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Germany vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Germany has a population of 83.5M (ranked 19/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Germany's land area is 134,916 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 63rd vs. 197th).

By GDP, Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Germany Vatican
Population
83039665
949
Population rank 19/197 197/197
GDP
$4.66T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 3/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$55,800
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 18/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$72,300
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$2.98T
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
65.4%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$35,650
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 21/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$39,481
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
134,916 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
619 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.39
2023
n/a
Median age
46.3 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
81.7 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Germany and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Germany vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Germany

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Germany Vatican
1950 66.8 65.9
1951 67.1 65.3
1952 67.5 65.7
1953 67.8 66.3
1954 68.1 67.5
1955 68.3 67.8
1956 68.6 67.3
1957 68.5 67.5
1958 69.2 68.7
1959 69.3 69.2
1960 69.3 69.2
1961 69.8 69.8
1962 70 69.2
1963 70.1 69.3
1964 70.6 70.3
1965 70.6 70.1
1966 70.7 70.9
1967 71 70.9
1968 70.6 70.7
1969 70.5 70.7
1970 70.7 71.5
1971 70.9 71.7
1972 71.1 72
1973 71.4 71.9
1974 71.7 72.7
1975 71.5 72.6
1976 72 72.9
1977 72.6 73.3
1978 72.6 73.7
1979 72.9 74
1980 73.1 74.1
1981 73.3 74.3
1982 73.6 74.8
1983 73.9 74.7
1984 74.4 75.1
1985 74.5 75.5
1986 74.7 75.7
1987 75.1 76.2
1988 75.3 76.4
1989 75.5 76.8
1990 75.3 76.9
1991 75.6 76.9
1992 76 77.3
1993 76.1 77
1994 76.4 77.7
1995 76.6 77.8
1996 76.8 78.5
1997 77.2 78.2
1998 77.6 78.3
1999 77.8 78.7
2000 78.1 79.3
2001 78.4 79.9
2002 78.5 80
2003 78.5 79.8
2004 79.1 80.2
2005 79.3 80.6
2006 79.6 81.2
2007 79.7 81.3
2008 79.8 81.4
2009 79.9 81.3
2010 80.1 81.5
2011 80.4 81.7
2012 80.5 82
2013 80.5 82.5
2014 80.9 82.6
2015 80.6 82.5
2016 80.8 82.9
2017 80.9 82.7
2018 80.9 83.3
2019 81.2 83.6
2020 81 83
2021 81.1 82.9
2022 80.6 83.3
2023 81.4 83
2024 81.5 83.1
2025 81.7 83.3

Germany and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Germany

Vatican
Year Population
Germany Vatican
1960 72,814,900 -
1961 73,377,632 -
1962 74,025,784 -
1963 74,714,353 -
1964 75,318,337 -
1965 75,963,695 -
1966 76,600,311 -
1967 76,951,336 -
1968 77,294,314 -
1969 77,909,682 -
1970 78,169,289 -
1971 78,312,842 -
1972 78,688,452 -
1973 78,936,666 -
1974 78,967,433 -
1975 78,673,554 -
1976 78,336,950 -
1977 78,159,814 -
1978 78,091,820 -
1979 78,126,350 -
1980 78,288,576 -
1981 78,407,907 -
1982 78,333,366 -
1983 78,128,282 -
1984 77,858,685 -
1985 77,684,873 -
1986 77,720,436 -
1987 77,839,920 -
1988 78,144,619 -
1989 78,751,283 -
1990 79,433,029 -
1991 80,013,896 -
1992 80,624,598 -
1993 81,156,363 -
1994 81,438,348 -
1995 81,678,051 -
1996 81,914,831 -
1997 82,034,771 -
1998 82,047,195 -
1999 82,100,243 -
2000 82,211,508 880
2001 82,349,925 890
2002 82,488,495 900
2003 82,534,176 911
2004 82,516,260 921
2005 82,469,422 921
2006 82,376,451 932
2007 82,266,372 821
2008 82,110,097 824
2009 81,902,307 826
2010 81,776,930 829
2011 80,274,983 832
2012 80,425,823 836
2013 80,645,605 839
2014 80,982,500 842
2015 81,686,611 1,000
2016 82,348,669 -
2017 82,657,002 1,000
2018 82,905,782 -
2019 83,092,962 1,000
2020 83,160,871 -
2021 83,196,078 -
2022 83,797,985 -
2023 83,901,923 -
2024 83,510,950 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Germany Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$4.59T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.9%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.24%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.52%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
183,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.95%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
3.37%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
63.9%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
25.8%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
71.6
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2020
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2020
n/a
Number of millionaires
2,820,819
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
4.14%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
171
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
435
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.04T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$378B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$21.2B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
12,449,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
3.47%
2019
n/a
Banked people share
98.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Germany Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,907 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.6
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
583 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
6.95 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
77.6%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
17.6%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.15%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
70.5%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,904 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
39.8%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
4.95%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
1.41%
2023
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Germany Vatican
% of world population
1.03%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+36,954
2024
n/a
Urban population
77.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.92 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.45 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
91.1
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
75
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
93
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.82
2022
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.8
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
175
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
100%
2013
English speaking
56.3%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
93.5%
2024
n/a

Health

Germany Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,233
2023
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$703
2023
n/a
Life expectancy
81.7 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.52
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
21%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.8%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
76
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
21.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.8 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Germany Vatican
% of world land
0.23%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
1,616 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
64,039 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
44,089 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
515,738 mi
2022
5.59 mi
2003

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