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Spain vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Spain has a population of 48.8M (ranked 32/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Spain's land area is 192,934 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 51st vs. 197th).

By GDP, Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Spain Vatican
Population
48786181
949
Population rank 32/197 197/197
GDP
$1.72T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 14/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$35,297
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 31/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$56,926
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$1.75T
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
100.6%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$35,940
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 19/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$24,195
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
192,934 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
253 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.12
2023
n/a
Median age
46.4 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Spain and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Spain vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Spain

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Spain Vatican
1950 61.8 65.9
1951 61.5 65.3
1952 64.8 65.7
1953 65.7 66.3
1954 66.9 67.5
1955 66.7 67.8
1956 66.8 67.3
1957 66.6 67.5
1958 68.8 68.7
1959 68.7 69.2
1960 69.2 69.2
1961 69.6 69.8
1962 69.6 69.2
1963 69.8 69.3
1964 70.5 70.3
1965 70.9 70.1
1966 71.2 70.9
1967 71.3 70.9
1968 71.7 70.7
1969 71.1 70.7
1970 72.1 71.5
1971 71.7 71.7
1972 73 72
1973 72.7 71.9
1974 73.1 72.7
1975 73.5 72.6
1976 73.8 72.9
1977 74.3 73.3
1978 74.5 73.7
1979 75 74
1980 75.5 74.1
1981 75.7 74.3
1982 76.3 74.8
1983 76.1 74.7
1984 76.5 75.1
1985 76.4 75.5
1986 76.7 75.7
1987 77 76.2
1988 76.9 76.4
1989 77 76.8
1990 77 76.9
1991 77.1 76.9
1992 77.6 77.3
1993 77.7 77
1994 78.1 77.7
1995 78.2 77.8
1996 78.3 78.5
1997 78.9 78.2
1998 78.9 78.3
1999 78.9 78.7
2000 79.4 79.3
2001 79.7 79.9
2002 79.8 80
2003 79.7 79.8
2004 80.3 80.2
2005 80.3 80.6
2006 81 81.2
2007 81 81.3
2008 81.3 81.4
2009 81.6 81.3
2010 82 81.5
2011 82.2 81.7
2012 82.2 82
2013 82.7 82.5
2014 82.8 82.6
2015 82.6 82.5
2016 83 82.9
2017 83 82.7
2018 83.1 83.3
2019 83.5 83.6
2020 82.2 83
2021 83 82.9
2022 82.4 83.3
2023 83.7 83
2024 83.8 83.1
2025 84 83.3

Spain and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Spain

Vatican
Year Population
Spain Vatican
1960 30,455,000 -
1961 30,739,250 -
1962 31,023,366 -
1963 31,296,651 -
1964 31,609,195 -
1965 31,954,292 -
1966 32,283,194 -
1967 32,682,947 -
1968 33,113,134 -
1969 33,441,054 -
1970 33,814,531 -
1971 34,224,490 -
1972 34,604,469 -
1973 34,988,947 -
1974 35,373,335 -
1975 35,757,900 -
1976 36,137,812 -
1977 36,511,638 -
1978 36,864,898 -
1979 37,191,330 -
1980 37,491,165 -
1981 37,758,631 -
1982 37,986,012 -
1983 38,171,525 -
1984 38,330,364 -
1985 38,469,512 -
1986 38,584,624 -
1987 38,684,815 -
1988 38,766,939 -
1989 38,827,764 -
1990 38,867,322 -
1991 38,966,376 -
1992 39,157,685 -
1993 39,361,262 -
1994 39,549,108 -
1995 39,724,050 -
1996 39,889,852 -
1997 40,057,389 -
1998 40,223,509 -
1999 40,386,875 -
2000 40,567,864 880
2001 40,850,412 890
2002 41,431,558 900
2003 42,187,645 911
2004 42,921,895 921
2005 43,653,155 921
2006 44,397,319 932
2007 45,226,803 821
2008 45,954,106 824
2009 46,362,946 826
2010 46,576,897 829
2011 46,742,697 832
2012 46,773,055 836
2013 46,604,197 839
2014 46,460,733 842
2015 46,422,303 1,000
2016 46,458,139 -
2017 46,571,232 1,000
2018 46,782,011 -
2019 47,118,501 1,000
2020 47,359,424 -
2021 47,443,821 -
2022 47,786,102 -
2023 48,347,910 -
2024 48,807,137 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Spain Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$1.63T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
45.1%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.59%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.51%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
199,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.69%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
11.3%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
69.1%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
19.5%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
66.3
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.5%
2023
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.2%
2023
n/a
Number of millionaires
1,180,703
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.96%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
34
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00009%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
277
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$754B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$108B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$6.34B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
36,410,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
19.8%
1998
n/a
Banked people share
98.4%
2024
n/a

Energy

Spain Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,294 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$23.2
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
217.3 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
4.49 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
68.5%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
19%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
25.2%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
77%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,118 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
47%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
10.9%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
19.9%
2023
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Spain Vatican
% of world population
0.6%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+111,674
2024
n/a
Urban population
81.8%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.78 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
80.8
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
56
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
89
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.69
2023
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.9
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
176
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.7%
2021
100%
2013
English speaking
22%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
95.8%
2024
n/a

Health

Spain Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,911
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$558
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.48
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
31.5 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
3
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.1
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
16.2%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
9.7%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
76
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
28.4%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.16 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Spain Vatican
% of world land
0.34%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
3,953 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
95,648 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
71,757 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
424,505 mi
2020
5.59 mi
2003

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