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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Turkey	Vatican	Turkey	Vatican
1960	28,329,898	-	-	-
1961	29,119,238	-	2.79%	-
1962	29,916,147	-	2.74%	-
1963	30,726,841	-	2.71%	-
1964	31,543,072	-	2.66%	-
1965	32,345,220	-	2.54%	-
1966	33,177,672	-	2.57%	-
1967	34,050,421	-	2.63%	-
1968	34,921,684	-	2.56%	-
1969	35,787,774	-	2.48%	-
1970	36,638,465	-	2.38%	-
1971	37,518,611	-	2.4%	-
1972	38,430,221	-	2.43%	-
1973	39,329,533	-	2.34%	-
1974	40,210,234	-	2.24%	-
1975	41,053,126	-	2.1%	-
1976	41,899,984	-	2.06%	-
1977	42,773,298	-	2.08%	-
1978	43,645,306	-	2.04%	-
1979	44,510,429	-	1.98%	-
1980	45,408,815	-	2.02%	-
1981	46,321,190	-	2.01%	-
1982	47,322,096	-	2.16%	-
1983	48,447,410	-	2.38%	-
1984	49,574,069	-	2.33%	-
1985	50,687,115	-	2.25%	-
1986	51,777,772	-	2.15%	-
1987	52,843,670	-	2.06%	-
1988	53,909,626	-	2.02%	-
1989	54,976,723	-	1.98%	-
1990	56,015,628	-	1.89%	-
1991	57,009,887	-	1.77%	-
1992	57,990,118	-	1.72%	-
1993	58,999,167	-	1.74%	-
1994	60,033,836	-	1.75%	-
1995	61,024,503	-	1.65%	-
1996	61,951,134	-	1.52%	-
1997	62,852,966	-	1.46%	-
1998	63,734,383	-	1.4%	-
1999	64,591,923	-	1.35%	-
2000	65,425,961	880	1.29%	-
2001	66,245,128	890	1.25%	1.14%
2002	67,048,795	900	1.21%	1.12%
2003	67,831,730	911	1.17%	1.22%
2004	68,592,617	921	1.12%	1.1%
2005	69,329,557	921	1.07%	0%
2006	70,045,349	932	1.03%	1.19%
2007	70,158,112	821	0.16%	-11.9%
2008	71,051,678	824	1.27%	0.37%
2009	72,039,206	826	1.39%	0.24%
2010	73,142,150	829	1.53%	0.36%
2011	74,223,629	832	1.48%	0.36%
2012	75,175,827	836	1.28%	0.48%
2013	76,147,624	839	1.29%	0.36%
2014	77,181,884	842	1.36%	0.36%
2015	78,218,479	1,000	1.34%	18.8%
2016	79,277,962	-	1.35%	0%
2017	80,312,698	1,000	1.31%	0%
2018	81,407,204	-	1.36%	0%
2019	82,579,440	1,000	1.44%	0%
2020	83,384,680	987	0.98%	-1.29%
2021	84,147,318	970	0.91%	-1.68%
2022	84,979,913	944	0.99%	-2.66%
2023	85,325,965	922	0.41%	-2.34%
2024	85,518,661	933	0.23%	1.2%
2025	85,725,557	939	0.24%	0.59%
2026	85,960,835	952	0.27%	1.37%
2027	86,227,115	974	0.31%	2.32%
2028	86,502,744	985	0.32%	1.13%
2029	86,771,652	983	0.31%	-0.19%
2030	87,037,680	976	0.31%	-0.75%
2031	87,297,191	968	0.3%	-0.75%
2032	87,537,075	968	0.27%	0%
2033	87,762,403	988	0.26%	2.09%
2034	87,974,138	992	0.24%	0.37%
2035	88,172,739	1,000	0.23%	0.74%
2036	88,364,318	998	0.22%	-0.18%
2037	88,545,669	1,003	0.21%	0.55%
2038	88,707,268	1,022	0.18%	1.83%
2039	88,849,956	1,060	0.16%	3.78%
2040	88,975,510	1,095	0.14%	3.3%
2041	89,083,304	1,127	0.12%	2.86%
2042	89,177,769	1,149	0.11%	1.96%
2043	89,254,147	1,169	0.09%	1.76%
2044	89,311,458	1,186	0.06%	1.42%
2045	89,349,806	1,209	0.04%	2.02%
2046	89,375,429	1,224	0.03%	1.22%
2047	89,383,765	1,248	0.009%	1.95%
2048	89,361,174	1,272	-0.03%	1.92%
2049	89,306,566	1,296	-0.06%	1.88%
2050	89,218,346	1,325	-0.1%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Turkey increased by 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Turkey gained 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Turkey was ranked 18th most populous country in 2005 and is still 18th 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) Turkey's population will grow by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people with a rank change from 18th to 19th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.