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United Kingdom vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The United Kingdom has a population of 69.2M (ranked 21/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). The United Kingdom's land area is 93,410 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 78th vs. 197th).

By GDP, The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

United Kingdom Vatican
Population
69945462
949
Population rank 22/197 197/197
GDP
$3.64T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 6/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$52,637
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 23/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$60,620
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$3.69T
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
103.9%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$53,283
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 7/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$40,805
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
93,410 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
741 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.56
2023
n/a
Median age
41 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

United Kingdom and Vatican: Comparison Charts

United Kingdom vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
United Kingdom

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
United Kingdom Vatican
1950 68.6 65.9
1951 68.2 65.3
1952 69.5 65.7
1953 69.8 66.3
1954 70.2 67.5
1955 70.1 67.8
1956 70.4 67.3
1957 70.5 67.5
1958 70.7 68.7
1959 70.8 69.2
1960 71 69.2
1961 70.8 69.8
1962 70.9 69.2
1963 70.8 69.3
1964 71.5 70.3
1965 71.5 70.1
1966 71.4 70.9
1967 72.1 70.9
1968 71.7 70.7
1969 71.7 70.7
1970 71.9 71.5
1971 72.2 71.7
1972 72 72
1973 72.2 71.9
1974 72.4 72.7
1975 72.7 72.6
1976 72.6 72.9
1977 73.1 73.3
1978 73 73.7
1979 73.2 74
1980 73.6 74.1
1981 73.9 74.3
1982 74 74.8
1983 74.3 74.7
1984 74.7 75.1
1985 74.5 75.5
1986 74.8 75.7
1987 75.1 76.2
1988 75.3 76.4
1989 75.4 76.8
1990 75.7 76.9
1991 75.9 76.9
1992 76.3 77.3
1993 76.2 77
1994 76.7 77.7
1995 76.6 77.8
1996 76.9 78.5
1997 77.1 78.2
1998 77.3 78.3
1999 77.4 78.7
2000 77.8 79.3
2001 78.1 79.9
2002 78.2 80
2003 78.3 79.8
2004 78.9 80.2
2005 79.1 80.6
2006 79.3 81.2
2007 79.5 81.3
2008 79.7 81.4
2009 80.2 81.3
2010 80.4 81.5
2011 80.8 81.7
2012 80.9 82
2013 80.9 82.5
2014 81.2 82.6
2015 80.9 82.5
2016 81.1 82.9
2017 81.2 82.7
2018 81.1 83.3
2019 81.4 83.6
2020 80.4 83
2021 80.7 82.9
2022 81.1 83.3
2023 81.3 83
2024 81.4 83.1
2025 81.6 83.3

United Kingdom and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
United Kingdom

Vatican
Year Population
United Kingdom Vatican
1960 52,400,000 -
1961 52,800,000 -
1962 53,250,000 -
1963 53,650,000 -
1964 54,000,000 -
1965 54,348,050 -
1966 54,648,500 -
1967 54,943,600 -
1968 55,211,700 -
1969 55,441,750 -
1970 55,663,250 -
1971 55,896,223 -
1972 56,086,065 -
1973 56,194,527 -
1974 56,229,974 -
1975 56,225,800 -
1976 56,211,968 -
1977 56,193,492 -
1978 56,196,504 -
1979 56,246,951 -
1980 56,314,216 -
1981 56,333,829 -
1982 56,313,641 -
1983 56,332,848 -
1984 56,422,072 -
1985 56,550,268 -
1986 56,681,396 -
1987 56,802,050 -
1988 56,928,327 -
1989 57,076,711 -
1990 57,247,586 -
1991 57,424,897 -
1992 57,580,402 -
1993 57,718,614 -
1994 57,865,745 -
1995 58,019,030 -
1996 58,166,950 -
1997 58,316,954 -
1998 58,487,141 -
1999 58,682,466 -
2000 58,892,514 880
2001 59,119,673 890
2002 59,370,479 900
2003 59,647,577 911
2004 59,987,905 921
2005 60,401,206 921
2006 60,846,820 932
2007 61,322,463 821
2008 61,806,995 824
2009 62,276,270 826
2010 62,766,365 829
2011 63,258,810 832
2012 63,711,000 836
2013 64,139,000 839
2014 64,620,000 842
2015 65,088,000 1,000
2016 65,607,000 -
2017 65,966,000 1,000
2018 66,289,000 -
2019 66,631,000 1,000
2020 66,744,000 -
2021 66,984,000 -
2022 67,604,000 -
2023 68,492,000 -
2024 69,226,000 -

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Finance

United Kingdom Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$3.37T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
43.9%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.96%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.26%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
153,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.42%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
4.36%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
72.8%
2024
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
16.7%
2024
n/a
Economic freedom index
69.3
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.6%
2021
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2021
n/a
Number of millionaires
3,061,553
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
5.75%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
55
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,606
2022
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$3.1T
2022
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$175B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$4.83B
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
11,101,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
8.24%
1998
n/a
Banked people share
99.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

United Kingdom Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,128 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$27.2
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
302 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
4.41 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
75.5%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
12.2%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
13.4%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
44%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
4,208 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
40.2%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
2.51%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
13.8%
2023
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

United Kingdom Vatican
% of world population
0.85%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+417,114
2024
n/a
Urban population
84.9%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.85 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.38 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
90.2
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
71
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
100
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.15
2021
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.2
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
170
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
100%
2013
English speaking
98.3%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
96.3%
2023
n/a

Health

United Kingdom Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$5,367
2023
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$742
2023
n/a
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.17
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
29 years
2018
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.5
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
27.6%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
83
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.7 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

United Kingdom Vatican
% of world land
0.16%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
1,349 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
65,674 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
12,415 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
263,542 mi
2020
5.59 mi
2003

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