Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Vatican size comparison

Luxembourg is 5,278 times bigger by total area compared to the Vatican: 999 sq mi vs 0.19 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Luxembourg is 994 sq mi vs 0.17 sq mi for the Vatican — a 5,851 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 197/197 for the Vatican.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0000003% for the Vatican.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Vatican

See how Luxembourg and the Vatican compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Luxembourg	Vatican
Total area	999 sq mi	0.19 sq mi
Size difference ratio	5,278	1
Total area rank	169/197	197/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	0.0000001%
Land area	994 sq mi	0.17 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	5,851	1
Land area rank	169/197	197/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	0.0000003%
Population	677,012	1,000
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	5,493 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Vatican
Forest area	342 sq mi	n/a
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	n/a
Forest area rank	160/196	n/a
World's forests share	0.002%	n/a
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	n/a
Agricultural land share	51.7%	n/a
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	n/a
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	n/a
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	23.8%	n/a
Arable land area rank	155/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	n/a
Water area	4.59 sq mi	0.02 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	10.2%
Water area rank	146/197	167/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	5.59 mi
Land borders length	203.2 mi	2.11 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	0 mi

Luxembourg vs Vatican size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Luxembourg and the Vatican but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.