Tiny Vatican City is one of the smallest nations on the planet. If you get citizenship there, you’d be joining around 825 fellow citizens.
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Who are the 800 people that live in the Vatican? The entire population of Vatican City is only around 825 people. Every citizen who resides in the city is Roman Catholic and is considered to be influential or significant in some way within Catholicism
Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It’s home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. Its Vatican Museums house ancient Roman sculptures such as the famed “Laocoön and His Sons” as well as Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling.
Trouble is, there’s a good reason why Vatican City has such a small number of citizens. The rules surrounding the process make it one of the world’s hardest countries to get citizenship.
you can get citizenship of Vatican City in only three circumstances:
- If you’re a cardinal living in Vatican City or Rome
- If you’re a diplomat representing the Holy See
- If you live in Vatican City because you work for the Catholic Church
These three specific and unusual circumstances go a long way towards making Vatican City one of the hardest countries to get citizenship.
Area: 44 ha
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President: Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
Population: 825 (2019)
