The latest officially reported population of Slovenia was 2,126,324 in 2024 vs 1,000 people in the Vatican in 2019. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Slovenia's population is 2,124,696 people compared to 949 in the Vatican.
Population statistics:
- Slovenia's population is 2,239 times bigger than the Vatican's.
- Slovenia is ranked the 147th most populous country in the world, while the Vatican is the 197th.
- The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Slovenia vs 0.00001% for the Vatican.
- For the last 10 years, Slovenia has had an average growth rate of +0.29% per year vs +1.9% in the Vatican.
- Since 2005, the population of Slovenia has increased from 2M people to 2.12M (6.21% growth), while the Vatican has grown from 921 to 949 (3.04% growth).
- The Vatican is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 2.51K people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Slovenia vs Vatican: live population counter
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| Current population |
2124696
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949
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| Population rank | 147/197 | 197/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.00001% |
| One net population change |
1.49 hours
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1 month
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| One birth every |
31 minutes
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n/a |
| One death every |
24.3 minutes
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n/a |
| One migration net change every |
2.64 hours
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n/a |
| Annual migration change | +3,319 | n/a |
| Daily growth/decline | +16 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,863 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.28% | +0% |
| Population growth rate rank | 151/197 | 165/197 |
Slovenia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,584,720 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,594,131 | - | 0.59% | - |
| 1962 | 1,603,649 | - | 0.6% | - |
| 1963 | 1,616,971 | - | 0.83% | - |
| 1964 | 1,632,114 | - | 0.94% | - |
| 1965 | 1,649,160 | - | 1.04% | - |
| 1966 | 1,669,905 | - | 1.26% | - |
| 1967 | 1,689,528 | - | 1.18% | - |
| 1968 | 1,704,546 | - | 0.89% | - |
| 1969 | 1,713,874 | - | 0.55% | - |
| 1970 | 1,724,891 | - | 0.64% | - |
| 1971 | 1,738,335 | - | 0.78% | - |
| 1972 | 1,752,233 | - | 0.8% | - |
| 1973 | 1,766,697 | - | 0.83% | - |
| 1974 | 1,776,132 | - | 0.53% | - |
| 1975 | 1,793,581 | - | 0.98% | - |
| 1976 | 1,820,249 | - | 1.49% | - |
| 1977 | 1,842,377 | - | 1.22% | - |
| 1978 | 1,862,548 | - | 1.09% | - |
| 1979 | 1,882,599 | - | 1.08% | - |
| 1980 | 1,901,315 | - | 0.99% | - |
| 1981 | 1,906,531 | - | 0.27% | - |
| 1982 | 1,910,334 | - | 0.2% | - |
| 1983 | 1,922,321 | - | 0.63% | - |
| 1984 | 1,932,154 | - | 0.51% | - |
| 1985 | 1,941,641 | - | 0.49% | - |
| 1986 | 1,965,964 | - | 1.25% | - |
| 1987 | 1,989,776 | - | 1.21% | - |
| 1988 | 1,995,196 | - | 0.27% | - |
| 1989 | 1,996,351 | - | 0.06% | - |
| 1990 | 1,998,161 | - | 0.09% | - |
| 1991 | 1,999,429 | - | 0.06% | - |
| 1992 | 1,996,498 | - | -0.15% | - |
| 1993 | 1,991,746 | - | -0.24% | - |
| 1994 | 1,989,443 | - | -0.12% | - |
| 1995 | 1,989,872 | - | 0.02% | - |
| 1996 | 1,988,628 | - | -0.06% | - |
| 1997 | 1,985,956 | - | -0.13% | - |
| 1998 | 1,981,629 | - | -0.22% | - |
| 1999 | 1,983,045 | - | 0.07% | - |
| 2000 | 1,988,925 | 880 | 0.3% | - |
