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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 about 1,500; Vatican City employees divided into three categories--executives, office workers, and salaried employees
1991 high dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1992 high dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1993 NA by occupation: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1994 NA by occupation: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1995 NA by occupation: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1996 NA by occupation: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1997 NA by occupation: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1998 NA by occupation: dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
1999 NA
2000 NA
2001 NA
2002 NA
2003 NA
2004 NA
2005 NA
2006 NA
2007 NA
2008 NA
2009 NA
2010 NA
2011 NA
2012 2,832 (December 2011) (December 2011) country comparison to the world: 226
2013 2,832 (December 2011) country comparison to the world: 227
2014 2,832 (December 2011) country comparison to the world: 227
2015 2,885 (December 2011) | country comparison to the world: 226
2016 2,885 (December 2011) | country comparison to the world: 225
2017 4,822 (2016) | country comparison to the world: 222
2018 4,822 (2016)
2019 4,822 (2016)
2020 4,822 (2016)
2021 4,822 (2016)
2022 4,822 (2016)
2023 4,822 (2016)
2024 4,822 (2016)