Population growth in San Marino
From 1960 to 2020 the population of San Marino increased from 15,397.00 to 33,938.00 people. This is a growth by 120.4 percent in 60 years. The highest increase in San Marino was recorded in 1963 with 2.61%. The smallest increase in 2020 with 0.22%.In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 155.5 percent.
Around 97% of the inhabitants live in the country's larger cities. This growing trend of urbanization is increasing by 0.4% annually.
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Population development in San Marino since 1960
(Data given in 1000 inhabitants)| Year | Population San Marino | Change | Birthrate | Deathrate | Population World | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 | 2.55 % | 3,075 M | 1.35 % | |||
| 1962 | 16,000 | 2.60 % | 3,128 M | 1.72 % | |||
| 1963 | 17,000 | 2.61 % | 3,193 M | 2.07 % | |||
| 1964 | 17,000 | 2.47 % | 3,258 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1965 | 17,000 | 2.40 % | 3,325 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1966 | 18,000 | 2.26 % | 3,395 M | 2.10 % | |||
| 1967 | 18,000 | 2.21 % | 3,464 M | 2.05 % | |||
| 1968 | 19,000 | 1.97 % | 3,535 M | 2.03 % | |||
| 1969 | 19,000 | 1.65 % | 3,609 M | 2.11 % | |||
| 1970 | 19,000 | 1.29 % | 3,685 M | 2.09 % | |||
| 1971 | 19,000 | 0.86 % | 3,762 M | 2.10 % | |||
| 1972 | 19,000 | 0.49 % | 3,839 M | 2.04 % | |||
| 1973 | 19,000 | 0.35 % | 3,915 M | 1.98 % | |||
| 1974 | 20,000 | 0.49 % | 3,991 M | 1.96 % | |||
| 1975 | 20,000 | 0.88 % | 4,066 M | 1.87 % | |||
| 1976 | 20,000 | 1.24 % | 4,139 M | 1.79 % | |||
| 1977 | 20,000 | 1.58 % | 4,212 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1978 | 21,000 | 1.79 % | 4,286 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1979 | 21,000 | 2.26 % | 4,358 M | 1.68 % | |||
| 1980 | 21,000 | 1.57 % | 4,434 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1981 | 22,000 | 1.43 % | 4,512 M | 1.76 % | |||
| 1982 | 22,000 | 1.25 % | 4,593 M | 1.80 % | |||
| 1983 | 22,000 | 1.19 % | 4,675 M | 1.78 % | |||
| 1984 | 23,000 | 1.12 % | 4,757 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1985 | 23,000 | 1.10 % | 4,840 M | 1.75 % | |||
| 1986 | 23,000 | 1.09 % | 4,926 M | 1.77 % | |||
| 1987 | 23,000 | 1.08 % | 5,014 M | 1.78 % | |||
| 1988 | 24,000 | 1.10 % | 5,102 M | 1.77 % | |||
| 1989 | 24,000 | 1.13 % | 5,191 M | 1.74 % | |||
| 1990 | 24,000 | 1.29 % | 5,281 M | 1.74 % | |||
| 1991 | 24,000 | 1.39 % | 5,369 M | 1.66 % | |||
| 1992 | 25,000 | 1.48 % | 5,453 M | 1.57 % | |||
| 1993 | 25,000 | 1.56 % | 5,538 M | 1.56 % | |||
| 1994 | 26,000 | 1.48 % | 5,623 M | 1.52 % | |||
| 1995 | 26,000 | 1.35 % | 5,708 M | 1.51 % | |||
| 1996 | 26,000 | 1.25 % | 5,790 M | 1.45 % | |||
| 1997 | 27,000 | 1.18 % | 5,873 M | 1.43 % | |||
| 1998 | 27,000 | 1.05 % | 5,955 M | 1.39 % | |||
| 1999 | 27,000 | 1.14 % | 6,035 M | 1.35 % | |||
| 2000 | 27,000 | 1.17 % | 6,115 M | 1.32 % | |||
| 2001 | 28,000 | 1.27 % | 6,194 M | 1.30 % | |||
| 2002 | 28,000 | 1.31 % | 6,274 M | 1.28 % | |||
| 2003 | 29,000 | 1.37 % | 6,353 M | 1.26 % | |||
| 2004 | 29,000 | 1.32 % | 10.4 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | 6,432 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2005 | 29,000 | 1.33 % | 9.5 ‰ | 7.3 ‰ | 6,513 M | 1.25 % | |
| 2006 | 30,000 | 1.28 % | 10.0 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | 6,594 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2007 | 30,000 | 1.22 % | 9.4 ‰ | 7.2 ‰ | 6,675 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2008 | 30,000 | 1.23 % | 11.0 ‰ | 6.0 ‰ | 6,758 M | 1.24 % | |
| 2009 | 31,000 | 1.26 % | 10.7 ‰ | 6.3 ‰ | 6,841 M | 1.22 % | |
| 2010 | 31,000 | 1.34 % | 10.3 ‰ | 6.5 ‰ | 6,922 M | 1.19 % | |
| 2011 | 32,000 | 1.36 % | 10.0 ‰ | 6.8 ‰ | 7,003 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2012 | 32,000 | 1.42 % | 8.7 ‰ | 7.1 ‰ | 7,086 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2013 | 33,000 | 1.40 % | 9.7 ‰ | 7.5 ‰ | 7,170 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2014 | 33,000 | 1.19 % | 9.1 ‰ | 7.7 ‰ | 7,254 M | 1.18 % | |
| 2015 | 33,000 | 1.00 % | 8.2 ‰ | 7.1 ‰ | 7,339 M | 1.17 % | |
| 2016 | 34,000 | 0.70 % | 7.9 ‰ | 7.6 ‰ | 7,424 M | 1.16 % | |
| 2017 | 34,000 | 0.50 % | 6.7 ‰ | 8.2 ‰ | 7,509 M | 1.14 % | |
| 2018 | 34,000 | 0.34 % | 6.8 ‰ | 7.1 ‰ | 7,592 M | 1.11 % | |
| 2019 | 34,000 | 0.24 % | 6.7 ‰ | 7.2 ‰ | 7,673 M | 1.07 % | |
| 2020 | 34,000 | 0.22 % | 7,753 M | 1.04 % |
Birth- and deathrate in San Marino
Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2019 in the graph: The population in San Marino increased by about 80 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 7.2 per 1000 people (~ 240 deaths) and the birth rate was 6.7 per 1000 people (~ 230 births). As a result, around 90 inhabitants have to be added by migration from other countries.Over the past 10 years, the number of average deaths per year was 240 in San Marino. The number of births was 275 annually.
The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.
Birthrate Deathrate