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Italy vs Vatican City
How Italy and Vatican City compare on 14 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Italy was higher: 83.7 years against 83 years
- Population · In 2023, Italy was higher: 59.5 million people against 496 people
- Electoral democracy · In 1870, Italy was higher: 0.27 of 1 against 0.03 of 1
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Vatican City: 83 years in 2023
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Vatican City: 496 people in 2023
- TemperatureItaly: 14.1 °C in 2025Vatican City: 17.3 °C in 2025
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Vatican City: 6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
Every measure
Health
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Vatican City: 496 people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Vatican City: -1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Vatican City: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Vatican City: 100% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Vatican City: 59.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Vatican City: 44.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Vatican City: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, V-Dem, ERA5 and CMIP6. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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