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New Zealand vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 74th vs. 197th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

New Zealand Vatican
Population
5406623
949
Population rank 124/197 197/197
GDP
$260B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 53/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$48,747
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 26/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$55,094
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$133B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.3%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$24,936
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 28/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$36,132
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
101,665 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
52.5 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.56
2023
n/a
Median age
38.6 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

New Zealand and Vatican: Comparison Charts

New Zealand vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
New Zealand

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
New Zealand Vatican
1950 69.3 65.9
1951 69.1 65.3
1952 69.4 65.7
1953 70.2 66.3
1954 70.3 67.5
1955 70.5 67.8
1956 70.7 67.3
1957 70.3 67.5
1958 70.9 68.7
1959 70.8 69.2
1960 71.2 69.2
1961 70.9 69.8
1962 71.2 69.2
1963 71.3 69.3
1964 71.3 70.3
1965 71.2 70.1
1966 71.1 70.9
1967 71.4 70.9
1968 71.1 70.7
1969 71.5 70.7
1970 71.2 71.5
1971 71.7 71.7
1972 71.8 72
1973 71.7 71.9
1974 71.9 72.7
1975 72.2 72.6
1976 72.4 72.9
1977 72.1 73.3
1978 73 73.7
1979 73.1 74
1980 72.9 74.1
1981 73.6 74.3
1982 73.7 74.8
1983 73.8 74.7
1984 74.4 75.1
1985 73.9 75.5
1986 74.1 75.7
1987 74.2 76.2
1988 74.5 76.4
1989 74.9 76.8
1990 75.4 76.9
1991 76.1 76.9
1992 76.2 77.3
1993 76.5 77
1994 76.9 77.7
1995 76.8 77.8
1996 76.8 78.5
1997 77.3 78.2
1998 78.2 78.3
1999 77.9 78.7
2000 78.7 79.3
2001 78.7 79.9
2002 78.9 80
2003 79.1 79.8
2004 79.4 80.2
2005 80 80.6
2006 80 81.2
2007 80.1 81.3
2008 80.2 81.4
2009 80.5 81.3
2010 81.1 81.5
2011 80.8 81.7
2012 81.2 82
2013 81.6 82.5
2014 81.4 82.6
2015 81.6 82.5
2016 82 82.9
2017 81.6 82.7
2018 81.9 83.3
2019 81.8 83.6
2020 82.7 83
2021 82.3 82.9
2022 81 83.3
2023 82.1 83
2024 82.2 83.1
2025 82.4 83.3

New Zealand and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
New Zealand

Vatican
Year Population
New Zealand Vatican
1960 2,371,800 -
1961 2,419,700 -
1962 2,482,000 -
1963 2,531,800 -
1964 2,585,400 -
1965 2,628,400 -
1966 2,675,900 -
1967 2,724,100 -
1968 2,748,100 -
1969 2,772,800 -
1970 2,810,700 -
1971 2,853,000 -
1972 2,903,900 -
1973 2,961,300 -
1974 3,023,700 -
1975 3,083,100 -
1976 3,110,500 -
1977 3,120,200 -
1978 3,121,200 -
1979 3,109,000 -
1980 3,112,900 -
1981 3,124,900 -
1982 3,156,100 -
1983 3,199,300 -
1984 3,227,100 -
1985 3,247,100 -
1986 3,246,300 -
1987 3,274,400 -
1988 3,283,400 -
1989 3,299,200 -
1990 3,329,800 -
1991 3,495,100 -
1992 3,531,700 -
1993 3,572,200 -
1994 3,620,000 -
1995 3,673,400 -
1996 3,732,000 -
1997 3,781,300 -
1998 3,815,000 -
1999 3,835,100 -
2000 3,857,700 880
2001 3,880,500 890
2002 3,948,500 900
2003 4,027,200 911
2004 4,087,500 921
2005 4,133,900 921
2006 4,184,600 932
2007 4,223,800 821
2008 4,259,800 824
2009 4,302,600 826
2010 4,350,700 829
2011 4,384,000 832
2012 4,408,100 836
2013 4,442,100 839
2014 4,516,500 842
2015 4,609,400 1,000
2016 4,714,100 -
2017 4,813,600 1,000
2018 4,900,600 -
2019 4,979,200 1,000
2020 5,090,200 -
2021 5,111,300 -
2022 5,117,100 -
2023 5,245,000 -
2024 5,338,500 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

New Zealand Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$247B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.28%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.22%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
10,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.18%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
4.72%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
67.4%
2022
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
19.6%
2022
n/a
Economic freedom index
78.1
2025
65
2025
Number of billionaires
5
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
112
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$92.9B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$22.1B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$598M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
996,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
18.8%
2018
n/a
Banked people share
97.9%
2024
n/a

Energy

New Zealand Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,629 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.8
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
35.8 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
6.82 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.4%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
28.9%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
39.7%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
31.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
7,952 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
81.4%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
59.5%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

New Zealand Vatican
% of world population
0.07%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+18,766
2024
n/a
Urban population
87.1%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.83 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
89
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
83
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
91
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.11
2021
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.6
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
172
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
100%
2013
English speaking
97.8%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
96.2%
2023
n/a

Health

New Zealand Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,804
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$561
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.57
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
27.8 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.7
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
34.3%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
6.7%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
90
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

New Zealand Vatican
% of world land
0.18%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
19,044 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
37,494 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
38,418 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
60,159 mi
2020
5.59 mi
2003

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