Outline of Vatican City

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Vatican City:

Vatican City – an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical^[1] state, being the sovereign territory of the Holy See and ruled by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope, the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church. The territory of this landlocked sovereign city-state consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 49 hectares (121 acres)^[a] and a population of about 825.^[b] This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.

^ "catholic-pages.com". catholic-pages.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ De Agostini Atlas Calendar Archived 2022-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, 1930, p. 99. (in Italian)
^ De Agostini Atlas Calendar Archived 2022-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian)
^ "Population" (in Italian). Vatican City State. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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[pages-1] "catholic-pages.com". catholic-pages.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[2] De Agostini Atlas Calendar Archived 2022-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, 1930, p. 99. (in Italian)

[agostini1945-3] De Agostini Atlas Calendar Archived 2022-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian)

[population-5] "Population" (in Italian). Vatican City State. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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