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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Vatican	Vietnam	Vatican	Vietnam
1960	-	32,531,933	-	-
1961	-	33,409,059	-	2.7%
1962	-	34,288,560	-	2.63%
1963	-	35,249,101	-	2.8%
1964	-	36,201,563	-	2.7%
1965	-	37,129,656	-	2.56%
1966	-	38,024,836	-	2.41%
1967	-	38,895,080	-	2.29%
1968	-	39,734,609	-	2.16%
1969	-	40,582,096	-	2.13%
1970	-	41,475,230	-	2.2%
1971	-	42,449,276	-	2.35%
1972	-	43,429,168	-	2.31%
1973	-	44,409,861	-	2.26%
1974	-	45,413,537	-	2.26%
1975	-	46,482,903	-	2.35%
1976	-	47,684,931	-	2.59%
1977	-	48,954,872	-	2.66%
1978	-	50,249,552	-	2.64%
1979	-	51,378,211	-	2.25%
1980	-	52,490,101	-	2.16%
1981	-	53,738,141	-	2.38%
1982	-	55,011,289	-	2.37%
1983	-	56,337,921	-	2.41%
1984	-	57,706,067	-	2.43%
1985	-	59,060,622	-	2.35%
1986	-	60,347,048	-	2.18%
1987	-	61,584,651	-	2.05%
1988	-	62,843,228	-	2.04%
1989	-	64,147,348	-	2.08%
1990	-	65,504,552	-	2.12%
1991	-	66,891,775	-	2.12%
1992	-	68,260,337	-	2.05%
1993	-	69,586,384	-	1.94%
1994	-	70,854,391	-	1.82%
1995	-	72,049,940	-	1.69%
1996	-	73,156,447	-	1.54%
1997	-	74,226,889	-	1.46%
1998	-	75,299,660	-	1.45%
1999	-	76,287,452	-	1.31%
2000	880	77,154,011	-	1.14%
2001	890	77,969,361	1.14%	1.06%
2002	900	78,772,224	1.12%	1.03%
2003	911	79,563,777	1.22%	1%
2004	921	80,338,971	1.1%	0.97%
2005	921	81,088,313	0%	0.93%
2006	932	82,167,897	1.19%	1.33%
2007	821	83,633,375	-11.9%	1.78%
2008	824	85,175,788	0.37%	1.84%
2009	826	86,460,018	0.24%	1.51%
2010	829	87,455,152	0.36%	1.15%
2011	832	88,468,314	0.36%	1.16%
2012	836	89,510,356	0.48%	1.18%
2013	839	90,573,104	0.36%	1.19%
2014	842	91,679,578	0.36%	1.22%
2015	1,000	92,823,254	18.8%	1.25%
2016	-	94,000,117	0%	1.27%
2017	1,000	95,176,977	0%	1.25%
2018	-	96,237,319	0%	1.11%
2019	1,000	97,173,776	0%	0.97%
2020	987	98,079,191	-1.29%	0.93%
2021	970	98,935,098	-1.68%	0.87%
2022	944	99,680,655	-2.66%	0.75%
2023	922	100,352,192	-2.34%	0.67%
2024	933	100,987,686	1.2%	0.63%
2025	939	101,598,531	0.59%	0.6%
2026	952	102,177,434	1.37%	0.57%
2027	974	102,727,392	2.32%	0.54%
2028	985	103,255,746	1.13%	0.51%
2029	983	103,761,151	-0.19%	0.49%
2030	976	104,254,900	-0.75%	0.48%
2031	968	104,737,913	-0.75%	0.46%
2032	968	105,204,401	0%	0.45%
2033	988	105,656,307	2.09%	0.43%
2034	992	106,097,515	0.37%	0.42%
2035	1,000	106,530,671	0.74%	0.41%
2036	998	106,945,842	-0.18%	0.39%
2037	1,003	107,346,046	0.55%	0.37%
2038	1,022	107,732,019	1.83%	0.36%
2039	1,060	108,097,653	3.78%	0.34%
2040	1,095	108,437,634	3.3%	0.31%
2041	1,127	108,752,199	2.86%	0.29%
2042	1,149	109,040,314	1.96%	0.26%
2043	1,169	109,292,559	1.76%	0.23%
2044	1,186	109,506,274	1.42%	0.2%
2045	1,209	109,685,396	2.02%	0.16%
2046	1,224	109,827,664	1.22%	0.13%
2047	1,248	109,930,243	1.95%	0.09%
2048	1,272	109,994,024	1.92%	0.06%
2049	1,296	110,018,017	1.88%	0.02%
2050	1,325	110,008,910	2.27%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Vatican increased by 79 people (a 8.58% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Vatican lost -51 (a 5.1% decline), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

The Vatican was ranked 197th most populous country in 2005 and is still 197th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.