Vatican's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

The Vatican's land area is 0.17 sq mi, and the total size is 0.19 sq mi, with inland water included. The Vatican rankes 197/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.0000003% of the land mass of all countries.

The Vatican total size and land area

	Vatican	Rank
Total surface area	0.19 sq mi	197/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.0000001%	N/A
Land area	0.17 sq mi	197/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.0000003%	N/A
Population	1,000	197/197
Population density	5,493 ppl/mi²	3/197

Vatican's True Size on the Map

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Vatican's area by type

	Vatican	Rank
Water area	0.02 sq mi	167/197
Water as share of total area	10.2%	13/197
Roads length	5.59 mi	175/176
Land borders length	2.11 mi	158/197
Coastline length	0 mi	195/197

Vatican's 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 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.