Vatican City
The smallest country in the world
Passport card
Vatican City State
Vatican City
- Capital
- Vatican City
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Euro
- Languages
- Italian and Latin
- People
- About 900
- Size
- Just 0.49 km²
- Leader
- Pope Leo XIV
- A country since
- 11 February 1929
- About the capital
- The whole country is one small city, inside Rome.
- Time
- 4½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Vatican City, and 8:30 am in summer
⭐ Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, inside the city of Rome.
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Vatican City
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Vatican City
Turn the globe with your finger. Vatican City has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Vatican City and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale. Vatican City is so small that it is marked with a ring.
- SizeIndia is about 67,00,000 times the size of Vatican City.
- PeopleIndia has about 16,00,000 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 900 in Vatican City.
- DistanceVatican City is about 5,900 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeVatican City is 4½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Vatican City, or 8:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Vatican City, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Vatican City
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Vatican City's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Vatican City back on the map
Vatican City and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Vatican City worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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