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Saudi Arabia vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Saudi Arabia has a population of 35.3M (ranked 45/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Saudi Arabia's land area is 830,000 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 12th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Saudi Arabia Vatican
Population
36428123
949
Population rank 44/197 197/197
GDP
$1.24T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 18/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$35,057
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 32/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,243
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$370B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
34.8%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$10,473
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 58/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$25,072
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
830,000 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
42.5 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
2.28
2023
n/a
Median age
30.5 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
79.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Saudi Arabia and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Saudi Arabia vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Saudi Arabia

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Saudi Arabia Vatican
1950 40 65.9
1951 40.6 65.3
1952 41.1 65.7
1953 41.6 66.3
1954 42.1 67.5
1955 42.6 67.8
1956 43.1 67.3
1957 43.7 67.5
1958 44.2 68.7
1959 44.8 69.2
1960 45.3 69.2
1961 45.9 69.8
1962 46.5 69.2
1963 47.1 69.3
1964 47.7 70.3
1965 48.4 70.1
1966 49.2 70.9
1967 50 70.9
1968 50.9 70.7
1969 51.8 70.7
1970 52.7 71.5
1971 53.7 71.7
1972 54.7 72
1973 55.8 71.9
1974 56.8 72.7
1975 57.8 72.6
1976 58.8 72.9
1977 59.7 73.3
1978 60.7 73.7
1979 61.5 74
1980 62.4 74.1
1981 63.3 74.3
1982 64 74.8
1983 64.7 74.7
1984 65.4 75.1
1985 66 75.5
1986 66.6 75.7
1987 67.2 76.2
1988 67.8 76.4
1989 68.4 76.8
1990 68.9 76.9
1991 69.3 76.9
1992 69.8 77.3
1993 70.2 77
1994 70.6 77.7
1995 70.9 77.8
1996 71.3 78.5
1997 71.6 78.2
1998 72 78.3
1999 72.3 78.7
2000 72.6 79.3
2001 73 79.9
2002 73.3 80
2003 73.7 79.8
2004 74 80.2
2005 74.4 80.6
2006 74.8 81.2
2007 75.1 81.3
2008 75.3 81.4
2009 75.4 81.3
2010 75.6 81.5
2011 75.8 81.7
2012 76.1 82
2013 76.5 82.5
2014 77.1 82.6
2015 77.8 82.5
2016 78.4 82.9
2017 78.7 82.7
2018 78.7 83.3
2019 78.3 83.6
2020 77.6 83
2021 77.1 82.9
2022 77.3 83.3
2023 78.7 83
2024 79 83.1
2025 79.2 83.3

Saudi Arabia and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Saudi Arabia

Vatican
Year Population
Saudi Arabia Vatican
1960 2,435,403 -
1961 2,526,347 -
1962 2,620,910 -
1963 2,719,341 -
1964 2,821,968 -
1965 2,928,771 -
1966 3,039,887 -
1967 3,157,242 -
1968 3,282,711 -
1969 3,417,114 -
1970 3,562,470 -
1971 3,724,031 -
1972 3,905,722 -
1973 4,106,344 -
1974 4,323,632 -
1975 4,556,287 -
1976 4,807,933 -
1977 5,083,048 -
1978 5,381,902 -
1979 5,703,698 -
1980 6,047,997 -
1981 6,420,551 -
1982 6,824,486 -
1983 7,252,941 -
1984 7,697,307 -
1985 8,151,779 -
1986 8,628,639 -
1987 9,130,194 -
1988 9,629,165 -
1989 10,128,394 -
1990 10,640,691 -
1991 11,160,744 -
1992 11,686,676 -
1993 12,215,862 -
1994 12,750,040 -
1995 13,289,245 -
1996 13,831,009 -
1997 14,374,943 -
1998 14,922,185 -
1999 15,472,075 -
2000 16,177,722 880
2001 17,041,397 890
2002 17,910,910 900
2003 18,786,767 911
2004 19,669,480 921
2005 20,559,890 921
2006 21,459,144 932
2007 22,368,313 821
2008 23,287,877 824
2009 24,217,654 826
2010 23,978,487 829
2011 25,091,867 832
2012 26,168,861 836
2013 27,624,004 839
2014 28,309,273 842
2015 29,816,382 1,000
2016 30,954,198 -
2017 30,977,355 1,000
2018 30,196,281 -
2019 30,063,799 1,000
2020 31,552,510 -
2021 30,784,383 -
2022 32,175,224 -
2023 33,702,731 -
2024 35,300,280 -

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Finance

Saudi Arabia Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$1.26T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
32.5%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.11%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
7.09%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
282,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.93%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
3.52%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
47.2%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
44.8%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
65
2025
Number of millionaires
351,855
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
1.44%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
15
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00006%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
352
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.73T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$464B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$322M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
20,292,000
2019
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
3.26%
2020
n/a
Banked people share
78.8%
2024
n/a

Energy

Saudi Arabia Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
7,530 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$9.56
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
623 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
18.5 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
99.9%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
0.1%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.09%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-178.2%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
11,835 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
0.07%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Saudi Arabia Vatican
% of world population
0.43%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+122,170
2024
n/a
Urban population
85.2%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
67.3
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
59
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
78
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.8
2019
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
35.9
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
104
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.9%
2024
100%
2013
English speaking
55%
2025
20%
2025
People using the Internet
100%
2024
n/a

Health

Saudi Arabia Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,593
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$175.5
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
79.2 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.08
2022
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6.2
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
42.5%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
23.1%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
32
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.9%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Saudi Arabia Vatican
% of world land
1.44%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
23,513 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
670,418 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
3,772 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
137,554 mi
2006
5.59 mi
2003

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