Europe · Southern Europe
Vatican City
Vatican City covers about 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) by the official figure, the 246th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 0.4km²Area, main territory
- 950Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
0.2 km
- Vatican City
Natural Earth draws Vatican City with only 7 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 0.0 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
Facts
| Area, main territory | 0.4 km²0.2 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 0.4 km²Wikidata · 100% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Capital | Vatican City |
| Population | 950Wikidata, 2024 |
| Density | 2,373 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 42°N |
| In other languages | Ciudad del Vaticano Español · Vatikanstadt Deutsch · Cité du Vatican Français · Vaticano Português · バチカン 日本語 · 梵蒂冈 中文 · 바티칸 시국 한국어 |
| Continent | Europe#50 of 50 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Vatican City
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 42,450,475× the size of Vatican City.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large in area, so Vatican City looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Vatican City's main territory stretches about 0.1 km north to south and 0.1 km east to west.
- Natural Earth draws Vatican City with only 7 points, too coarse to measure its area: our outline measures 0.0 km². The area shown is the official figure from Wikidata, and the drawing is not to true scale.
- Our measured 0.0 km² is 100% below Wikidata's official figure of 0.4 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Vatican City measures up
Vatican City holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Southern Europe it is the 17th largest of 17.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 0.4 km² | 239th of 239 |
| Population | 950 | 232nd of 237 |
| Farthest north | 41.9°N | 49th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Vatican City is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 76,674 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 609,458 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 894,185 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 933,757 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,369,605 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 7,876,864 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 21,181,653 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 23,618,453 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 42,450,475 its size |
Where Vatican City sits
- Vatican City's centre lies at 41.9°N, 12.5°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 4,660 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 42°N to 42°N, about 0 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2024; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11