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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Turkmenistan	Vatican	Turkmenistan	Vatican
1960	1,643,457	-	-	-
1961	1,695,400	-	3.16%	-
1962	1,749,214	-	3.17%	-
1963	1,804,272	-	3.15%	-
1964	1,859,997	-	3.09%	-
1965	1,915,916	-	3.01%	-
1966	1,971,737	-	2.91%	-
1967	2,027,403	-	2.82%	-
1968	2,083,069	-	2.75%	-
1969	2,139,024	-	2.69%	-
1970	2,195,616	-	2.65%	-
1971	2,253,119	-	2.62%	-
1972	2,311,430	-	2.59%	-
1973	2,370,919	-	2.57%	-
1974	2,432,028	-	2.58%	-
1975	2,494,570	-	2.57%	-
1976	2,558,521	-	2.56%	-
1977	2,623,948	-	2.56%	-
1978	2,691,088	-	2.56%	-
1979	2,760,358	-	2.57%	-
1980	2,832,203	-	2.6%	-
1981	2,907,187	-	2.65%	-
1982	2,985,557	-	2.7%	-
1983	3,067,534	-	2.75%	-
1984	3,154,079	-	2.82%	-
1985	3,247,534	-	2.96%	-
1986	3,347,809	-	3.09%	-
1987	3,452,731	-	3.13%	-
1988	3,559,363	-	3.09%	-
1989	3,662,459	-	2.9%	-
1990	3,760,562	-	2.68%	-
1991	3,855,894	-	2.54%	-
1992	3,944,689	-	2.3%	-
1993	4,032,407	-	2.22%	-
1994	4,116,662	-	2.09%	-
1995	4,191,203	-	1.81%	-
1996	4,263,819	-	1.73%	-
1997	4,336,730	-	1.71%	-
1998	4,410,507	-	1.7%	-
1999	4,492,170	-	1.85%	-
2000	4,582,677	880	2.01%	-
2001	4,675,409	890	2.02%	1.14%
2002	4,769,465	900	2.01%	1.12%
2003	4,863,865	911	1.98%	1.22%
2004	4,958,093	921	1.94%	1.1%
2005	5,052,257	921	1.9%	0%
2006	5,147,105	932	1.88%	1.19%
2007	5,244,046	821	1.88%	-11.9%
2008	5,345,029	824	1.93%	0.37%
2009	5,451,592	826	1.99%	0.24%
2010	5,564,356	829	2.07%	0.36%
2011	5,683,417	832	2.14%	0.36%
2012	5,808,546	836	2.2%	0.48%
2013	5,939,341	839	2.25%	0.36%
2014	6,075,283	842	2.29%	0.36%
2015	6,215,770	1,000	2.31%	18.8%
2016	6,360,041	-	2.32%	0%
2017	6,507,061	1,000	2.31%	0%
2018	6,655,524	-	2.28%	0%
2019	6,803,944	1,000	2.23%	0%
2020	6,949,912	987	2.15%	-1.29%
2021	7,092,043	970	2.05%	-1.68%
2022	7,230,193	944	1.95%	-2.66%
2023	7,364,438	922	1.86%	-2.34%
2024	7,494,498	933	1.77%	1.2%
2025	7,618,855	939	1.66%	0.59%
2026	7,736,635	952	1.55%	1.37%
2027	7,847,563	974	1.43%	2.32%
2028	7,951,300	985	1.32%	1.13%
2029	8,047,445	983	1.21%	-0.19%
2030	8,135,732	976	1.1%	-0.75%
2031	8,218,959	968	1.02%	-0.75%
2032	8,300,260	968	0.99%	0%
2033	8,380,356	988	0.96%	2.09%
2034	8,459,731	992	0.95%	0.37%
2035	8,538,678	1,000	0.93%	0.74%
2036	8,617,567	998	0.92%	-0.18%
2037	8,696,458	1,003	0.92%	0.55%
2038	8,775,204	1,022	0.91%	1.83%
2039	8,853,842	1,060	0.9%	3.78%
2040	8,932,237	1,095	0.89%	3.3%
2041	9,010,272	1,127	0.87%	2.86%
2042	9,087,668	1,149	0.86%	1.96%
2043	9,164,056	1,169	0.84%	1.76%
2044	9,239,278	1,186	0.82%	1.42%
2045	9,312,825	1,209	0.8%	2.02%
2046	9,384,188	1,224	0.77%	1.22%
2047	9,452,893	1,248	0.73%	1.95%
2048	9,518,558	1,272	0.69%	1.92%
2049	9,580,906	1,296	0.66%	1.88%
2050	9,639,711	1,325	0.61%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Turkmenistan increased by 1,163,513 people (a 23% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Turkmenistan gained 1,497,695 (a 24.1% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Turkmenistan was ranked 113th most populous country in 2005 and is 104th 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) Turkmenistan's population will grow by 25% to 9,639,711 people with a rank change from 104th to 101st. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.