Vatican City February 22, 2019 absolute monarchy , Accords de Latran , Basilique Saint-Pierre , Catholic Church , catholique , chrétiens , chretienté , Cité du Vatican , Città del Vaticano , Colline du Vatican , Église catholique , Église catholique romaine , Église romaine , enclaves , Euro , Euro zone , Europe , Francophonie , French , French language , Gardes suisses , german , German language , Italian , Italian language , Italy , landlocked country , langue latine , latin , Latin Union , monarchy , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , OSCE , papauté , pape , Place Saint-Pierre , Pope Francis , Radio Vatican , religion , Rome , Saint-Siège , South Europe , Vatican Official name Vatican City State Name in local language Stato della Città del Vaticano (it) ; Status Civitatis Vaticanæ (la) Continent Europe Subcontinent Europe (outside the European Union) Population (ranking: 250e ) 804 inhabitants (2017) Population growth -0.80 % / year Area 1 km² Density 1,827.27 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 245e )0.315 billions $USD (2013) GDP/capita (ranking ) 391,791 $USD (2013) GDP growth 0.00 % / year (2013) Life expectancy (ranking ) 77.50 years (2016) Birth rate 0.00 ‰ (2018) Fertility rate 0.00 children / woman (2018) Death rate (ranking ) 0.00 ‰ (2018) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 0.00 ‰ (2018) Literacy rate 100.00 % (2019) Official languages Latin, Italian, French, German Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: n.c. )0.000 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )0.00 (2018) Government Absolute monarchy Head of State Pope Francis National Day 19 March (papal inauguration mass) ISO Codes VA, VAT Demonym Vatican Tourists (ranking ) 3,200,000 people (2015)
The Vatican City is a country of Europe. This is the territorial support of the Holy See, enclosed in the city of Rome, capital of Italy . It is the smallest state in the world (barely 44 hectares, or 0.44 km2 ) and the least populated. Headquarters of the Catholic Church, it was created in 1929, by the so-called Lateran Treaty signed by Mussolini.
St. Peter’s Square, Vatican Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Vatican 804 inhabitants
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