Total & land area: Monaco vs Vatican size comparison [2026]

Monaco is 4.24 times bigger by total area compared to the Vatican: 0.8 sq mi vs 0.19 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Monaco is 0.8 sq mi vs 0.17 sq mi for the Vatican — a 4.74 times difference in territory size.

Monaco ranks 196/197 by total surface area vs 197/197 for the Vatican.
Monaco occupies 0.000001% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0000003% for the Vatican.

True size map comparison: Monaco vs Vatican

See how Monaco 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

	Monaco	Vatican
Total area	0.8 sq mi	0.19 sq mi
Size difference ratio	4.24	1
Total area rank	196/197	197/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0000004%	0.0000001%
Land area	0.8 sq mi	0.17 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	4.74	1
Land area rank	196/197	197/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.000001%	0.0000003%
Population	38,631	1,000
Population density	47,292 ppl/mi²	5,493 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Monaco	Vatican
Forest area	0 sq mi	n/a
Forest area as share of land	0%	n/a
Forest area rank	194/196	n/a
World's forests share	0%	n/a
Water area	0 sq mi	0.02 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0%	10.2%
Water area rank	183/197	167/197
Roads length	47.8 mi	5.59 mi
Land borders length	3.73 mi	2.11 mi
Coastline length	2.55 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	100%	n/a

Monaco vs Vatican size on the map

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

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