
1968	11,906,266	-	2.18%	-
1969	12,167,036	-	2.19%	-
1970	12,436,190	-	2.21%	-
1971	12,710,061	-	2.2%	-
1972	12,989,099	-	2.2%	-
1973	13,275,239	-	2.2%	-
1974	13,568,435	-	2.21%	-
1975	13,870,695	-	2.23%	-
1976	14,177,649	-	2.21%	-
1977	14,499,175	-	2.27%	-
1978	14,839,695	-	2.35%	-
1979	15,190,590	-	2.36%	-
1980	15,553,105	-	2.39%	-
1981	15,922,423	-	2.37%	-
1982	16,297,987	-	2.36%	-
1983	16,689,119	-	2.4%	-
1984	17,085,242	-	2.37%	-
1985	17,477,692	-	2.3%	-
1986	17,868,124	-	2.23%	-
1987	18,250,505	-	2.14%	-
1988	18,638,661	-	2.13%	-
1989	19,057,807	-	2.25%	-
1990	19,524,573	-	2.45%	-
1991	20,036,500	-	2.62%	-
1992	20,609,707	-	2.86%	-
1993	21,180,159	-	2.77%	-
1994	21,717,479	-	2.54%	-
1995	22,245,439	-	2.43%	-
1996	22,741,862	-	2.23%	-
1997	23,219,463	-	2.1%	-
1998	23,680,357	-	1.98%	-
1999	24,125,199	-	1.88%	-
2000	24,546,509	880	1.75%	-
2001	24,946,748	890	1.63%	1.14%
2002	25,328,981	900	1.53%	1.12%
2003	25,688,758	911	1.42%	1.22%
2004	26,016,656	921	1.28%	1.1%
2005	26,309,458	921	1.13%	0%
2006	26,565,425	932	0.97%	1.19%
2007	26,788,492	821	0.84%	-11.9%
2008	26,990,037	824	0.75%	0.37%
2009	27,173,035	826	0.68%	0.24%
2010	27,341,952	829	0.62%	0.36%
2011	27,464,494	832	0.45%	0.36%
2012	27,534,915	836	0.26%	0.48%
2013	27,589,996	839	0.2%	0.36%
2014	27,672,370	842	0.3%	0.36%
2015	27,823,629	1,000	0.55%	18.8%
2016	27,955,462	-	0.47%	0%
2017	28,011,258	1,000	0.2%	0%
2018	28,079,689	-	0.24%	0%
2019	28,414,064	1,000	1.19%	0%
2020	28,966,574	987	1.94%	-1.29%
2021	29,475,010	970	1.76%	-1.68%
2022	29,715,436	944	0.82%	-2.66%
2023	29,694,614	922	-0.07%	-2.34%
2024	29,651,054	933	-0.15%	1.2%
2025	29,618,120	939	-0.11%	0.59%
2026	29,629,406	952	0.04%	1.37%
2027	29,727,164	974	0.33%	2.32%
2028	29,947,588	985	0.74%	1.13%
2029	30,232,115	983	0.95%	-0.19%
2030	30,509,999	976	0.92%	-0.75%
2031	30,780,916	968	0.89%	-0.75%
2032	31,045,411	968	0.86%	0%
2033	31,304,035	988	0.83%	2.09%
2034	31,555,068	992	0.8%	0.37%
2035	31,798,003	1,000	0.77%	0.74%
2036	32,033,714	998	0.74%	-0.18%
2037	32,262,286	1,003	0.71%	0.55%
2038	32,484,801	1,022	0.69%	1.83%
2039	32,700,695	1,060	0.66%	3.78%
2040	32,909,540	1,095	0.64%	3.3%
2041	33,112,254	1,127	0.62%	2.86%
2042	33,309,062	1,149	0.59%	1.96%
2043	33,499,440	1,169	0.57%	1.76%
2044	33,683,331	1,186	0.55%	1.42%
2045	33,861,058	1,209	0.53%	2.02%
2046	34,032,994	1,224	0.51%	1.22%
2047	34,197,261	1,248	0.48%	1.95%
2048	34,352,077	1,272	0.45%	1.92%
2049	34,500,201	1,296	0.43%	1.88%
2050	34,642,021	1,325	0.41%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.