Total & land area: Slovenia vs Vatican size comparison

Slovenia is 41,369 times bigger by total area compared to the Vatican: 7,827 sq mi vs 0.19 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Slovenia is 7,774 sq mi vs 0.17 sq mi for the Vatican — a 45,760 times difference in territory size.

Slovenia ranks 151/197 by total surface area vs 197/197 for the Vatican.
Slovenia occupies 0.01% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0000003% for the Vatican.

True size map comparison: Slovenia vs Vatican

See how Slovenia 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

	Slovenia	Vatican
Total area	7,827 sq mi	0.19 sq mi
Size difference ratio	41,369	1
Total area rank	151/197	197/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.004%	0.0000001%
Land area	7,774 sq mi	0.17 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	45,760	1
Land area rank	151/197	197/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.01%	0.0000003%
Population	2,127,400	1,000
Population density	273.2 ppl/mi²	5,493 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Slovenia	Vatican
Forest area	4,756 sq mi	n/a
Forest area as share of land	61.2%	n/a
Forest area rank	118/196	n/a
World's forests share	0.03%	n/a
Agricultural land area	2,360 sq mi	n/a
Agricultural land share	30.4%	n/a
Agricultural land area rank	147/194	n/a
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	n/a
Arable land	691 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	8.88%	n/a
Arable land area rank	140/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	210.4 sq mi	n/a
Permanent cropland share	2.71%	n/a
Permanent cropland area rank	121/192	n/a
Water area	52.7 sq mi	0.02 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.67%	10.2%
Water area rank	136/197	167/197
Roads length	24,224 mi	5.59 mi
Land borders length	752 mi	2.11 mi
Coastline length	29 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.9%	n/a

Slovenia 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 Slovenia 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.