Editing Vatican City (section)

== Demographics ==
{{See also|Women in Vatican City}}

{{As of|2024}} Vatican City has a population of 882 residents, regardless of citizenship.<ref name="population" /> There are 372 Vatican citizens residing elsewhere,<ref name="population" /> consisting of diplomats of the Holy See to other countries and cardinals residing in Rome.<ref name="citizenship" />

The population is composed of clergy, other religious members, laypeople serving the state (such as the [[Swiss Guard]]) and their family members.<ref name="population2011">{{Cite web |title=Population |url=https://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/it/stato-e-governo/note-generali/popolazione.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414002752/https://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/it/stato-e-governo/note-generali/popolazione.html |archive-date=14 April 2019 |publisher=Vatican City State |language=it}}</ref> In 2013 there were 13 families of the employees of the Holy See living in Vatican City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MrowiÅ„ska |first=Alina |date=26 February 2013 |title=Behind The Walls: What It's Like To Live Inside The Vatican, For A Woman |url=https://worldcrunch.com/the-next-pope/behind-the-walls-what-it039s-like-to-live-inside-the-vatican-for-a-woman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113140341/https://worldcrunch.com/the-next-pope/behind-the-walls-what-it039s-like-to-live-inside-the-vatican-for-a-woman |archive-date=13 November 2022 |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Worldcrunch |publisher=NET TV – Catholic TV from the Diocese of Brooklyn}}</ref> In 2019 there were 20 children of the Swiss Guards living at the Vatican.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2019 |title=Raising Children Within the Vatican: Life of a Swiss Guard Family |url=https://netny.tv/episodes/currents/raising-children-within-vatican-swiss-guard-family/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307163613/https://netny.tv/episodes/currents/raising-children-within-vatican-swiss-guard-family/ |archive-date=7 March 2023 |access-date=22 October 2022 |publisher=Pew Research Center}}</ref> All citizens, residents, and places of worship in the city are [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]. The city receives thousands of tourists and workers every day.

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{| class=wikitable style="font-size:small; text-align:center"
|+ class=nowrap style=line-height:1.5 | Vatican City population on 31 December 2024<ref name="population" />
|-
! Citizenship !! colspan=2 {{free|Vatican}} !! other
|-
! Residency !! other !! colspan=2 {{maybe|Vatican City}}
|-
| Pope || || 1 ||
|-
| Cardinals || 56 || 10 ||
|-
| Diplomats || 316 || ||
|-
| Swiss Guard || || 104 ||
|- style=line-height:2.7
| Others || || 131 || 636
|-
! rowspan=4 | Total !! colspan=2 {{free|618}} !! rowspan=2 | 636
|-
! rowspan=2 | 372 !! 246
|-
! colspan=2 {{maybe|882}}
|-
! colspan=3 {{yes2|1,254}}
|}
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{| class=wikitable style="font-size:small; text-align:center; line-height:1.2"
|+ class=nowrap style=line-height:1.5 | Vatican City population on 1 March 2011<ref name="population2011" />
! Sex !! colspan=3 | all !! colspan=3 | male !! colspan=3 | female
|-
! Citizenship !! colspan=2 {{free|Vatican}} !! other !! colspan=2 {{free|Vatican}} !! other !! colspan=2 {{free|Vatican}} !! other
|-
! Residency !! other !! colspan=2 {{maybe|Vatican City}} !! other !! colspan=2 {{maybe|Vatican City}} !! other !! colspan=2 {{maybe|Vatican City}}
|-
| Pope || || 1 || || || 1 || || || ||
|-
| Cardinals || 43 || 30 || || 43 || 30 || || || ||
|-
| Diplomats || 306 || || || 306 || || || || ||
|-
| Swiss Guard || || 86 || || || 86 || || || ||
|-
| Other religious || || 50 || 197 || || 49 || 102 || || 1 || 95
|-
| Other lay || || 56 || 24 || || 25 || 3 || || 31 || 21
|-
! rowspan=4 | Total !! colspan=2 {{free|572}} !! rowspan=2 | 221 !! colspan=2 {{free|540}} !! rowspan=2 | 105 !! colspan=2 {{free|32}} !! rowspan=2 | 116
|-
! rowspan=2 | 349 !! 223 !! rowspan=2 | 349 !! 191 !! rowspan=2 | !! 32
|-
! colspan=2 {{maybe|444}} !! colspan=2 {{maybe|296}} !! colspan=2 {{maybe|148}}
|-
! colspan=3 {{yes2|793}} !! colspan=3 {{yes2|645}} !! colspan=3 {{yes2|148}}
|}
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=== Languages ===
{{Further|Languages of Vatican City}}

[[File:Seal of Vatican City.svg|thumb|The Seal of Vatican City. Note the use of the Italian language.]]

