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Vatican City
Vatican City State
Vatican City is a country in Southern Europe. Its capital city is Vatican City. About 825 people live there, in an area of 0 square kilometres.
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Where is Vatican City?
Vatican City lies in Southern Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 4 664 km from the equator.
Vatican City is landlocked: it has no coast at all, so you cannot reach the sea without crossing another country.
It shares a border with 1 country: Italy.
How big is Vatican City?
Vatican City covers 0 square kilometres.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 194th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 1 875 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Vatican City?
About 825 people live in Vatican City.
That is the 194th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Italian and Latin.
They pay with the Euro (€).
The land of Vatican City
Because it is landlocked, everything that arrives by ship has to cross one of its 1 neighbours first.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Vatican City different?
Websites from here often end in .va.
Vatican City and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Vatican City.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 45th largest of 45 countries, and the 45th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Vatican City and its neighbours
Italy, its largest neighbour, is about 684 854.5 times bigger.
Italy has more people: 60.4 million against 825.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Vatican City?
The capital of Vatican City is Vatican City. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Vatican City?
About 825 people live in Vatican City, which makes it the 194th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Vatican City?
Vatican City borders Italy — 1 neighbour in total.
How big is Vatican City?
Vatican City covers 0 square kilometres, making it the 194th largest country in the world.
Which continent is Vatican City in?
Vatican City is in Europe, in the part called Southern Europe.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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