Vatican City
Vatican City State · Southern Europe
Vatican City is a country in Southern Europe, with Vatican City as its capital. Vatican City shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Vatican City |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Europe |
| Currency | Euro (EUR €) |
| Calling code | +3906698, +379 |
| ISO codes | VA / VAT / 336 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇻🇦 |
| Area | 0.44 km² |
| Languages | Italian, Latin |
| Internet domain | .va |
| Demonym | Vatican |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Vatican City mean?
Vatican City's yellow and white take their colors directly from the two keys of Saint Peter shown on the coat of arms of the Holy See: gold for one key, silver for the other. The design dates to 1825, when the Papal States adopted a yellow-and-white flag in that combination for the first time, later carried over unchanged when Vatican City became a sovereign state in 1929. The papal tiara above the crossed keys represents papal authority, and because the flag doubles as a symbol of the worldwide Catholic Church rather than just the city-state itself, it is also commonly flown outside Catholic churches far beyond Vatican City's small territory.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Vatican City
About Vatican City
Vatican City, officially Vatican City State, is a sovereign state in Southern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Vatican City. It is landlocked, sharing all of its borders with neighbouring countries and no coastline. The official currency is the Euro (€), using the code EUR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Vatican City for Vatican City’s own facts and history.
To call Vatican City from abroad, dial the country code +3906698 or +379. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes VA (alpha-2) and VAT (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels.
Frequently asked questions
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Why Vatican City has its own code
ISO 3166-1 assigns codes to territories as well as to sovereign states, because the codes are used for shipping, banking, internet domains, statistics and data exchange rather than as a statement about statehood. That is why this country appears in country dropdowns, address forms and datasets alongside places many times its size.
Vatican City holds the alpha-2 code VA, the alpha-3 code VAT, the numeric code 336 and the internet domain .va. The World Bank does not publish a separate population figure for it, so this page shows none rather than an estimate. Calls are routed through the code +3906698 or +379.
How Vatican City compares
- Area: 0.44 km², ranking 194 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 37 other countries and territories use the Euro (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Vatican City
One other national flag uses exactly the same set of colour families (yellow, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.