Vatican City has no formally enacted [[official language]], but, unlike the Holy See which most often uses [[Latin]] for the authoritative version of its official documents, Vatican City uses only Italian in its legislation and official communications.<ref>Vatican City State appendix to the [[Acta Apostolicae Sedis]] is entirely in Italian.</ref> Italian is the everyday language used by most of those who work in the state. In the Swiss Guard, [[Swiss German]] is the language used for giving commands. Individual guards take their oath of loyalty in their own languages: German, French, Italian or [[Romansh language|Romansh]]. The official websites of the Holy See<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vatican |url=http://www.vatican.va/content/vatican.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206111318/http://www.vatican.va// |archive-date=6 February 2015 |access-date=7 December 2021 |website=The Holy See}}</ref> and of Vatican City<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vatican State |url=https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011232552/https://vaticanstate.va/ |archive-date=11 October 2019 |website=www.vaticanstate.va}}</ref> are primarily in Italian, with versions of their pages in a large number of languages, to varying extents.

=== Citizenship ===
Unlike citizenship of other states, which is based either on ''[[jus sanguinis]]'' (birth from a citizen, even outside the state's territory) or on ''[[jus soli]]'' (birth within the territory of the state), citizenship of Vatican City is granted on ''jus officii'', namely on the grounds of appointment to work in a certain capacity in the service of the Holy See. It usually ceases upon the cessation of the appointment. Citizenship is extended to the spouse and children of a citizen, provided that they are living together in the city.<ref name="citizenship">{{Cite web |date=22 February 2011 |title=Law on citizenship, residence and access |url=https://www.vaticanstate.va/phocadownload/leggi-decreti/Leggesullacittadinanzalaresidenzaelaccesso.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717184754/https://www.vaticanstate.va/phocadownload/leggi-decreti/Leggesullacittadinanzalaresidenzaelaccesso.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2022 |access-date=31 July 2022 |publisher=Vatican City State |language=it}}</ref> Some individuals are authorized to reside in the city but do not qualify or choose not to request citizenship.<ref name="citizenship" /> Anyone who loses Vatican citizenship and does not possess other citizenship automatically becomes an [[Italian citizenship|Italian citizen]], as provided in the Lateran Treaty.<ref name=Statute/>

The Holy See, not being a country, issues only [[diplomatic passport|diplomatic]] and [[service passport|service]] passports, whereas Vatican City issues [[ordinary passport|ordinary]] [[Vatican and Holy See passports|passports]] for its citizens.

=== Statistical oddities ===
In statistics comparing countries in [[per capita|''per capita'']] or per area metrics, Vatican City is often an [[outlier]] {{Ndash}} these stem from the state's small size and ecclesiastical function.<ref name="The Independent-2014">{{Cite web |date=25 February 2014 |title=Vatican City drinks more wine per person than anywhere else in the world |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vatican-city-drinks-more-wine-per-person-than-anywhere-else-in-the-world-9151475.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727222225/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vatican-city-drinks-more-wine-per-person-than-anywhere-else-in-the-world-9151475.html |archive-date=27 July 2018 |access-date=27 July 2018 |website=The Independent}}</ref> For example, as most of the roles which would confer citizenship are reserved for men, the gender ratio of Vatican City citizenship is several men per woman.<ref>Mrowińska, Alina. [https://www.worldcrunch.com/dossier-the-next-pope/behind-the-walls-what-it-039-s-like-to-live-inside-the-vatican-for-a-woman/c8s11033/ "Behind The Walls: What It's Like To Live Inside The Vatican, For A Woman"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101202339/https://www.worldcrunch.com/dossier-the-next-pope/behind-the-walls-what-it-039-s-like-to-live-inside-the-vatican-for-a-woman/c8s11033/ |date=1 January 2016 }}, ''Gazeta Wyborcza/Worldcrunch'', 26 February 2013.</ref> Further oddities are petty crimes against tourists, resulting in a very high per-capita crime rate,<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 2003 |title=Vatican crime rate 'soars' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2639777.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205082725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2639777.stm |archive-date=5 February 2019 |access-date=6 March 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the city-state leading the world in per-capita wine consumption due to its [[Sacraments of the Catholic Church|sacramental use]].<ref name="The Independent-2014" /> A jocular illustration of these anomalies is sometimes made by calculating a "popes per km<sup>2</sup>" statistic, which is greater than two because Vatican City is less than half a square kilometre in area.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Anne |last2=Mitchinson |first2=John |date=14 March 2013 |title=QI: some quite interesting facts about Popes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/9930677/QI-some-quite-interesting-facts-about-Popes.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/9930677/QI-some-quite-interesting-facts-about-Popes.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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