Vatican State

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Official Name
Vatican City State
Population Full

800 (2019 UNDESA)

General Remarks
Both Vatican State and The Holy See are separate legal entities under international law. Vatican State comprises territory created by the 1929 Lateran Treaty, out of which the supreme authority of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See, operates. (Language Management Worldwide)
Principal Languages
Italian, Latin
Literacy Rate
100% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
General References
Comrie 1987
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Vatican State is 2. All are living languages. Of these, 1 is indigenous and 1 is non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional and 1 is dying.