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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Taiwan	Vatican	Taiwan	Vatican
1961	11,030,385	-	-	-
1962	11,392,513	-	3.28%	-
1963	11,762,101	-	3.24%	-
1964	12,137,143	-	3.19%	-
1965	12,511,863	-	3.09%	-
1966	12,874,153	-	2.9%	-
1967	13,210,344	-	2.61%	-
1968	13,548,537	-	2.56%	-
1969	14,068,984	-	3.84%	-
1970	14,582,944	-	3.65%	-
1971	14,913,564	-	2.27%	-
1972	15,220,495	-	2.06%	-
1973	15,505,121	-	1.87%	-
1974	15,784,817	-	1.8%	-
1975	16,075,128	-	1.84%	-
1976	16,401,413	-	2.03%	-
1977	16,730,895	-	2.01%	-
1978	17,042,272	-	1.86%	-
1979	17,372,779	-	1.94%	-
1980	17,704,538	-	1.91%	-
1981	18,029,982	-	1.84%	-
1982	18,354,855	-	1.8%	-
1983	18,653,146	-	1.63%	-
1984	18,929,866	-	1.48%	-
1985	19,191,510	-	1.38%	-
1986	19,411,454	-	1.15%	-
1987	19,617,046	-	1.06%	-
1988	19,839,704	-	1.14%	-
1989	20,055,492	-	1.09%	-
1990	20,278,946	-	1.11%	-
1991	20,503,568	-	1.11%	-
1992	20,704,227	-	0.98%	-
1993	20,899,019	-	0.94%	-
1994	21,086,645	-	0.9%	-
1995	21,267,653	-	0.86%	-
1996	21,441,432	-	0.82%	-
1997	21,634,124	-	0.9%	-
1998	21,835,703	-	0.93%	-
1999	22,010,489	-	0.8%	-
2000	22,184,530	880	0.79%	-
2001	22,341,120	890	0.71%	1.14%
2002	22,463,172	900	0.55%	1.12%
2003	22,562,663	911	0.44%	1.22%
2004	22,646,836	921	0.37%	1.1%
2005	22,729,753	921	0.37%	0%
2006	22,823,455	932	0.41%	1.19%
2007	22,917,444	821	0.41%	-11.9%
2008	22,997,696	824	0.35%	0.37%
2009	23,078,402	826	0.35%	0.24%
2010	23,140,948	829	0.27%	0.36%
2011	23,193,518	832	0.23%	0.36%
2012	23,270,367	836	0.33%	0.48%
2013	23,344,670	839	0.32%	0.36%
2014	23,403,635	842	0.25%	0.36%
2015	23,462,914	1,000	0.25%	18.8%
2016	23,515,945	-	0.23%	0%
2017	23,555,522	1,000	0.17%	0%
2018	23,580,080	-	0.1%	0%
2019	23,596,027	1,000	0.07%	0%
2020	23,582,179	987	-0.06%	-1.29%
2021	23,468,275	970	-0.48%	-1.68%
2022	23,319,977	944	-0.63%	-2.66%
2023	23,342,541	922	0.1%	-2.34%
2024	23,410,331	933	0.29%	1.2%
2025	23,308,308	939	-0.44%	0.59%
2026	23,205,944	952	-0.44%	1.37%
2027	23,102,120	974	-0.45%	2.32%
2028	22,996,693	985	-0.46%	1.13%
2029	22,890,335	983	-0.46%	-0.19%
2030	22,781,040	976	-0.48%	-0.75%
2031	22,667,327	968	-0.5%	-0.75%
2032	22,549,689	968	-0.52%	0%
2033	22,428,721	988	-0.54%	2.09%
2034	22,302,402	992	-0.56%	0.37%
2035	22,170,689	1,000	-0.59%	0.74%
2036	22,034,775	998	-0.61%	-0.18%
2037	21,893,029	1,003	-0.64%	0.55%
2038	21,746,001	1,022	-0.67%	1.83%
2039	21,594,236	1,060	-0.7%	3.78%
2040	21,436,947	1,095	-0.73%	3.3%
2041	21,274,187	1,127	-0.76%	2.86%
2042	21,105,682	1,149	-0.79%	1.96%
2043	20,932,105	1,169	-0.82%	1.76%
2044	20,754,623	1,186	-0.85%	1.42%
2045	20,571,741	1,209	-0.88%	2.02%
2046	20,384,903	1,224	-0.91%	1.22%
2047	20,194,425	1,248	-0.93%	1.95%
2048	19,999,753	1,272	-0.96%	1.92%
2049	19,801,293	1,296	-0.99%	1.88%
2050	19,598,997	1,325	-1.02%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Taiwan increased by 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Taiwan lost -310,001 (a 1.32% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Taiwan was ranked 49th most populous country in 2006 and is 60th 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) Taiwan's population will shrink by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people with a rank change from 60th to 76th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.