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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ukraine	Vatican	Ukraine	Vatican
1960	42,824,093	-	-	-
1961	43,399,766	-	1.34%	-
1962	43,943,674	-	1.25%	-
1963	44,462,372	-	1.18%	-
1964	44,951,156	-	1.1%	-
1965	45,386,892	-	0.97%	-
1966	45,802,519	-	0.92%	-
1967	46,215,988	-	0.9%	-
1968	46,614,325	-	0.86%	-
1969	46,976,256	-	0.78%	-
1970	47,261,306	-	0.61%	-
1971	47,573,287	-	0.66%	-
1972	47,946,893	-	0.79%	-
1973	48,277,121	-	0.69%	-
1974	48,576,570	-	0.62%	-
1975	48,865,229	-	0.59%	-
1976	49,120,842	-	0.52%	-
1977	49,336,481	-	0.44%	-
1978	49,521,243	-	0.37%	-
1979	49,721,381	-	0.4%	-
1980	49,955,152	-	0.47%	-
1981	50,189,281	-	0.47%	-
1982	50,402,724	-	0.43%	-
1983	50,637,029	-	0.46%	-
1984	50,887,599	-	0.49%	-
1985	51,108,770	-	0.43%	-
1986	51,318,745	-	0.41%	-
1987	51,515,732	-	0.38%	-
1988	51,724,853	-	0.41%	-
1989	51,917,817	-	0.37%	-
1990	52,054,092	-	0.26%	-
1991	52,170,961	-	0.22%	-
1992	52,323,671	-	0.29%	-
1993	52,350,126	-	0.05%	-
1994	52,075,998	-	-0.52%	-
1995	51,665,539	-	-0.79%	-
1996	51,226,109	-	-0.85%	-
1997	50,786,885	-	-0.86%	-
1998	50,379,731	-	-0.8%	-
1999	49,976,446	-	-0.8%	-
2000	49,556,660	880	-0.84%	-
2001	49,106,855	890	-0.91%	1.14%
2002	48,677,281	900	-0.87%	1.12%
2003	48,315,136	911	-0.74%	1.22%
2004	47,979,507	921	-0.69%	1.1%
2005	47,585,556	921	-0.82%	0%
2006	47,278,694	932	-0.64%	1.19%
2007	47,062,798	821	-0.46%	-11.9%
2008	46,819,175	824	-0.52%	0.37%
2009	46,623,731	826	-0.42%	0.24%
2010	46,456,003	829	-0.36%	0.36%
2011	46,307,853	832	-0.32%	0.36%
2012	46,210,056	836	-0.21%	0.48%
2013	46,126,770	839	-0.18%	0.36%
2014	45,972,380	842	-0.33%	0.36%
2015	45,784,896	1,000	-0.41%	18.8%
2016	45,616,832	-	-0.37%	0%
2017	45,436,041	1,000	-0.4%	0%
2018	45,208,907	-	-0.5%	0%
2019	44,957,458	1,000	-0.56%	0%
2020	44,680,014	987	-0.62%	-1.29%
2021	44,298,640	970	-0.85%	-1.68%
2022	41,048,766	944	-7.34%	-2.66%
2023	37,732,836	922	-8.08%	-2.34%
2024	37,860,221	933	0.34%	1.2%
2025	38,980,379	939	2.96%	0.59%
2026	39,535,850	952	1.43%	1.37%
2027	39,245,208	974	-0.74%	2.32%
2028	38,952,086	985	-0.75%	1.13%
2029	38,654,416	983	-0.76%	-0.19%
2030	38,353,848	976	-0.78%	-0.75%
2031	38,050,624	968	-0.79%	-0.75%
2032	37,746,688	968	-0.8%	0%
2033	37,442,088	988	-0.81%	2.09%
2034	37,135,839	992	-0.82%	0.37%
2035	36,828,149	1,000	-0.83%	0.74%
2036	36,519,767	998	-0.84%	-0.18%
2037	36,209,679	1,003	-0.85%	0.55%
2038	35,897,705	1,022	-0.86%	1.83%
2039	35,584,263	1,060	-0.87%	3.78%
2040	35,270,911	1,095	-0.88%	3.3%
2041	34,957,580	1,127	-0.89%	2.86%
2042	34,641,778	1,149	-0.9%	1.96%
2043	34,324,132	1,169	-0.92%	1.76%
2044	34,004,074	1,186	-0.93%	1.42%
2045	33,680,448	1,209	-0.95%	2.02%
2046	33,351,499	1,224	-0.98%	1.22%
2047	33,017,828	1,248	-1%	1.95%
2048	32,680,968	1,272	-1.02%	1.92%
2049	32,338,515	1,296	-1.05%	1.88%
2050	31,990,136	1,325	-1.08%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ukraine decreased by 1,661,862 people (a 3.52% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ukraine lost -6,080,982 (a 13.3% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Ukraine was ranked 27th most populous country in 2006 and is 40th 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) Ukraine's population will shrink by 19.1% to 31,990,136 people with a rank change from 40th to 60th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.