Ciekawostka: Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and just 108

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Vatican City: Vatican City – an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state, being the sovereign territory of the Holy See and ruled by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope, the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The territory of this landlocked sovereign city-state consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 49 hectares (121 acres) and a population of about 825. This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.

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Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), often shortened as the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state in Southern Europe. Ruled by the pope, it is an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy, and serves as the administrative centre of the Catholic Church. Vatican City is governed by the See of Rome, commonly known as the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity under international law, which maintains its temporal power, governance, diplomacy, and spiritual independence. Vatican is also used as a metonym for the Holy See, which is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City, comprisi…

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Vatican City had an estimated resident population of 506 in 2026, including non-citizens. It is ranked #237 in global population. Additionally, 372 Vatican citizens live abroad, primarily diplomats of the Holy See and cardinals in Rome. Vatican City remains the world's smallest country in both land area and population size. The population of Vatican City includes clergy, religious members, lay employees of the state (like the Swiss Guard), and their families. In 2013, 13 families of Holy See employees lived in Vatican City, and by 2019, 20 children of Swiss Guards resided there. All citizens, residents and places of worship are Catholic. The city also hosts thousands of tourists and daily w…

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The Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State: Exploring Hidden Treasures in the Constitution of the World’s Smallest State. <p>The constitutional history of Vatican City State is <span>distinctive in many ways.</span> It is intertwined with the broader history of the rise of Christianity as a world religion, the transformation of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christendom, conflicts between temporal and spiritual authority within Christendom about their proper ordering and relationship, disputes over the spiritual and temporal authority of the Roman Pontiff, and much more besides. This Chapter offers an introduction to its Fundamental Law and suggests some lessons public law scholar…

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Vatican City: the smallest country on earth but probably the most visited.

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Table A.3. Smallest and largest regional populaiton and population density by country

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Table A.3 Smallest and largest regional population and population density (/km²) by country

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