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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Thailand	Vatican	Thailand	Vatican
1960	26,851,747	-	-	-
1961	27,650,334	-	2.97%	-
1962	28,481,040	-	3%	-
1963	29,342,322	-	3.02%	-
1964	30,232,141	-	3.03%	-
1965	31,149,337	-	3.03%	-
1966	32,086,071	-	3.01%	-
1967	33,037,801	-	2.97%	-
1968	34,002,560	-	2.92%	-
1969	34,973,782	-	2.86%	-
1970	35,954,408	-	2.8%	-
1971	36,937,387	-	2.73%	-
1972	37,933,929	-	2.7%	-
1973	38,947,787	-	2.67%	-
1974	39,952,891	-	2.58%	-
1975	40,940,005	-	2.47%	-
1976	41,896,504	-	2.34%	-
1977	42,843,974	-	2.26%	-
1978	43,788,976	-	2.21%	-
1979	44,718,434	-	2.12%	-
1980	45,650,022	-	2.08%	-
1981	46,575,855	-	2.03%	-
1982	47,494,577	-	1.97%	-
1983	48,423,309	-	1.96%	-
1984	49,351,708	-	1.92%	-
1985	50,270,753	-	1.86%	-
1986	51,177,834	-	1.8%	-
1987	52,074,105	-	1.75%	-
1988	52,969,595	-	1.72%	-
1989	53,848,956	-	1.66%	-
1990	54,738,329	-	1.65%	-
1991	55,637,434	-	1.64%	-
1992	56,528,834	-	1.6%	-
1993	57,408,198	-	1.56%	-
1994	58,260,854	-	1.49%	-
1995	59,098,232	-	1.44%	-
1996	59,920,064	-	1.39%	-
1997	60,724,584	-	1.34%	-
1998	61,522,630	-	1.31%	-
1999	62,299,043	-	1.26%	-
2000	63,007,815	880	1.14%	-
2001	63,651,141	890	1.02%	1.14%
2002	64,266,437	900	0.97%	1.12%
2003	64,868,166	911	0.94%	1.22%
2004	65,452,047	921	0.9%	1.1%
2005	66,017,420	921	0.86%	0%
2006	66,567,687	932	0.83%	1.19%
2007	67,102,394	821	0.8%	-11.9%
2008	67,619,830	824	0.77%	0.37%
2009	68,121,080	826	0.74%	0.24%
2010	68,579,447	829	0.67%	0.36%
2011	69,007,208	832	0.62%	0.36%
2012	69,436,098	836	0.62%	0.48%
2013	69,845,114	839	0.59%	0.36%
2014	70,216,367	842	0.53%	0.36%
2015	70,540,795	1,000	0.46%	18.8%
2016	70,859,841	-	0.45%	0%
2017	71,160,187	1,000	0.42%	0%
2018	71,376,079	-	0.3%	0%
2019	71,522,271	1,000	0.2%	0%
2020	71,641,484	987	0.17%	-1.29%
2021	71,727,332	970	0.12%	-1.68%
2022	71,735,329	944	0.01%	-2.66%
2023	71,702,435	922	-0.05%	-2.34%
2024	71,668,011	933	-0.05%	1.2%
2025	71,619,867	939	-0.07%	0.59%
2026	71,559,621	952	-0.08%	1.37%
2027	71,488,156	974	-0.1%	2.32%
2028	71,406,996	985	-0.11%	1.13%
2029	71,316,195	983	-0.13%	-0.19%
2030	71,215,017	976	-0.14%	-0.75%
2031	71,104,025	968	-0.16%	-0.75%
2032	70,982,286	968	-0.17%	0%
2033	70,847,947	988	-0.19%	2.09%
2034	70,701,651	992	-0.21%	0.37%
2035	70,540,884	1,000	-0.23%	0.74%
2036	70,366,496	998	-0.25%	-0.18%
2037	70,180,031	1,003	-0.26%	0.55%
2038	69,979,034	1,022	-0.29%	1.83%
2039	69,763,928	1,060	-0.31%	3.78%
2040	69,535,003	1,095	-0.33%	3.3%
2041	69,288,477	1,127	-0.35%	2.86%
2042	69,025,348	1,149	-0.38%	1.96%
2043	68,748,075	1,169	-0.4%	1.76%
2044	68,456,533	1,186	-0.42%	1.42%
2045	68,150,148	1,209	-0.45%	2.02%
2046	67,827,309	1,224	-0.47%	1.22%
2047	67,489,358	1,248	-0.5%	1.95%
2048	67,136,737	1,272	-0.52%	1.92%
2049	66,767,316	1,296	-0.55%	1.88%
2050	66,382,732	1,325	-0.58%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Thailand increased by 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Thailand gained 699,780 (a 0.99% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Thailand was ranked 19th most populous country in 2006 and is 21st 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) Thailand's population will shrink by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people with a rank change from 21st to 31st. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.