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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Poland	Vatican	Poland	Vatican
1960	29,637,450	-	-	-
1961	29,964,000	-	1.1%	-
1962	30,308,500	-	1.15%	-
1963	30,712,000	-	1.33%	-
1964	31,139,450	-	1.39%	-
1965	31,444,950	-	0.98%	-
1966	31,681,000	-	0.75%	-
1967	31,987,155	-	0.97%	-
1968	32,294,655	-	0.96%	-
1969	32,548,300	-	0.79%	-
1970	32,664,300	-	0.36%	-
1971	32,783,500	-	0.36%	-
1972	33,055,650	-	0.83%	-
1973	33,357,200	-	0.91%	-
1974	33,678,899	-	0.96%	-
1975	34,015,199	-	1%	-
1976	34,356,300	-	1%	-
1977	34,689,050	-	0.97%	-
1978	34,965,600	-	0.8%	-
1979	35,247,217	-	0.81%	-
1980	35,574,150	-	0.93%	-
1981	35,898,587	-	0.91%	-
1982	36,230,481	-	0.92%	-
1983	36,571,808	-	0.94%	-
1984	36,904,134	-	0.91%	-
1985	37,201,885	-	0.81%	-
1986	37,456,119	-	0.68%	-
1987	37,668,045	-	0.57%	-
1988	37,824,487	-	0.42%	-
1989	37,961,529	-	0.36%	-
1990	38,110,782	-	0.39%	-
1991	38,246,193	-	0.36%	-
1992	38,363,667	-	0.31%	-
1993	38,461,408	-	0.25%	-
1994	38,542,652	-	0.21%	-
1995	38,594,998	-	0.14%	-
1996	38,624,370	-	0.08%	-
1997	38,649,660	-	0.07%	-
1998	38,663,481	-	0.04%	-
1999	38,660,271	-	-0.008%	-
2000	38,258,629	880	-1.04%	-
2001	38,248,076	890	-0.03%	1.14%
2002	38,230,364	900	-0.05%	1.12%
2003	38,204,570	911	-0.07%	1.22%
2004	38,182,222	921	-0.06%	1.1%
2005	38,165,445	921	-0.04%	0%
2006	38,141,267	932	-0.06%	1.19%
2007	38,120,560	821	-0.05%	-11.9%
2008	38,125,759	824	0.01%	0.37%
2009	38,151,603	826	0.07%	0.24%
2010	38,042,794	829	-0.29%	0.36%
2011	38,063,255	832	0.05%	0.36%
2012	38,063,164	836	-0%	0.48%
2013	38,040,196	839	-0.06%	0.36%
2014	38,011,735	842	-0.07%	0.36%
2015	37,986,412	1,000	-0.07%	18.8%
2016	37,970,087	-	-0.04%	0%
2017	37,974,826	1,000	0.01%	0%
2018	37,974,750	-	-0%	0%
2019	37,965,475	1,000	-0.02%	0%
2020	37,515,748	987	-1.18%	-1.29%
2021	36,981,559	970	-1.42%	-1.68%
2022	36,821,749	944	-0.43%	-2.66%
2023	36,687,353	922	-0.36%	-2.34%
2024	36,554,707	933	-0.36%	1.2%
2025	36,176,920	939	-1.03%	0.59%
2026	35,894,534	952	-0.78%	1.37%
2027	35,753,988	974	-0.39%	2.32%
2028	35,605,295	985	-0.42%	1.13%
2029	35,447,860	983	-0.44%	-0.19%
2030	35,283,068	976	-0.46%	-0.75%
2031	35,111,838	968	-0.49%	-0.75%
2032	34,934,626	968	-0.5%	0%
2033	34,753,118	988	-0.52%	2.09%
2034	34,567,292	992	-0.53%	0.37%
2035	34,377,478	1,000	-0.55%	0.74%
2036	34,183,187	998	-0.57%	-0.18%
2037	33,984,777	1,003	-0.58%	0.55%
2038	33,782,992	1,022	-0.59%	1.83%
2039	33,577,269	1,060	-0.61%	3.78%
2040	33,368,049	1,095	-0.62%	3.3%
2041	33,156,329	1,127	-0.63%	2.86%
2042	32,941,367	1,149	-0.65%	1.96%
2043	32,722,775	1,169	-0.66%	1.76%
2044	32,501,991	1,186	-0.67%	1.42%
2045	32,278,695	1,209	-0.69%	2.02%
2046	32,052,771	1,224	-0.7%	1.22%
2047	31,824,481	1,248	-0.71%	1.95%
2048	31,593,911	1,272	-0.72%	1.92%
2049	31,360,713	1,296	-0.74%	1.88%
2050	31,124,396	1,325	-0.75%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 14% to 31,124,396 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.