# Population in Vatican City

Population in Vatican City was 496 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `va`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Note: The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total population on 1 July, estimates 1950 to 2023 (TPopulation1July). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/vatican-city
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=va

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 496 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 506 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 518 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 528 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 535 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 545 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 555 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 563 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 572 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 582 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 590 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 602 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 614 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 621 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 628 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 637 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 647 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 655 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 659 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 660 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 664 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 671 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 681 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 691 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 696 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 697 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 698 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 701 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 705 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 711 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 719 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 724 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 725 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 726 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 727 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 728 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 730 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 730 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 732 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 735 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 737 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 740 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 742 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 743 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 742 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 740 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 738 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 735 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 733 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 733 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 735 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 737 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 739 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 745 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 753 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 769 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 805 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 841 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 887 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 921 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 918 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 917 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 916 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 918 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 920 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 919 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 918 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 916 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 911 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 904 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 898 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 892 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 886 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 880 (estimated) |