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title: "China vs Vatican City — area, population, currency"
description: "China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000 people; Vatican City is 0.44 km² with 1,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-vatican-city/
site: "At One Place"
---

# China vs Vatican City

**China vs Vatican City: China is larger; China has more people**

9,596,960 km² vs 0.44 km² · 1,406,585,000 vs 1,000

China is 21811273 times larger than Vatican City — 9,596,960 against 0 km². China is 1406585 times more populous than Vatican City — 1,406,585,000 against 1,000 people.

## Side by side

|  | China | Vatican City |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Beijing | Vatican City |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² | 0.44 km² |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) | 1,000 (2024) |
| Density | 146.6 /km² | 2272.7 /km² |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese | Italian, Latin |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +86 | +3 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN | VA / VAT |

## Population density

Vatican City is 16 times more densely populated than China — 2,273 against 147 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Chinese yuan and the Euro.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

## Vatican City

The smallest country in the world by both area and population: about 0.44 km², or roughly an eighth the size of New York's Central Park, with fewer than a thousand residents. Its border with Rome is about 3.4 km long. St Peter's Basilica covers around 15,000 m² and is one of the largest churches ever built.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is China bigger than Vatican City?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 0.44 km².

### Which has more people, China or Vatican City?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 1,000.

### What is the time difference between China and Vatican City?

China is UTC+08:00 and Vatican City is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Vatican City](https://atoneplace.net/country/vatican-city/)
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- [India vs Vatican City](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-vatican-city/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
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- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]