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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	Vatican	Spain	Vatican
1960	30,455,000	-	-	-
1961	30,739,250	-	0.93%	-
1962	31,023,366	-	0.92%	-
1963	31,296,651	-	0.88%	-
1964	31,609,195	-	1%	-
1965	31,954,292	-	1.09%	-
1966	32,283,194	-	1.03%	-
1967	32,682,947	-	1.24%	-
1968	33,113,134	-	1.32%	-
1969	33,441,054	-	0.99%	-
1970	33,814,531	-	1.12%	-
1971	34,224,490	-	1.21%	-
1972	34,604,469	-	1.11%	-
1973	34,988,947	-	1.11%	-
1974	35,373,335	-	1.1%	-
1975	35,757,900	-	1.09%	-
1976	36,137,812	-	1.06%	-
1977	36,511,638	-	1.03%	-
1978	36,864,898	-	0.97%	-
1979	37,191,330	-	0.89%	-
1980	37,491,165	-	0.81%	-
1981	37,758,631	-	0.71%	-
1982	37,986,012	-	0.6%	-
1983	38,171,525	-	0.49%	-
1984	38,330,364	-	0.42%	-
1985	38,469,512	-	0.36%	-
1986	38,584,624	-	0.3%	-
1987	38,684,815	-	0.26%	-
1988	38,766,939	-	0.21%	-
1989	38,827,764	-	0.16%	-
1990	38,867,322	-	0.1%	-
1991	38,966,376	-	0.25%	-
1992	39,157,685	-	0.49%	-
1993	39,361,262	-	0.52%	-
1994	39,549,108	-	0.48%	-
1995	39,724,050	-	0.44%	-
1996	39,889,852	-	0.42%	-
1997	40,057,389	-	0.42%	-
1998	40,223,509	-	0.41%	-
1999	40,386,875	-	0.41%	-
2000	40,567,864	880	0.45%	-
2001	40,850,412	890	0.7%	1.14%
2002	41,431,558	900	1.42%	1.12%
2003	42,187,645	911	1.82%	1.22%
2004	42,921,895	921	1.74%	1.1%
2005	43,653,155	921	1.7%	0%
2006	44,397,319	932	1.7%	1.19%
2007	45,226,803	821	1.87%	-11.9%
2008	45,954,106	824	1.61%	0.37%
2009	46,362,946	826	0.89%	0.24%
2010	46,576,897	829	0.46%	0.36%
2011	46,742,697	832	0.36%	0.36%
2012	46,773,055	836	0.06%	0.48%
2013	46,604,197	839	-0.36%	0.36%
2014	46,460,733	842	-0.31%	0.36%
2015	46,422,303	1,000	-0.08%	18.8%
2016	46,458,139	-	0.08%	0%
2017	46,571,232	1,000	0.24%	0%
2018	46,782,011	-	0.45%	0%
2019	47,118,501	1,000	0.72%	0%
2020	47,359,424	987	0.51%	-1.29%
2021	47,443,821	970	0.18%	-1.68%
2022	47,786,102	944	0.72%	-2.66%
2023	48,352,528	922	1.19%	-2.34%
2024	48,848,840	933	1.03%	1.2%
2025	48,827,866	939	-0.04%	0.59%
2026	48,787,930	952	-0.08%	1.37%
2027	48,738,456	974	-0.1%	2.32%
2028	48,683,694	985	-0.11%	1.13%
2029	48,619,674	983	-0.13%	-0.19%
2030	48,542,955	976	-0.16%	-0.75%
2031	48,454,221	968	-0.18%	-0.75%
2032	48,362,482	968	-0.19%	0%
2033	48,271,264	988	-0.19%	2.09%
2034	48,177,551	992	-0.19%	0.37%
2035	48,077,695	1,000	-0.21%	0.74%
2036	47,970,911	998	-0.22%	-0.18%
2037	47,860,116	1,003	-0.23%	0.55%
2038	47,747,343	1,022	-0.24%	1.83%
2039	47,629,540	1,060	-0.25%	3.78%
2040	47,504,152	1,095	-0.26%	3.3%
2041	47,373,061	1,127	-0.28%	2.86%
2042	47,234,914	1,149	-0.29%	1.96%
2043	47,092,497	1,169	-0.3%	1.76%
2044	46,942,712	1,186	-0.32%	1.42%
2045	46,778,501	1,209	-0.35%	2.02%
2046	46,604,170	1,224	-0.37%	1.22%
2047	46,421,312	1,248	-0.39%	1.95%
2048	46,230,109	1,272	-0.41%	1.92%
2049	46,024,720	1,296	-0.44%	1.88%
2050	45,808,469	1,325	-0.47%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Spain increased by 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Spain gained 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2006 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.