Vatican City
Vatican City State
Vatican City sits in Southern Europe and uses EUR - Euro (€). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Vatican City
825
Population
882
882 people
Area
0.4 km2
0.44 square kilometers
Density
2,005/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Vatican City
41.9, 12.45
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Vatican City, officially listed here as Vatican City State, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Vatican City, VA, VAT, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Vatican City is grouped under Europe, more specifically Southern Europe, with Europe shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 882 people and a land area of 0.44 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 2,005 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is 41.9, 12.45, while the capital coordinate reference is 41.9, 12.45. Vatican City shares listed land borders with ITA, and the landlocked value is recorded as yes. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Vatican City (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Vatican City. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Vatican City, capital of Vatican City, and major urban areas in Vatican City. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary theocratic elective absolute monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as no, observer status as yes, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include no major listed organizations in this sample. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Vatican City uses calling code +379, postal format not listed, and time zone data listed as UTC+01:00. The number format uses . as the thousands separator and , as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Sep 1; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists EUR - Euro (€), while language records include Italian and Latin. Vehicle data records the driving side as right and vehicle sign codes as V. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The country dataset does not include a recent Gini entry for this profile.
How to use this profile
This Vatican City profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
VA / VAT
Top-level domains
.va
Continents
Europe
Border countries
ITA
Driving side
right
Vehicle signs
V
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Vatican City is represented by the VA country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Vatican City
825
primary
Governance
Government type
Unitary theocratic elective absolute monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
No
Landlocked
Yes
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Sep 1
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
. thousands, , decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+379
Postal format
Not listed
Timezones
UTC+01:00
Languages
Italian, Latin
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
N/A
No country entry