| 2001 | 1,992,060 | 890 | 0.16% | 1.14% |
| 2002 | 1,994,530 | 900 | 0.12% | 1.12% |
| 2003 | 1,995,733 | 911 | 0.06% | 1.22% |
| 2004 | 1,997,012 | 921 | 0.06% | 1.1% |
| 2005 | 2,000,474 | 921 | 0.17% | 0% |
| 2006 | 2,006,868 | 932 | 0.32% | 1.19% |
| 2007 | 2,018,122 | 821 | 0.56% | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 2,021,316 | 824 | 0.16% | 0.37% |
| 2009 | 2,039,669 | 826 | 0.91% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 2,048,583 | 829 | 0.44% | 0.36% |
| 2011 | 2,052,843 | 832 | 0.21% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 2,057,159 | 836 | 0.21% | 0.48% |
| 2013 | 2,059,953 | 839 | 0.14% | 0.36% |
| 2014 | 2,061,980 | 842 | 0.1% | 0.36% |
| 2015 | 2,063,531 | 1,000 | 0.08% | 18.8% |
| 2016 | 2,065,042 | - | 0.07% | 0% |
| 2017 | 2,066,388 | 1,000 | 0.07% | 0% |
| 2018 | 2,073,894 | - | 0.36% | 0% |
| 2019 | 2,088,385 | 1,000 | 0.7% | 0% |
| 2020 | 2,102,419 | 987 | 0.67% | -1.29% |
| 2021 | 2,108,079 | 970 | 0.27% | -1.68% |
| 2022 | 2,112,076 | 944 | 0.19% | -2.66% |
| 2023 | 2,120,461 | 922 | 0.4% | -2.34% |
| 2024 | 2,126,324 | 933 | 0.28% | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 2,124,696 | 939 | -0.08% | 0.59% |
| 2026 | 2,122,189 | 952 | -0.12% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 2,119,145 | 974 | -0.14% | 2.32% |
| 2028 | 2,115,423 | 985 | -0.18% | 1.13% |
| 2029 | 2,111,105 | 983 | -0.2% | -0.19% |
| 2030 | 2,106,524 | 976 | -0.22% | -0.75% |
| 2031 | 2,101,619 | 968 | -0.23% | -0.75% |
| 2032 | 2,096,578 | 968 | -0.24% | 0% |
| 2033 | 2,091,480 | 988 | -0.24% | 2.09% |
| 2034 | 2,086,418 | 992 | -0.24% | 0.37% |
| 2035 | 2,081,306 | 1,000 | -0.25% | 0.74% |
| 2036 | 2,075,930 | 998 | -0.26% | -0.18% |
| 2037 | 2,070,284 | 1,003 | -0.27% | 0.55% |
| 2038 | 2,064,791 | 1,022 | -0.27% | 1.83% |
| 2039 | 2,059,470 | 1,060 | -0.26% | 3.78% |
| 2040 | 2,054,131 | 1,095 | -0.26% | 3.3% |
| 2041 | 2,048,670 | 1,127 | -0.27% | 2.86% |
| 2042 | 2,042,743 | 1,149 | -0.29% | 1.96% |
| 2043 | 2,036,503 | 1,169 | -0.31% | 1.76% |
| 2044 | 2,030,103 | 1,186 | -0.31% | 1.42% |
| 2045 | 2,023,552 | 1,209 | -0.32% | 2.02% |
| 2046 | 2,016,934 | 1,224 | -0.33% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 2,010,203 | 1,248 | -0.33% | 1.95% |
| 2048 | 2,003,376 | 1,272 | -0.34% | 1.92% |
| 2049 | 1,996,286 | 1,296 | -0.35% | 1.88% |
| 2050 | 1,988,691 | 1,325 | -0.38% | 2.27% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Slovenia increased by 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Slovenia gained 61,165 (a 2.96% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).
Slovenia was ranked 142nd most populous country in 2005 and is 147th 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) Slovenia's population will shrink by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people with a rank change from 147th to 148th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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| City | Population |
| Vatican City | 882 |
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Population differences between Slovenia and the Vatican
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| Life expectancy | 81.9 years | 83.3 years |
| Average age | 44 years | n/a |
| Median age | 45.3 years | n/a |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | n/a |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | n/a |
| Population density | 273.5 ppl/mi² | 5,886 ppl/mi² |
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