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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Vatican	Niger	Vatican
1960	3,505,050	-	-	-
1961	3,608,162	-	2.94%	-
1962	3,714,520	-	2.95%	-
1963	3,823,873	-	2.94%	-
1964	3,935,814	-	2.93%	-
1965	4,049,695	-	2.89%	-
1966	4,165,544	-	2.86%	-
1967	4,283,590	-	2.83%	-
1968	4,403,637	-	2.8%	-
1969	4,525,725	-	2.77%	-
1970	4,650,275	-	2.75%	-
1971	4,776,225	-	2.71%	-
1972	4,904,845	-	2.69%	-
1973	5,037,865	-	2.71%	-
1974	5,174,953	-	2.72%	-
1975	5,317,019	-	2.75%	-
1976	5,464,962	-	2.78%	-
1977	5,619,716	-	2.83%	-
1978	5,782,932	-	2.9%	-
1979	5,955,556	-	2.99%	-
1980	6,135,971	-	3.03%	-
1981	6,322,006	-	3.03%	-
1982	6,512,732	-	3.02%	-
1983	6,708,644	-	3.01%	-
1984	6,909,971	-	3%	-
1985	7,118,457	-	3.02%	-
1986	7,335,811	-	3.05%	-
1987	7,561,150	-	3.07%	-
1988	7,793,748	-	3.08%	-
1989	8,034,780	-	3.09%	-
1990	8,286,059	-	3.13%	-
1991	8,546,900	-	3.15%	-
1992	8,817,633	-	3.17%	-
1993	9,100,789	-	3.21%	-
1994	9,398,258	-	3.27%	-
1995	9,714,529	-	3.37%	-
1996	10,044,852	-	3.4%	-
1997	10,383,969	-	3.38%	-
1998	10,741,413	-	3.44%	-
1999	11,117,411	-	3.5%	-
2000	11,509,630	880	3.53%	-
2001	11,920,647	890	3.57%	1.14%
2002	12,349,144	900	3.59%	1.12%
2003	12,796,984	911	3.63%	1.22%
2004	13,265,836	921	3.66%	1.1%
2005	13,756,192	921	3.7%	0%
2006	14,268,581	932	3.72%	1.19%
2007	14,803,610	821	3.75%	-11.9%
2008	15,361,915	824	3.77%	0.37%
2009	15,943,675	826	3.79%	0.24%
2010	16,548,835	829	3.8%	0.36%
2011	17,176,283	832	3.79%	0.36%
2012	17,836,769	836	3.85%	0.48%
2013	18,519,898	839	3.83%	0.36%
2014	19,215,909	842	3.76%	0.36%
2015	19,939,498	1,000	3.77%	18.8%
2016	20,685,753	-	3.74%	0%
2017	21,435,446	1,000	3.62%	0%
2018	22,188,069	-	3.51%	0%
2019	22,947,757	1,000	3.42%	0%
2020	23,717,613	987	3.35%	-1.29%
2021	24,502,140	970	3.31%	-1.68%
2022	25,311,973	944	3.31%	-2.66%
2023	26,159,867	922	3.35%	-2.34%
2024	27,032,412	933	3.34%	1.2%
2025	27,917,825	939	3.28%	0.59%
2026	28,814,872	952	3.21%	1.37%
2027	29,723,688	974	3.15%	2.32%
2028	30,643,561	985	3.09%	1.13%
2029	31,575,091	983	3.04%	-0.19%
2030	32,518,069	976	2.99%	-0.75%
2031	33,469,616	968	2.93%	-0.75%
2032	34,428,638	968	2.87%	0%
2033	35,397,029	988	2.81%	2.09%
2034	36,372,374	992	2.76%	0.37%
2035	37,353,462	1,000	2.7%	0.74%
2036	38,340,142	998	2.64%	-0.18%
2037	39,330,372	1,003	2.58%	0.55%
2038	40,323,460	1,022	2.52%	1.83%
2039	41,318,407	1,060	2.47%	3.78%
2040	42,316,733	1,095	2.42%	3.3%
2041	43,319,236	1,127	2.37%	2.86%
2042	44,326,115	1,149	2.32%	1.96%
2043	45,337,248	1,169	2.28%	1.76%
2044	46,353,160	1,186	2.24%	1.42%
2045	47,374,113	1,209	2.2%	2.02%
2046	48,397,993	1,224	2.16%	1.22%
2047	49,423,853	1,248	2.12%	1.95%
2048	50,452,202	1,272	2.08%	1.92%
2049	51,482,559	1,296	2.04%	1.88%
2050	52,513,870	1,325	2%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Niger increased by 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Niger gained 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Niger was ranked 64th most populous country in 2006 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.