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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	Vatican	Palestine	Vatican
1990	1,978,248	-	-	-
1991	2,068,845	-	4.58%	-
1992	2,163,591	-	4.58%	-
1993	2,262,676	-	4.58%	-
1994	2,366,298	-	4.58%	-
1995	2,474,666	-	4.58%	-
1996	2,587,997	-	4.58%	-
1997	2,706,518	-	4.58%	-
1998	2,776,568	-	2.59%	-
1999	2,848,431	-	2.59%	-
2000	2,922,153	880	2.59%	-
2001	2,997,784	890	2.59%	1.14%
2002	3,075,373	900	2.59%	1.12%
2003	3,154,969	911	2.59%	1.22%
2004	3,236,626	921	2.59%	1.1%
2005	3,320,396	921	2.59%	0%
2006	3,406,334	932	2.59%	1.19%
2007	3,494,496	821	2.59%	-11.9%
2008	3,591,977	824	2.79%	0.37%
2009	3,689,099	826	2.7%	0.24%
2010	3,786,161	829	2.63%	0.36%
2011	3,882,986	832	2.56%	0.36%
2012	3,979,998	836	2.5%	0.48%
2013	4,076,708	839	2.43%	0.36%
2014	4,173,398	842	2.37%	0.36%
2015	4,270,092	1,000	2.32%	18.8%
2016	4,367,088	-	2.27%	0%
2017	4,454,805	1,000	2.01%	0%
2018	4,569,087	-	2.57%	0%
2019	4,685,306	1,000	2.54%	0%
2020	4,803,269	987	2.52%	-1.29%
2021	4,922,749	970	2.49%	-1.68%
2022	5,043,612	944	2.46%	-2.66%
2023	5,165,775	922	2.42%	-2.34%
2024	5,289,152	933	2.39%	1.2%
2025	5,379,801	939	1.71%	0.59%
2026	5,479,090	952	1.85%	1.37%
2027	5,582,345	974	1.88%	2.32%
2028	5,684,855	985	1.84%	1.13%
2029	5,787,948	983	1.81%	-0.19%
2030	5,892,492	976	1.81%	-0.75%
2031	5,998,645	968	1.8%	-0.75%
2032	6,106,047	968	1.79%	0%
2033	6,215,922	988	1.8%	2.09%
2034	6,327,947	992	1.8%	0.37%
2035	6,441,493	1,000	1.79%	0.74%
2036	6,555,481	998	1.77%	-0.18%
2037	6,669,212	1,003	1.73%	0.55%
2038	6,783,431	1,022	1.71%	1.83%
2039	6,899,866	1,060	1.72%	3.78%
2040	7,018,099	1,095	1.71%	3.3%
2041	7,135,825	1,127	1.68%	2.86%
2042	7,253,328	1,149	1.65%	1.96%
2043	7,369,647	1,169	1.6%	1.76%
2044	7,484,632	1,186	1.56%	1.42%
2045	7,598,729	1,209	1.52%	2.02%
2046	7,710,259	1,224	1.47%	1.22%
2047	7,818,786	1,248	1.41%	1.95%
2048	7,925,101	1,272	1.36%	1.92%
2049	8,029,929	1,296	1.32%	1.88%
2050	8,134,618	1,325	1.3%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palestine increased by 960,754 people (a 28.2% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palestine gained 1,113,130 (a 25.5% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2006 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 48.4% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.