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Vatican City

UN observer state

Independent city-state governed by the Holy See. The Holy See is a non-member observer state at the United Nations.[1][2][3] Draft, not yet reviewed

Capital
Population
949 in 31 December 2024[5]
Total area
0.44 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land border
Italy[11]
Coast
No ocean coast (landlocked)[12][11]
Continent
Official names
  • Status Civitatis Vaticanæ[13]
  • Stato della Città del Vaticano[14]

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
VA[15]
ISO alpha-3
VAT[16]
ISO numeric
336[17]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Non-member States Written by this project from the cited sources.
  2. Wikipedia: Vatican City Written by this project from the cited sources.
  3. Wikipedia: Holy See and the United Nations Written by this project from the cited sources.
  4. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), capital: Vatican City (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), population (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  6. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), area (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), official language: Italian (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Enciclopedia Treccani
  8. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), official language: Latin (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), currency: euro (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), continent: Europe (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), instance of (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), official name (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), official name (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Vatican City (Q237), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2565071322) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg, Public domain, Goran_tek-en, via Wikimedia Commons.