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Romania vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Romania has a population of 19.1M (ranked 67/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Romania's land area is 88,834 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 80th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Romania Vatican
Population
18962595
949
Population rank 69/197 197/197
GDP
$383B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 43/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$20,072
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 58/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$48,712
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$219B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
61.6%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$11,490
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 49/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,200
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
88,834 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.71
2023
n/a
Median age
43.8 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Romania and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Romania vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Romania

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Romania Vatican
1950 60.5 65.9
1951 61.2 65.3
1952 61.8 65.7
1953 62.5 66.3
1954 63 67.5
1955 63.3 67.8
1956 63.6 67.3
1957 64 67.5
1958 64.4 68.7
1959 64.9 69.2
1960 65.6 69.2
1961 66.4 69.8
1962 67.2 69.2
1963 67.8 69.3
1964 68.4 70.3
1965 68.4 70.1
1966 68.2 70.9
1967 68.1 70.9
1968 67.9 70.7
1969 67.2 70.7
1970 67.9 71.5
1971 68.4 71.7
1972 69 72
1973 68.7 71.9
1974 69.5 72.7
1975 69.6 72.6
1976 69.9 72.9
1977 69.5 73.3
1978 69.8 73.7
1979 69.5 74
1980 69.2 74.1
1981 69.5 74.3
1982 69.8 74.8
1983 69.8 74.7
1984 69.9 75.1
1985 69.4 75.5
1986 69.7 75.7
1987 69.1 76.2
1988 69.4 76.4
1989 69.5 76.8
1990 69.8 76.9
1991 70 76.9
1992 69.5 77.3
1993 69.5 77
1994 69.3 77.7
1995 69.3 77.8
1996 68.8 78.5
1997 69.1 78.2
1998 69.9 78.3
1999 70.6 78.7
2000 71.2 79.3
2001 71.1 79.9
2002 70.8 80
2003 70.8 79.8
2004 71.1 80.2
2005 71.6 80.6
2006 72.2 81.2
2007 72.8 81.3
2008 73.2 81.4
2009 73.5 81.3
2010 73.6 81.5
2011 74.3 81.7
2012 74.3 82
2013 74.9 82.5
2014 74.8 82.6
2015 74.7 82.5
2016 75 82.9
2017 75 82.7
2018 75.1 83.3
2019 75.3 83.6
2020 74 83
2021 72.7 82.9
2022 75.3 83.3
2023 75.9 83
2024 76.1 83.1
2025 76.2 83.3

Romania and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Romania

Vatican
Year Population
Romania Vatican
1960 18,406,905 -
1961 18,555,250 -
1962 18,676,550 -
1963 18,797,850 -
1964 18,919,126 -
1965 19,031,576 -
1966 19,215,450 -
1967 19,534,242 -
1968 19,799,831 -
1969 20,009,141 -
1970 20,250,398 -
1971 20,461,567 -
1972 20,657,957 -
1973 20,835,681 -
1974 21,029,429 -
1975 21,293,583 -
1976 21,551,634 -
1977 21,756,096 -
1978 21,951,464 -
1979 22,090,488 -
1980 22,207,282 -
1981 22,353,070 -
1982 22,475,741 -
1983 22,560,478 -
1984 22,640,547 -
1985 22,732,999 -
1986 22,836,841 -
1987 22,949,430 -
1988 23,057,662 -
1989 23,161,458 -
1990 23,201,835 -
1991 23,001,155 -
1992 22,794,284 -
1993 22,763,280 -
1994 22,730,211 -
1995 22,684,270 -
1996 22,619,004 -
1997 22,553,978 -
1998 22,507,344 -
1999 22,472,040 -
2000 22,442,971 880
2001 22,131,970 890
2002 21,730,496 900
2003 21,574,326 911
2004 21,451,748 921
2005 21,319,685 921
2006 21,193,760 932
2007 20,882,982 821
2008 20,537,875 824
2009 20,367,487 826
2010 20,246,871 829
2011 20,147,528 832
2012 20,058,035 836
2013 19,983,693 839
2014 19,908,979 842
2015 19,815,616 1,000
2016 19,702,267 -
2017 19,588,715 1,000
2018 19,473,970 -
2019 19,371,648 1,000
2020 19,265,250 -
2021 19,122,059 -
2022 19,048,502 -
2023 19,059,479 -
2024 19,069,340 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Romania Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$336B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39.2%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.28%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.61%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
128,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-7.83%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
5.43%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
62.5%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
25%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
66.5
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.8%
2023
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.4%
2023
n/a
Number of billionaires
6
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
83
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$47.4B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$73.4B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$9.52B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
5,023,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
1.73%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
71.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Romania Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,601 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$28.6
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
70.8 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
3.71 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
70.4%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
23.6%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
17.5%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
28.1%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,585 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
44.9%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
32.2%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
19.3%
2023
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Romania Vatican
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
-28,466
2024
n/a
Urban population
54.9%
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
67.7
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
69
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.11
2023
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
10.3
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
171
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.2%
2021
100%
2013
English speaking
31%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
91.3%
2024
n/a

Health

Romania Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$902
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$193.3
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
76.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.47
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
27.1 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6.6
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
35%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.5%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
50
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
30%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
16.8 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Romania Vatican
% of world land
0.15%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
4,658 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
49,093 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
26,753 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
53,679 mi
2023
5.59 mi
2003

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