Switzerland vs Vatican statistics compared

Switzerland has a population of 9.03M (ranked 101/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Switzerland's land area is 15,255 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 131st vs. 197th).

By GDP, Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Switzerland and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Switzerland vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Switzerland

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Switzerland	Vatican
1950	68.9	65.9
1951	68.7	65.3
1952	69.6	65.7
1953	69.5	66.3
1954	70	67.5
1955	70.1	67.8
1956	70.2	67.3
1957	70.5	67.5
1958	71.3	68.7
1959	71.5	69.2
1960	71.4	69.2
1961	71.7	69.8
1962	71.3	69.2
1963	71.3	69.3
1964	72.2	70.3
1965	72.3	70.1
1966	72.4	70.9
1967	72.7	70.9
1968	72.7	70.7
1969	72.7	70.7
1970	73.1	71.5
1971	73.2	71.7
1972	73.8	72
1973	74.1	71.9
1974	74.4	72.7
1975	74.8	72.6
1976	74.9	72.9
1977	75.4	73.3
1978	75.3	73.7
1979	75.6	74
1980	75.6	74.1
1981	75.8	74.3
1982	76.2	74.8
1983	76.2	74.7
1984	76.8	75.1
1985	76.9	75.5
1986	77	75.7
1987	77.3	76.2
1988	77.4	76.4
1989	77.6	76.8
1990	77.4	76.9
1991	77.6	76.9
1992	77.9	77.3
1993	78.2	77
1994	78.5	77.7
1995	78.6	77.8
1996	79	78.5
1997	79.2	78.2
1998	79.5	78.3
1999	79.7	78.7
2000	79.8	79.3
2001	80.3	79.9
2002	80.4	80
2003	80.5	79.8
2004	81.1	80.2
2005	81.2	80.6
2006	81.5	81.2
2007	81.7	81.3
2008	82	81.4
2009	82	81.3
2010	82.3	81.5
2011	82.6	81.7
2012	82.6	82
2013	82.7	82.5
2014	83.1	82.6
2015	82.8	82.5
2016	83.4	82.9
2017	83.4	82.7
2018	83.6	83.3
2019	83.8	83.6
2020	83.1	83
2021	83.6	82.9
2022	83.2	83.3
2023	84	83
2024	84.1	83.1
2025	84.2	83.3

Switzerland and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

Switzerland

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	Switzerland	Vatican
1960	5,327,827	-
1961	5,434,294	-
1962	5,573,815	-
1963	5,694,247	-
1964	5,789,228	-
1965	5,856,472	-
1966	5,918,002	-
1967	5,991,785	-
1968	6,067,714	-
1969	6,136,387	-
1970	6,180,877	-
1971	6,213,399	-
1972	6,260,956	-
1973	6,307,347	-
1974	6,341,405	-
1975	6,338,632	-
1976	6,302,504	-
1977	6,281,174	-
1978	6,281,738	-
1979	6,294,365	-
1980	6,319,408	-
1981	6,354,074	-
1982	6,391,309	-
1983	6,418,773	-
1984	6,441,865	-
1985	6,470,365	-
1986	6,504,124	-
1987	6,545,106	-
1988	6,593,386	-
1989	6,646,912	-
1990	6,715,519	-
1991	6,799,978	-
1992	6,875,364	-
1993	6,938,265	-
1994	6,993,795	-
1995	7,040,687	-
1996	7,071,850	-
1997	7,088,906	-
1998	7,110,001	-
1999	7,143,991	-
2000	7,184,250	880
2001	7,229,854	890
2002	7,284,753	900
2003	7,339,001	911
2004	7,389,625	921
2005	7,437,115	921
2006	7,483,934	932
2007	7,551,117	821
2008	7,647,675	824
2009	7,743,831	826
2010	7,824,909	829
2011	7,912,398	832
2012	7,996,861	836
2013	8,089,346	839
2014	8,188,649	842
2015	8,282,396	1,000
2016	8,373,338	-
2017	8,451,840	1,000
2018	8,514,329	-
2019	8,575,280	1,000
2020	8,638,167	-
2021	8,704,546	-
2022	8,777,088	-
2023	8,888,093	-
2024	9,034,102	-

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