| Basic Facts |
| Official name |
Vatican City State |
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| Capital |
Vatican City |
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| Area |
0.44 sq km |
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0.17 sq mi |
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| People |
| Population |
850 (1997
estimate) |
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| Population growth |
| Population growth rate |
Not available |
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| Projected population in 2025 |
Not available |
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| Projected population in 2050 |
Not available |
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| Population density |
Not available |
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| Urban/rural
distribution |
| Share urban |
100 percent (2000
estimate) |
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| Share rural |
0 percent (2000
estimate) |
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| Ethnic groups |
Italian, Swiss |
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| Languages |
| Italian (official), Latin
(official), various other languages |
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| Religious
affiliations |
| Roman Catholic (official) |
98 percent |
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| Evangelical Christian |
2 percent |
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| Health and Education |
| Life expectancy |
| Total |
Not available |
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| Female |
Not available |
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| Male |
Not available |
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| Infant mortality rate |
Not available |
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| Population per physician |
Not available |
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| Population per hospital bed |
Not available |
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| Literacy rate |
| Total |
Not available |
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| Female |
Not available |
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| Male |
Not available |
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| Education expenditure as a share
of gross national product (GNP) |
Not available |
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| Number of years of compulsory
schooling |
Not available |
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| Number of students per teacher,
primary school |
Not available |
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| Government |
| Form of government |
Monarchical-sacerdotal state |
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| Voting qualifications |
| Limited to cardinals under 80
years old |
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| Constitution |
| Apostolic Constitution of 1967,
effective 1 March 1968 |
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| Armed forces |
| Total number of military
personnel |
Not available |
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| Military expenditures as a
share of gross domestic product (GDP) |
Not available |
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| Economy |
| Gross domestic product (GDP, in
U.S.$) |
Not available |
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| GDP per capita (U.S.$) |
Not available |
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| GDP by economic
sector |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing |
Not available |
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| Industry |
Not available |
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| Services |
Not available |
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| Employment |
| Number of workers |
Not available |
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| Workforce share of
economic sector |
| Agriculture, forestry,
fishing |
Not available |
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| Industry |
Not available |
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| Services |
Not available |
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| Unemployment rate |
Not available |
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| National budget
(U.S.$) |
| Total revenue |
$175.5 million
(1994 estimate) |
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| Total expenditure |
$175 million (1994
estimate) |
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| Monetary unit |
| European Union (EU) single
currency, the euro (€) |
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| Major trade partners for exports |
Italy |
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| Major trade partners for imports |
Italy |
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| Energy, Communications, and
Transportation |
| Electricity
production |
| Electricity from thermal
sources |
Not available |
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| Electricity from hydroelectric
sources |
Not available |
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| Electricity from nuclear
sources |
Not available |
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| Electricity from geothermal,
solar, and wind sources |
Not available |
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| Number of radios per 1,000 people |
Not available |
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| Number of telephones per 1,000
people |
Not available |
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| Number of televisions per 1,000
people |
Not available |
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| Number of Internet hosts per
10,000 people |
Not available |
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| Daily newspaper circulation per
1,000 people |
Not available |
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| Number of motor vehicles per
1,000 people |
Not available |
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| Paved road as a share of total
roads |
Not available |
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| Sources |
| Basic Facts and
People sections |
| Area data are from the
statistical bureaus of individual countries. Population, population
growth rate, and population projections are from the United States
Census Bureau, International Programs Center, International Data
Base (IDB) (www.census.gov). Urban and rural population data are
from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United
Nations (UN), FAOSTAT database (www.fao.org). Largest cities
population data and political divisions data are from the
statistical bureaus of individual countries. Ethnic divisions and
religion data are largely from the latest Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) World Factbook and from various country censuses
and reports. Language data are largely from the Ethnologue,
Languages of the World, Summer Institute of Linguistics
International (www.sil.org). |
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| Health and Education
section |
| Life expectancy and infant
mortality data are from the United States Census Bureau,
International Programs Center, International database (IDB) (www.census.gov).
Population per physician and population per hospital bed data are
from the World Health Organization (WHO) (www.who.int). Education
data are from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) database (www.unesco.org). |
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| Government section |
| Government, independence,
legislature, constitution, highest court, and voting qualifications
data are largely from various government Web sites, the latest
Europa World Yearbook, and the latest Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) World Factbook. The armed forces data is from
Military Balance. |
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| Economy section |
| Gross domestic product (GDP), GDP
per capita, GDP by economic sectors, employment, and national budget
data are from the World Bank database (www.worldbank.org). Monetary
unit, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, exports, imports, and
major trade partner information is from the latest Europa World
Yearbook and various International Monetary Fund (IMF)
publications. |
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| Energy,
Communication, and Transportation section |
| Electricity information is from
the Energy Information Administration (EIA) database (www.eia.doe.gov).
Radio, telephone, television, and newspaper information is from the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) database (www.unesco.org). Internet hosts, motor vehicles,
and road data are from the World Bank database (www.worldbank.org).
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| Note |
| Figures may not total 100 percent
due to rounding. |
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