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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	Vatican	Oman	Vatican
1960	530,485	-	-	-
1961	539,854	-	1.77%	-
1962	549,941	-	1.87%	-
1963	560,827	-	1.98%	-
1964	572,577	-	2.1%	-
1965	585,236	-	2.21%	-
1966	598,804	-	2.32%	-
1967	613,318	-	2.42%	-
1968	628,798	-	2.52%	-
1969	645,255	-	2.62%	-
1970	662,680	-	2.7%	-
1971	681,119	-	2.78%	-
1972	700,593	-	2.86%	-
1973	721,179	-	2.94%	-
1974	746,988	-	3.58%	-
1975	778,864	-	4.27%	-
1976	814,701	-	4.6%	-
1977	855,314	-	4.99%	-
1978	900,304	-	5.26%	-
1979	949,116	-	5.42%	-
1980	1,001,248	-	5.49%	-
1981	1,057,320	-	5.6%	-
1982	1,117,678	-	5.71%	-
1983	1,181,459	-	5.71%	-
1984	1,247,716	-	5.61%	-
1985	1,325,480	-	6.23%	-
1986	1,413,419	-	6.63%	-
1987	1,500,996	-	6.2%	-
1988	1,588,568	-	5.83%	-
1989	1,676,228	-	5.52%	-
1990	1,763,954	-	5.23%	-
1991	1,851,473	-	4.96%	-
1992	1,938,238	-	4.69%	-
1993	2,021,675	-	4.3%	-
1994	2,081,834	-	2.98%	-
1995	2,120,528	-	1.86%	-
1996	2,156,926	-	1.72%	-
1997	2,190,720	-	1.57%	-
1998	2,222,489	-	1.45%	-
1999	2,252,909	-	1.37%	-
2000	2,282,131	880	1.3%	-
2001	2,310,217	890	1.23%	1.14%
2002	2,337,140	900	1.17%	1.12%
2003	2,363,796	911	1.14%	1.22%
2004	2,404,821	921	1.74%	1.1%
2005	2,459,802	921	2.29%	0%
2006	2,514,795	932	2.24%	1.19%
2007	2,570,174	821	2.2%	-11.9%
2008	2,626,529	824	2.19%	0.37%
2009	2,684,659	826	2.21%	0.24%
2010	2,757,446	829	2.71%	0.36%
2011	3,076,763	832	11.6%	0.36%
2012	3,547,106	836	15.3%	0.48%
2013	3,833,913	839	8.09%	0.36%
2014	4,002,439	842	4.4%	0.36%
2015	4,184,895	1,000	4.56%	18.8%
2016	4,390,877	-	4.92%	0%
2017	4,537,396	1,000	3.34%	0%
2018	4,597,877	-	1.33%	0%
2019	4,591,241	1,000	-0.14%	0%
2020	4,522,497	987	-1.5%	-1.29%
2021	4,500,424	970	-0.49%	-1.68%
2022	4,730,226	944	5.11%	-2.66%
2023	5,049,269	922	6.74%	-2.34%
2024	5,281,538	933	4.6%	1.2%
2025	5,494,693	939	4.04%	0.59%
2026	5,671,451	952	3.22%	1.37%
2027	5,814,719	974	2.53%	2.32%
2028	5,929,317	985	1.97%	1.13%
2029	6,026,178	983	1.63%	-0.19%
2030	6,112,708	976	1.44%	-0.75%
2031	6,194,366	968	1.34%	-0.75%
2032	6,275,465	968	1.31%	0%
2033	6,356,248	988	1.29%	2.09%
2034	6,436,919	992	1.27%	0.37%
2035	6,517,799	1,000	1.26%	0.74%
2036	6,599,101	998	1.25%	-0.18%
2037	6,681,041	1,003	1.24%	0.55%
2038	6,763,781	1,022	1.24%	1.83%
2039	6,847,380	1,060	1.24%	3.78%
2040	6,931,970	1,095	1.24%	3.3%
2041	7,017,684	1,127	1.24%	2.86%
2042	7,104,475	1,149	1.24%	1.96%
2043	7,192,217	1,169	1.24%	1.76%
2044	7,280,846	1,186	1.23%	1.42%
2045	7,370,221	1,209	1.23%	2.02%
2046	7,460,268	1,224	1.22%	1.22%
2047	7,550,973	1,248	1.22%	1.95%
2048	7,642,323	1,272	1.21%	1.92%
2049	7,734,352	1,296	1.2%	1.88%
2050	7,826,991	1,325	1.2%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th 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) Oman's population will grow by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people with a rank change from 120th to 113th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.