Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Vatican City
- Region
- Europe, Southern Europe
- Population
- 921
- Area
- 0.44 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Latin, Italian, French
- Calling code
- +379
- Internet domain
- .va
- ISO codes
- VA, VAT, 336
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Observer state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Vatican City covers about 0.44 square kilometres. By area it ranks 250th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Monaco. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: Italy. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 42° north, 12° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 921 people live in Vatican City (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 242nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 2,093 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: Latin, Italian, French.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more.
Time
Vatican City uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Vatican). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Vatican City | 829 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Europe
Andorra, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.