Tokelau vs Vatican: Population

Tokelau

2,424 people

in 2023

Vatican

501 people

in 2023

Tokelau rank

235th

Vatican rank

238th

Population over time

Tokelau currently reports 2,424 people against 501 people in Vatican, a difference of 1,923 people.

That makes Tokelau's figure about 4.8 times Vatican's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Tokelau ahead.

Tokelau ranks 235th and Vatican ranks 238th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.