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Vatican City: true size, area and map scale

Vatican City ranks 200 out of 200 by area (0 km²) in this dataset. The selected sources publish no verified population. Its outline is shown at true scale and under different map projections.

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0.44 km²
CapitalVatican City
Total surface area0.44 km²2024 edition
PopulationUnavailable
Land areaUnavailable
ISO CodeVATISO 3166-1 alpha-3 / UN M49
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Vatican City is the smallest independent state in the world, by both area and population.

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The selected reference sources do not publish a comparable observation for at least one metric for this territory. RealSize.World displays missing data rather than assigning an unknown source to a legacy value.

Yes. The Natural Earth outline is a visualization, but without a verified numeric metric it should not be treated as an area measurement or ranking input.

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