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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.

🇻🇦Vatican CityVaticanoStato della Città del VaticanoVaticanæStatus Civitatis Vaticanæ

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

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