Holy See
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General Information
Region
Southern Europe
Population (000, 2025)
~0
a,b
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)
1 139.8
a,b
Capital city
Vatican City
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)
0.8
c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)
90.3
a,b
National currency
Euro (EUR)
Exchange rate (per US$)
1
d
Social indicators
2015
2020
2025
Population growth rate
b
(average annual %)
-1.7
-1.5
0.6
a
Urban population
(% of total population)
100
100
e
...
Urban population growth rate
(average annual %)
0.2
f
...
...
Fertility rate, total
b
(live births per woman)
1
1
1
a
Life expectancy at birth
b
(females/males, years)
84.5 / 80.2
85.1 / 80.7
85.3 / 81.2
a
Population age distribution
g
(0-14/60+ years old, %)
6.2 / 51.7
5.8 / 51.5
6.4 / 48.1
a
International migrant stock
h
(000/% of total pop.)
0.6 / 100.0
0.5 / 100.0
0.5 / 100.0
d
Under five mortality rate
b
(per 1000 live births)
7.5
7
6.8
a
Intentional homicide rate
(per 100 000 pop.)
0
0
0
i
Environment and infrastructure indicators
2015
2020
2025
Individuals using the Internet
h
(per 100 inhabitants)
...
78
87
i
Threatened species
(number)
1
1
3
d
Forested area
(% of land area)
0
h
0
h
0
j
Sources and References
Technical Notes
Footnotes
a
Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b
Data refer to the Vatican City State.
c
2018
d
2024
e
2019
f
Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g
Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h
Estimate.
i
2023
j
2022