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Singapore vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Singapore has a population of 6.04M (ranked 113/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Singapore's land area is 277.2 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 177th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Singapore Vatican
Population
6105665
949
Population rank 113/197 197/197
GDP
$547B
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 27/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$90,674
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 7/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$150,689
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$954B
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
174.9%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$158,044
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 1/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$55,248
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
277.2 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
21,776 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
0.97
2023
n/a
Median age
36.8 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Singapore and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Singapore vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Singapore

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Singapore Vatican
1950 54.1 65.9
1951 55.3 65.3
1952 56.4 65.7
1953 57.5 66.3
1954 59.4 67.5
1955 61.2 67.8
1956 62.6 67.3
1957 63.4 67.5
1958 64 68.7
1959 64.8 69.2
1960 65.3 69.2
1961 65.7 69.8
1962 66.1 69.2
1963 66.5 69.3
1964 66.7 70.3
1965 66.9 70.1
1966 67.2 70.9
1967 67.3 70.9
1968 67.7 70.7
1969 68.1 70.7
1970 68.5 71.5
1971 68.8 71.7
1972 69 72
1973 69.4 71.9
1974 69.7 72.7
1975 70.2 72.6
1976 70.6 72.9
1977 70.9 73.3
1978 71.2 73.7
1979 71.4 74
1980 71.5 74.1
1981 71.7 74.3
1982 72 74.8
1983 72.4 74.7
1984 72.6 75.1
1985 73.1 75.5
1986 73.6 75.7
1987 74 76.2
1988 74 76.4
1989 74.3 76.8
1990 74.6 76.9
1991 75.1 76.9
1992 75.3 77.3
1993 75.5 77
1994 75.6 77.7
1995 75.7 77.8
1996 76.1 78.5
1997 76.4 78.2
1998 76.9 78.3
1999 77.3 78.7
2000 77.8 79.3
2001 78.3 79.9
2002 78.7 80
2003 79.2 79.8
2004 79.7 80.2
2005 80.3 80.6
2006 80.6 81.2
2007 80.9 81.3
2008 81.1 81.4
2009 81.4 81.3
2010 81.6 81.5
2011 81.9 81.7
2012 82.2 82
2013 82.5 82.5
2014 82.6 82.6
2015 82.7 82.5
2016 82.9 82.9
2017 83.1 82.7
2018 83.4 83.3
2019 83.7 83.6
2020 83.7 83
2021 83.5 82.9
2022 82.9 83.3
2023 83.7 83
2024 83.9 83.1
2025 84 83.3

Singapore and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Singapore

Vatican
Year Population
Singapore Vatican
1960 1,646,400 -
1961 1,702,400 -
1962 1,750,200 -
1963 1,795,000 -
1964 1,841,600 -
1965 1,886,900 -
1966 1,934,400 -
1967 1,977,600 -
1968 2,012,000 -
1969 2,042,500 -
1970 2,074,507 -
1971 2,112,900 -
1972 2,152,400 -
1973 2,193,000 -
1974 2,229,800 -
1975 2,262,600 -
1976 2,293,300 -
1977 2,325,300 -
1978 2,353,600 -
1979 2,383,500 -
1980 2,413,945 -
1981 2,532,835 -
1982 2,646,466 -
1983 2,681,061 -
1984 2,732,221 -
1985 2,735,957 -
1986 2,733,373 -
1987 2,774,789 -
1988 2,846,108 -
1989 2,930,901 -
1990 3,047,132 -
1991 3,135,083 -
1992 3,230,698 -
1993 3,313,471 -
1994 3,419,048 -
1995 3,524,506 -
1996 3,670,704 -
1997 3,796,038 -
1998 3,927,213 -
1999 3,958,723 -
2000 4,027,887 880
2001 4,138,012 890
2002 4,175,950 900
2003 4,114,826 911
2004 4,166,664 921
2005 4,265,762 921
2006 4,401,365 932
2007 4,588,599 821
2008 4,839,396 824
2009 4,987,573 826
2010 5,076,732 829
2011 5,183,688 832
2012 5,312,437 836
2013 5,399,162 839
2014 5,469,724 842
2015 5,535,002 1,000
2016 5,607,283 -
2017 5,612,253 1,000
2018 5,638,676 -
2019 5,703,569 1,000
2020 5,685,807 -
2021 5,453,566 -
2022 5,637,022 -
2023 5,917,648 -
2024 6,036,860 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Singapore Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$451B
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
16.7%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.19%
2024
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.66%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
59,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.05%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
2.74%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
73%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
21.4%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
84.1
2025
65
2025
Number of millionaires
333,204
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
6.69%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
49
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
400
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$638B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$384B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
n/a
International tourist arrivals
2,742,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
3.04%
2018
n/a
Banked people share
98%
2024
n/a

Energy

Singapore Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
5,283 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$27.2
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
57.1 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
9.64 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
97.9%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
1.1%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.38%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
279.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
9,750 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
4.02%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Singapore Vatican
% of world population
0.07%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+20,011
2024
n/a
Urban population
100%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.69 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
94.6
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
84
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
97
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.07
2023
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2.1
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
175
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.7%
2021
100%
2013
English speaking
96.4%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
94.4%
2024
n/a

Health

Singapore Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,321
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,069
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.6
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
30.5 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
6
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.1
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
14%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
11.4%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
68
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
16.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.81 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Singapore Vatican
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
45.9 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
2.55 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
58 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
2,175 mi
2017
5.59 mi
2003

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