Population in the United Kingdom compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the United Kingdom and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	United Kingdom	Vatican	United Kingdom	Vatican
1960	52,400,000	-	-	-
1961	52,800,000	-	0.76%	-
1962	53,250,000	-	0.85%	-
1963	53,650,000	-	0.75%	-
1964	54,000,000	-	0.65%	-
1965	54,348,050	-	0.64%	-
1966	54,648,500	-	0.55%	-
1967	54,943,600	-	0.54%	-
1968	55,211,700	-	0.49%	-
1969	55,441,750	-	0.42%	-
1970	55,663,250	-	0.4%	-
1971	55,896,223	-	0.42%	-
1972	56,086,065	-	0.34%	-
1973	56,194,527	-	0.19%	-
1974	56,229,974	-	0.06%	-
1975	56,225,800	-	-0.007%	-
1976	56,211,968	-	-0.02%	-
1977	56,193,492	-	-0.03%	-
1978	56,196,504	-	0.005%	-
1979	56,246,951	-	0.09%	-
1980	56,314,216	-	0.12%	-
1981	56,333,829	-	0.03%	-
1982	56,313,641	-	-0.04%	-
1983	56,332,848	-	0.03%	-
1984	56,422,072	-	0.16%	-
1985	56,550,268	-	0.23%	-
1986	56,681,396	-	0.23%	-
1987	56,802,050	-	0.21%	-
1988	56,928,327	-	0.22%	-
1989	57,076,711	-	0.26%	-
1990	57,247,586	-	0.3%	-
1991	57,424,897	-	0.31%	-
1992	57,580,402	-	0.27%	-
1993	57,718,614	-	0.24%	-
1994	57,865,745	-	0.25%	-
1995	58,019,030	-	0.26%	-
1996	58,166,950	-	0.25%	-
1997	58,316,954	-	0.26%	-
1998	58,487,141	-	0.29%	-
1999	58,682,466	-	0.33%	-
2000	58,892,514	880	0.36%	-
2001	59,119,673	890	0.39%	1.14%
2002	59,370,479	900	0.42%	1.12%
2003	59,647,577	911	0.47%	1.22%
2004	59,987,905	921	0.57%	1.1%
2005	60,401,206	921	0.69%	0%
2006	60,846,820	932	0.74%	1.19%
2007	61,322,463	821	0.78%	-11.9%
2008	61,806,995	824	0.79%	0.37%
2009	62,276,270	826	0.76%	0.24%
2010	62,766,365	829	0.79%	0.36%
2011	63,258,810	832	0.78%	0.36%
2012	63,711,000	836	0.71%	0.48%
2013	64,139,000	839	0.67%	0.36%
2014	64,620,000	842	0.75%	0.36%
2015	65,088,000	1,000	0.72%	18.8%
2016	65,607,000	-	0.8%	0%
2017	65,966,000	1,000	0.55%	0%
2018	66,289,000	-	0.49%	0%
2019	66,631,000	1,000	0.52%	0%
2020	66,744,000	987	0.17%	-1.29%
2021	66,984,000	970	0.36%	-1.68%
2022	67,604,000	944	0.93%	-2.66%
2023	68,492,000	922	1.31%	-2.34%
2024	69,226,000	933	1.07%	1.2%
2025	69,639,673	939	0.6%	0.59%
2026	70,020,350	952	0.55%	1.37%
2027	70,382,853	974	0.52%	2.32%
2028	70,732,699	985	0.5%	1.13%
2029	71,061,482	983	0.46%	-0.19%
2030	71,377,535	976	0.44%	-0.75%
2031	71,678,351	968	0.42%	-0.75%
2032	71,959,934	968	0.39%	0%
2033	72,234,509	988	0.38%	2.09%
2034	72,497,650	992	0.36%	0.37%
2035	72,749,096	1,000	0.35%	0.74%
2036	72,990,847	998	0.33%	-0.18%
2037	73,218,850	1,003	0.31%	0.55%
2038	73,441,349	1,022	0.3%	1.83%
2039	73,658,392	1,060	0.3%	3.78%
2040	73,868,334	1,095	0.29%	3.3%
2041	74,074,316	1,127	0.28%	2.86%
2042	74,275,779	1,149	0.27%	1.96%
2043	74,475,035	1,169	0.27%	1.76%
2044	74,667,284	1,186	0.26%	1.42%
2045	74,848,605	1,209	0.24%	2.02%
2046	75,020,949	1,224	0.23%	1.22%
2047	75,184,478	1,248	0.22%	1.95%
2048	75,337,543	1,272	0.2%	1.92%
2049	75,476,141	1,296	0.18%	1.88%
2050	75,600,588	1,325	0.16%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Kingdom increased by 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Kingdom gained 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

The United Kingdom was ranked 21st most populous country in 2005 and is 22nd 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) the United Kingdom's population will grow by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people with a rank change from 22nd to 26th. The population of the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.