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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	Vatican	Pakistan	Vatican
1960	45,709,310	-	-	-
1961	46,921,277	-	2.65%	-
1962	48,156,128	-	2.63%	-
1963	49,447,776	-	2.68%	-
1964	50,799,999	-	2.73%	-
1965	52,209,010	-	2.77%	-
1966	53,678,667	-	2.81%	-
1967	55,214,768	-	2.86%	-
1968	56,810,507	-	2.89%	-
1969	58,460,939	-	2.91%	-
1970	60,166,719	-	2.92%	-
1971	61,847,899	-	2.79%	-
1972	63,583,194	-	2.81%	-
1973	65,461,912	-	2.95%	-
1974	67,415,487	-	2.98%	-
1975	69,461,175	-	3.03%	-
1976	71,620,254	-	3.11%	-
1977	73,901,827	-	3.19%	-
1978	76,307,379	-	3.26%	-
1979	78,997,039	-	3.52%	-
1980	82,291,010	-	4.17%	-
1981	85,802,049	-	4.27%	-
1982	89,089,246	-	3.83%	-
1983	92,227,711	-	3.52%	-
1984	95,164,936	-	3.18%	-
1985	98,229,285	-	3.22%	-
1986	101,606,764	-	3.44%	-
1987	105,130,717	-	3.47%	-
1988	108,724,739	-	3.42%	-
1989	112,336,629	-	3.32%	-
1990	116,155,576	-	3.4%	-
1991	120,060,406	-	3.36%	-
1992	123,546,848	-	2.9%	-
1993	127,020,117	-	2.81%	-
1994	130,748,083	-	2.93%	-
1995	134,582,253	-	2.93%	-
1996	138,557,092	-	2.95%	-
1997	142,531,804	-	2.87%	-
1998	146,522,356	-	2.8%	-
1999	150,565,377	-	2.76%	-
2000	154,879,127	880	2.87%	-
2001	159,270,907	890	2.84%	1.14%
2002	163,222,549	900	2.48%	1.12%
2003	167,110,248	911	2.38%	1.22%
2004	171,286,000	921	2.5%	1.1%
2005	175,453,212	921	2.43%	0%
2006	179,682,690	932	2.41%	1.19%
2007	184,493,231	821	2.68%	-11.9%
2008	189,499,113	824	2.71%	0.37%
2009	194,376,534	826	2.57%	0.24%
2010	199,239,047	829	2.5%	0.36%
2011	203,746,065	832	2.26%	0.36%
2012	207,667,125	836	1.92%	0.48%
2013	211,073,978	839	1.64%	0.36%
2014	214,264,647	842	1.51%	0.36%
2015	217,290,883	1,000	1.41%	18.8%
2016	220,138,869	-	1.31%	0%
2017	223,273,967	1,000	1.42%	0%
2018	226,928,892	-	1.64%	0%
2019	230,800,899	1,000	1.71%	0%
2020	235,001,746	987	1.82%	-1.29%
2021	239,477,801	970	1.9%	-1.68%
2022	243,700,667	944	1.76%	-2.66%
2023	247,504,495	922	1.56%	-2.34%
2024	251,269,164	933	1.52%	1.2%
2025	255,219,564	939	1.57%	0.59%
2026	259,299,796	952	1.6%	1.37%
2027	263,515,827	974	1.63%	2.32%
2028	267,881,923	985	1.66%	1.13%
2029	272,337,520	983	1.66%	-0.19%
2030	276,883,261	976	1.67%	-0.75%
2031	281,528,070	968	1.68%	-0.75%
2032	286,241,141	968	1.67%	0%
2033	291,012,268	988	1.67%	2.09%
2034	295,820,153	992	1.65%	0.37%
2035	300,643,518	1,000	1.63%	0.74%
2036	305,491,504	998	1.61%	-0.18%
2037	310,353,293	1,003	1.59%	0.55%
2038	315,227,709	1,022	1.57%	1.83%
2039	320,105,882	1,060	1.55%	3.78%
2040	324,937,703	1,095	1.51%	3.3%
2041	329,746,478	1,127	1.48%	2.86%
2042	334,551,874	1,149	1.46%	1.96%
2043	339,334,851	1,169	1.43%	1.76%
2044	344,095,467	1,186	1.4%	1.42%
2045	348,837,732	1,209	1.38%	2.02%
2046	353,552,859	1,224	1.35%	1.22%
2047	358,207,159	1,248	1.32%	1.95%
2048	362,796,532	1,272	1.28%	1.92%
2049	367,344,429	1,296	1.25%	1.88%
2050	371,863,804	1,325	1.23%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Pakistan increased by 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Pakistan gained 41,206,244 (a 19% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2005 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.