🏰 Europe
Flag of Vatican City
🎨 What the flag means
Vatican City's flag is split into yellow and white, and it is usually shown as a square. On the white side are the crossed keys of Saint Peter under the papal tiara, the pope's crown. The colours come from the keys: yellow for the gold key and white for the silver key. The flag was adopted in 1929.
📊 Quick facts
- 👥 Population
- 949 (2024)
- 🏙️ Capital
- Vatican City949 people (2024)
- 🗣️ Main language
- ItalianAlso official: Latin
✨ 3 fun facts
- Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, both in size and in number of people.
- Vatican City lies completely inside the city of Rome, in Italy.
- Vatican City uses the euro, but it makes its own euro coins with special designs.