Svalbard and Jan Mayen vs Vatican: Population

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

2,400 people

in 2023

Vatican

501 people

in 2023

Svalbard and Jan Mayen rank

236th

Vatican rank

238th

Population over time

Svalbard and Jan Mayen currently reports 2,400 people against 501 people in Vatican, a difference of 1,899 people.

That makes Svalbard and Jan Mayen's figure about 4.8 times Vatican's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 89 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Vatican ahead.

Svalbard and Jan Mayen ranks 236th and Vatican ranks 238th of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.