Vatican City: flag, capital & map
Get to know Vatican City, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Vatican City
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Population (undated, REST Countries)
- 882
- Area
- 0.49 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Italian, Latin
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Euro (EUR)
- Land neighbours
- Italy
Vatican City is an independent city-state surrounded by Rome. Its flag is yellow and white.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Vatican City
The flag of Vatican City is square shaped. It is composed of two equal vertical bands of yellow and white, with national coat of arms centered in the white band. The national coat of arms comprises the Papal Tiara superimposed on two crossed keys.
Where it is
Vatican City is grouped in Southern Europe, within Roam’s Europe region. Its land-border list includes 1 country in this atlas: Italy. It is landlocked.
Vatican City has a recorded area of 0.49 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Europe in this dataset, it ranks 9 by area, from largest to smallest. San Marino is immediately above it in that ordering, at 61 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
REST Countries lists 882 people for Vatican City, without a reference year. World Bank coverage is unavailable here, so this estimate is explicitly undated.
The language entries in the source are Italian and Latin. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Euro (EUR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Vatican City?
Reveal answer
Vatican City. Vatican City is an independent city-state surrounded by Rome. Its flag is yellow and white.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Vatican City?
Reveal answer
The flag of Vatican City is square shaped. It is composed of two equal vertical bands of yellow and white, with national coat of arms centered in the white band. The national coat of arms comprises the Papal Tiara superimposed on two crossed keys.
Which land neighbours of Vatican City are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Italy. Vatican City is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Vatican City?
Reveal answer
Italian and Latin. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Vatican City.
Which currency codes are listed for Vatican City?
Reveal answer
Euro (EUR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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