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🇻🇦 Vatican City

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3VAT
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2VA
UN M49 numeric336
IOC code
Official nameVatican City State
Native name(s)ita: official: Stato della Città del Vaticano; common: Vaticano; lat: official: Status Civitatis Vaticanæ; common: Vaticanæ
Alt spellingsVA, Holy See (Vatican City State), Vatican City State, Vatican, Stato della Città del Vaticano
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSouthern Europe
UN regional group
CapitalVatican City
Area (km²)0.44
Lat / Lng41.9000, 12.4500
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)ITA
Top-level domain.va
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 906698, 79

Demographics

Population (World Bank)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)
Languagesita: Italian; lat: Latin
Demonymseng: f: Vatican; m: Vatican; fra: f: Vaticane; m: Vatican
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)
GDP per capita (current USD)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950880
1951886
1952892
1953898
1954905
1955911
1956916
1957919
1958920
1959920
1960918
1961917
1962917
1963918
1964922
1965887
1966841
1967806
1968769
1969753
1970745
1971739
1972737
1973735
1974733
1975733
1976735
1977738
1978740
1979742
1980743
1981742
1982740
1983737
1984735
1985732
1986730
1987730
1988728
1989727
1990726
1991725
1992724
1993719
1994711
1995705
1996701
1997698
1998697
1999696
2000691
2001682
2002672
2003664
2004661
2005659
2006656
2007648
2008638
2009629
2010621
2011614
2012602
2013590
2014582
2015572
2016563
2017555
2018545
2019536
2020528
2021519
2022506
2023496

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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        "official": "Stato della Città del Vaticano",
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      },
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        "official": "Status Civitatis Vaticanæ",
        "common": "Vaticanæ"
      }
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    "Vatican City State",
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    "Stato della Città del Vaticano"
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      "common": "مدينة الفاتيكان"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "official": "Staat Vatikanstadt",
      "common": "Vatikanstadt"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "official": "Città del Vaticano",
      "common": "Città del Vaticano"
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    "jpn": {
      "official": "バチカン市国",
      "common": "バチカン"
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    "kor": {
      "official": "바티칸 시국",
      "common": "바티칸"
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      "official": "Vaticaanstad",
      "common": "Vaticaanstad"
    },
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      "official": "دولت‌شهر واتیکان",
      "common": "واتیکان"
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      "official": "Cidade do Vaticano",
      "common": "Cidade do Vaticano"
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    "rus": {
      "official": "Город-государство Ватикан",
      "common": "Ватикан"
    },
    "slk": {
      "official": "Svätá stolica (Vatikánsky mestský štát",
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    },
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    },
    "swe": {
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      "common": "Vatikanstaten"
    },
    "tur": {
      "official": "Vatikan şehir Devleti",
      "common": "Vatikan"
    },
    "urd": {
      "official": "ویٹیکن سٹی",
      "common": "ویٹیکن سٹی"
    },
    "zho": {
      "official": "梵蒂冈城国",
      "common": "梵蒂冈"
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  "region": "Europe",
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  "area_sq_km": 0.44,
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  "landlocked": true,
  "borders": [
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  "independent": true,
  "un_member": true,
  "status": "officially-assigned",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "year": 1953,
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    {
      "year": 1954,
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      "year": 1955,
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    {
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    {
      "year": 1957,
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    {
      "year": 1958,
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "year": 1963,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1964,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1965,
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    },
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    {
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    {
      "year": 1971,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1972,
      "population": 737
    },
    {
      "year": 1973,
      "population": 735
    },
    {
      "year": 1974,
      "population": 733
    },
    {
      "year": 1975,
      "population": 733
    },
    {
      "year": 1976,
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "year": 1979,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1980,
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    {
      "year": 1981,
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    {
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    {
      "year": 1983,
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    {
      "year": 1984,
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    {
      "year": 1985,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1986,
      "population": 730
    },
    {
      "year": 1987,
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    {
      "year": 1988,
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "year": 1993,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1994,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "population": 705
    },
    {
      "year": 1996,
      "population": 701
    },
    {
      "year": 1997,
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    },
    {
      "year": 1998,
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "year": 2001,
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "year": 2007,
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    },
    {
      "year": 2008,
      "population": 638
    },
    {
      "year": 2009,
      "population": 629
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "population": 621
    },
    {
      "year": 2011,
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    },
    {
      "year": 2012,
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    },
    {
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    },
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    {
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    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "population": 536
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "population": 528
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "population": 519
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "population": 506
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "population": 496
    }
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      "official": "Vatican City State",
      "native": {
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          "official": "Stato della Città del Vaticano",
          "common": "Vaticano"
        },
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        }
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    ],
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    "subregion": "Southern Europe",
    "languages": {
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      "lat": "Latin"
    },
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      "ara": {
        "official": "دولة مدينة الفاتيكان",
        "common": "مدينة الفاتيكان"
      },
      "bre": {
        "official": "Riez Keoded ar Vatikan",
        "common": "Vatikan"
      },
      "ces": {
        "official": "Městský stát Vatikán",
        "common": "Vatikán"
      },
      "deu": {
        "official": "Staat Vatikanstadt",
        "common": "Vatikanstadt"
      },
      "est": {
        "official": "Vatikani Linnriik",
        "common": "Vatikan"
      },
      "fin": {
        "official": "Vatikaanin kaupunkivaltio",
        "common": "Vatikaani"
      },
      "fra": {
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        "common": "Cité du Vatican"
      },
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        "common": "Vatikan"
      },
      "hun": {
        "official": "Vatikán Állam",
        "common": "Vatikán"
      },
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        "official": "Città del Vaticano",
        "common": "Città del Vaticano"
      },
      "jpn": {
        "official": "バチカン市国",
        "common": "バチカン"
      },
      "kor": {
        "official": "바티칸 시국",
        "common": "바티칸"
      },
      "nld": {
        "official": "Vaticaanstad",
        "common": "Vaticaanstad"
      },
      "per": {
        "official": "دولت‌شهر واتیکان",
        "common": "واتیکان"
      },
      "pol": {
        "official": "Państwo Watykańskie",
        "common": "Watykan"
      },
      "por": {
        "official": "Cidade do Vaticano",
        "common": "Cidade do Vaticano"
      },
      "rus": {
        "official": "Город-государство Ватикан",
        "common": "Ватикан"
      },
      "slk": {
        "official": "Svätá stolica (Vatikánsky mestský štát",
        "common": "Vatikán"
      },
      "spa": {
        "official": "Ciudad del Vaticano",
        "common": "Ciudad del Vaticano"
      },
      "srp": {
        "official": "Sveta Stolica",
        "common": "Vatikan"
      },
      "swe": {
        "official": "Vatikanstaten",
        "common": "Vatikanstaten"
      },
      "tur": {
        "official": "Vatikan şehir Devleti",
        "common": "Vatikan"
      },
      "urd": {
        "official": "ویٹیکن سٹی",
        "common": "ویٹیکن سٹی"
      },
      "zho": {
        "official": "梵蒂冈城国",
        "common": "梵蒂冈"
      }
    },
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    ],
    "landlocked": true,
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    ],
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    "flag": "🇻🇦",
    "demonyms": {
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        "f": "Vatican",
        "m": "Vatican"
      },
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        "m": "Vatican"
      }
    }
  }
}