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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Vatican	Venezuela	Vatican	Venezuela
1960	-	8,160,090	-	-
1961	-	8,455,915	-	3.63%
1962	-	8,756,870	-	3.56%
1963	-	9,064,021	-	3.51%
1964	-	9,377,712	-	3.46%
1965	-	9,697,790	-	3.41%
1966	-	10,024,854	-	3.37%
1967	-	10,358,513	-	3.33%
1968	-	10,697,530	-	3.27%
1969	-	11,040,280	-	3.2%
1970	-	11,387,790	-	3.15%
1971	-	11,741,008	-	3.1%
1972	-	12,099,180	-	3.05%
1973	-	12,463,537	-	3.01%
1974	-	12,835,351	-	2.98%
1975	-	13,215,892	-	2.96%
1976	-	13,606,284	-	2.95%
1977	-	14,006,812	-	2.94%
1978	-	14,416,684	-	2.93%
1979	-	14,834,552	-	2.9%
1980	-	15,258,218	-	2.86%
1981	-	15,687,297	-	2.81%
1982	-	16,121,874	-	2.77%
1983	-	16,562,205	-	2.73%
1984	-	17,008,841	-	2.7%
1985	-	17,461,434	-	2.66%
1986	-	17,923,536	-	2.65%
1987	-	18,394,963	-	2.63%
1988	-	18,871,020	-	2.59%
1989	-	19,348,921	-	2.53%
1990	-	19,827,010	-	2.47%
1991	-	20,304,896	-	2.41%
1992	-	20,780,948	-	2.34%
1993	-	21,254,520	-	2.28%
1994	-	21,725,188	-	2.21%
1995	-	22,193,821	-	2.16%
1996	-	22,662,113	-	2.11%
1997	-	23,131,685	-	2.07%
1998	-	23,601,337	-	2.03%
1999	-	24,066,593	-	1.97%
2000	880	24,526,708	-	1.91%
2001	890	24,979,922	1.14%	1.85%
2002	900	25,435,671	1.12%	1.82%
2003	911	25,892,703	1.22%	1.8%
2004	921	26,340,838	1.1%	1.73%
2005	921	26,785,804	0%	1.69%
2006	932	27,224,686	1.19%	1.64%
2007	821	27,649,363	-11.9%	1.56%
2008	824	28,053,696	0.37%	1.46%
2009	826	28,438,298	0.24%	1.37%
2010	829	28,813,101	0.36%	1.32%
2011	832	29,185,212	0.36%	1.29%
2012	836	29,553,826	0.48%	1.26%
2013	839	29,912,198	0.36%	1.21%
2014	842	30,254,079	0.36%	1.14%
2015	1,000	30,573,972	18.8%	1.06%
2016	-	30,765,720	0%	0.63%
2017	1,000	30,565,323	0%	-0.65%
2018	-	29,807,592	0%	-2.48%
2019	1,000	28,938,098	0%	-2.92%
2020	987	28,444,077	-1.29%	-1.71%
2021	970	28,237,826	-1.68%	-0.73%
2022	944	28,213,017	-2.66%	-0.09%
2023	922	28,300,854	-2.34%	0.31%
2024	933	28,405,543	1.2%	0.37%
2025	939	28,516,898	0.59%	0.39%
2026	952	28,633,718	1.37%	0.41%
2027	974	28,758,565	2.32%	0.44%
2028	985	28,885,166	1.13%	0.44%
2029	983	29,014,444	-0.19%	0.45%
2030	976	29,151,809	-0.75%	0.47%
2031	968	29,295,744	-0.75%	0.49%
2032	968	29,442,534	0%	0.5%
2033	988	29,587,099	2.09%	0.49%
2034	992	29,735,159	0.37%	0.5%
2035	1,000	29,883,329	0.74%	0.5%
2036	998	30,020,167	-0.18%	0.46%
2037	1,003	30,146,546	0.55%	0.42%
2038	1,022	30,268,328	1.83%	0.4%
2039	1,060	30,386,284	3.78%	0.39%
2040	1,095	30,495,445	3.3%	0.36%
2041	1,127	30,590,207	2.86%	0.31%
2042	1,149	30,674,532	1.96%	0.28%
2043	1,169	30,749,671	1.76%	0.24%
2044	1,186	30,813,805	1.42%	0.21%
2045	1,209	30,871,490	2.02%	0.19%
2046	1,224	30,923,463	1.22%	0.17%
2047	1,248	30,974,366	1.95%	0.16%
2048	1,272	31,021,600	1.92%	0.15%
2049	1,296	31,059,954	1.88%	0.12%
2050	1,325	31,094,884	2.27%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Vatican increased by 79 people (a 8.58% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Vatican lost -51 (a 5.1% decline), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

The Vatican was ranked 197th most populous country in 2005 and is still 197th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Vatican's population will grow by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th. The population of Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.