Vatican: cities by population
Vatican has a population of 506 (UN estimate, 2026), with Vatican City as its capital. The 1 largest of its 1 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
-27%
since 2000 (691)
+41%
projected by 2050 (714)
1151
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Treat these figures with care. The settlements listed below sum to 829, against a national population of 506. Some overlap is normal where towns run together, but a gap this wide suggests the underlying figures for Vatican are unreliable, and we have not been able to verify them independently.
Largest cities in Vatican
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican City | 829 |
Twenty years earlier: Vatican in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 768.
Common questions
What is the population of Vatican?
Vatican has a population of 506, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 714 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Vatican?
Vatican City.