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Italy vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Italy has a population of 59M (ranked 25/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Italy's land area is 114,178 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 72nd vs. 197th).

By GDP, Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Italy Vatican
Population
58790597
949
Population rank 25/197 197/197
GDP
$2.37T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 8/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$40,226
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 29/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$60,847
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$3.21T
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
137.3%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$54,420
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 6/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,309
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
114,178 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
517 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
n/a
Median age
48.8 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Italy and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Italy vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Italy

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Italy Vatican
1950 65.7 65.9
1951 65.3 65.3
1952 65.9 65.7
1953 66.6 66.3
1954 67.9 67.5
1955 68.3 67.8
1956 67.6 67.3
1957 67.8 67.5
1958 68.9 68.7
1959 69.3 69.2
1960 69.2 69.2
1961 69.8 69.8
1962 69.2 69.2
1963 69.3 69.3
1964 70.4 70.3
1965 70.3 70.1
1966 71 70.9
1967 71 70.9
1968 70.9 70.7
1969 70.9 70.7
1970 71.6 71.5
1971 71.9 71.7
1972 72.1 72
1973 72.1 71.9
1974 72.8 72.7
1975 72.7 72.6
1976 73.1 72.9
1977 73.4 73.3
1978 73.8 73.7
1979 74.1 74
1980 74.1 74.1
1981 74.4 74.3
1982 74.9 74.8
1983 74.7 74.7
1984 75.5 75.1
1985 75.6 75.5
1986 75.9 75.7
1987 76.3 76.2
1988 76.5 76.4
1989 76.9 76.8
1990 77 76.9
1991 77 76.9
1992 77.4 77.3
1993 77.7 77
1994 77.9 77.7
1995 78.1 77.8
1996 78.4 78.5
1997 78.7 78.2
1998 78.8 78.3
1999 79.2 78.7
2000 79.6 79.3
2001 79.9 79.9
2002 80.1 80
2003 80.2 79.8
2004 81 80.2
2005 81 80.6
2006 81.4 81.2
2007 81.5 81.3
2008 81.6 81.4
2009 81.8 81.3
2010 82.1 81.5
2011 82.2 81.7
2012 82.3 82
2013 82.7 82.5
2014 82.9 82.6
2015 82.5 82.5
2016 83 82.9
2017 82.7 82.7
2018 83.2 83.3
2019 83.3 83.6
2020 82.2 83
2021 82.9 82.9
2022 82.1 83.3
2023 83.7 83
2024 83.9 83.1
2025 84 83.3

Italy and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Italy

Vatican
Year Population
Italy Vatican
1960 50,199,700 -
1961 50,536,350 -
1962 50,879,450 -
1963 51,252,000 -
1964 51,675,350 -
1965 52,112,350 -
1966 52,519,000 -
1967 52,900,500 -
1968 53,235,750 -
1969 53,537,950 -
1970 53,821,850 -
1971 54,073,490 -
1972 54,381,345 -
1973 54,751,406 -
1974 55,110,868 -
1975 55,441,001 -
1976 55,718,260 -
1977 55,955,411 -
1978 56,155,143 -
1979 56,317,749 -
1980 56,433,883 -
1981 56,501,675 -
1982 56,543,548 -
1983 56,564,074 -
1984 56,576,718 -
1985 56,593,071 -
1986 56,596,155 -
1987 56,601,931 -
1988 56,629,288 -
1989 56,671,781 -
1990 56,719,240 -
1991 56,758,521 -
1992 56,797,087 -
1993 56,831,821 -
1994 56,843,400 -
1995 56,844,303 -
1996 56,860,281 -
1997 56,890,372 -
1998 56,906,744 -
1999 56,916,317 -
2000 56,942,108 880
2001 56,976,981 890
2002 57,089,824 900
2003 57,399,184 911
2004 57,828,179 921
2005 58,166,682 921
2006 58,399,861 932
2007 58,756,247 821
2008 59,211,181 824
2009 59,555,454 826
2010 59,819,407 829
2011 60,026,841 832
2012 60,191,247 836
2013 60,311,613 839
2014 60,320,707 842
2015 60,229,605 1,000
2016 60,115,223 -
2017 60,002,252 1,000
2018 60,148,658 -
2019 59,729,081 1,000
2020 59,438,851 -
2021 59,133,173 -
2022 59,013,667 -
2023 58,993,475 -
2024 58,986,023 -

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Finance

Italy Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$2.26T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
50.8%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.07%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.61%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
338,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.26%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
6.5%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
65.6%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
21.7%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
60.9
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2023
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.3%
2023
n/a
Number of millionaires
1,338,142
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.73%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
74
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
290
2014
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$587B
2014
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$291B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$11.2B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
38,419,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
3.65%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
86%
2024
n/a

Energy

Italy Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,298 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$25.2
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
305 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
5.18 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.8%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
17.5%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.95%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
79.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,047 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
41%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
15.9%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Italy Vatican
% of world population
0.72%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+95,246
2024
n/a
Urban population
72.3%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
79.6
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
54
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
91
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.55
2022
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.3
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
175
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.3%
2019
100%
2013
English speaking
13.6%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
89.2%
2024
n/a

Health

Italy Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,228
2023
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$745
2023
n/a
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.25
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
31.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
6
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.8
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
17.8%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
61
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.97 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Italy Vatican
% of world land
0.2%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
1,936 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
50,531 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
37,558 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
303,043 mi
2007
5.59 mi
2003

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