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Vatican City

VAT

Southern Europe · Europe · UN member

The circle shows each metric's percentile rank (position among countries with data), which is comparable across metrics. Each metric's native score uses its own scale and is not comparable between metrics — see it (and the full formula) in “How is this calculated?”.

3 metrics for this country

Demographics & migration

  • Median ageTier ADescriptive

    100 = oldest median age, 0 = youngest — descriptive, not better or worse

    Ranks 1st of 237 · native score 100 · reference year 2023

    100percentile
    How is this calculated?
    Metric
    Median age
    Scale
    100 = oldest median age, 0 = youngest — descriptive, not better or worse
    Raw value
    59.625 years
    Native score
    100 — this metric's own 0–100 scale; not comparable to other metrics.
    Percentile rank
    100th percentile — ranks 1st of 237. Comparable across metrics.
    Normalization
    Min–max (rescaled against the dataset)
    score = 100 · (59.63 − 14.32) / (59.63 − 14.32) = 100

    Min and max are this dataset's lowest (14.32) and highest (59.63) values, so the score is relative to the current country set.

    Source
    UN World Population Prospects (via Our World in Data) · UN DESA, Population Division
    License
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Reference year
    2023
    Retrieved
    2026-07-12
    Confidence
    Tier A — Official / robust
    Source notes
    UN World Population Prospects (median age; medium-variant projections), retrieved via the Our World in Data mirror.
  • 100 = fastest projected growth, 0 = fastest projected decline — descriptive, not better or worse

    Ranks 56th of 237 · native score 56.49 · reference year 2050

    77percentile
    How is this calculated?
    Metric
    Population change (projection)
    Scale
    100 = fastest projected growth, 0 = fastest projected decline — descriptive, not better or worse
    Raw value
    42 % change 2024→2050
    Native score
    56.49 — this metric's own 0–100 scale; not comparable to other metrics.
    Percentile rank
    77th percentile — ranks 56th of 237. Comparable across metrics.
    Normalization
    Min–max (rescaled against the dataset)
    score = 100 · (42 − -32.9) / (99.7 − -32.9) = 56.49

    Min and max are this dataset's lowest (-32.9) and highest (99.7) values, so the score is relative to the current country set.

    Source
    UN World Population Prospects (via Our World in Data) · UN DESA, Population Division
    License
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Reference year
    2050
    Retrieved
    2026-07-12
    Confidence
    Tier A — Official / robust
    Source notes
    UN World Population Prospects (median age; medium-variant projections), retrieved via the Our World in Data mirror.
  • Refugees (by origin)Tier ADescriptive

    100 = most refugees produced, 0 = fewest — descriptive, not better or worse

    Ranks 198th of 211 · native score 3.32 · reference year 2022

    3percentile
    How is this calculated?
    Metric
    Refugees (by origin)
    Scale
    100 = most refugees produced, 0 = fewest — descriptive, not better or worse
    Raw value
    0 refugees
    Native score
    3.32 — this metric's own 0–100 scale; not comparable to other metrics.
    Percentile rank
    3th percentile — ranks 198th of 211. Comparable across metrics.
    Normalization
    Percentile rank across countries
    score = percentile rank of 0 among 211 countries = 3.32

    The score is the country's position in the distribution.

    Source
    UNHCR (via Our World in Data) · UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
    License
    CC BY 4.0
    Reference year
    2022
    Retrieved
    2026-07-12
    Confidence
    Tier A — Official / robust
    Source notes
    Refugee population by country of origin, retrieved via the Our World in Data mirror.
Vatican City — country scores · WorldScore