how big is vatican city
Vatican City is tiny: it’s about 0.44 square kilometers in area (roughly 0.17 square miles), making it the smallest independent country in the world by land size.
Quick Scoop on Size
- Area: about 0.44 km² / 0.17 mi².
- Dimensions: around 0.6 miles (1.05 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.85 km) wide.
- That’s roughly 110 acres of land.
To picture it, you could walk from one end of Vatican City to the other in well under 30 minutes, and it’s often compared to about 60–70 soccer fields in total surface area.
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