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Monaco

Principality of Monaco · Principauté de Monaco

Capital
Monaco
Population
38,341 2025
Area
2.02 km²
Neighbours
1
Locator map of MonacoMONACOFRANCEITALYSWITZERLANDSPAINMediterraneanSeaTyrrhenian Sea0100 km
Monaco hatched and ringed, Monaco marked with a triangle, land neighbours shaded. Orthographic projection centred on 43.8°N 7.4°E; the scale bar is true at the centre.

Monaco is a country in Western Europe whose only land neighbour is France. At 2.02 km², it is the 2nd-smallest of the 195 countries by area.

38,341 people lived in Monaco in 2025, according to the World Bank; only five countries have fewer. That is 18,981 people per km², the highest density of the 194. Its urban share, 100.0% in 2025, is the highest of the 194. The population shrank by 0.75% in 2025.

In 2024, GDP per capita stood at US$288,002 in current US dollars: 1st of 191 worldwide, the highest in Europe. Newborns in 2024 had a life expectancy of 86.5 years, the highest of the 194. The World Bank records no forest area (2023). 99.0% of people used the internet in 2024.

Its main landmass lies entirely in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres. The point on the opposite side of the Earth from Monaco lies in the South Pacific Ocean, about 290 km from the nearest land, New Zealand.

How it compares Europe: 45 countries

MeasureFigureWorldEurope
Population38,3412025, World Bank189th of 19443rd of 44
Area2.02 km²world-countries194th of 19544th of 45
GDPUS$11.1 billion2024, World Bank, current US$151st of 19140th of 44
GDP per capitaUS$288,0022024, World Bank, current US$1st of 1911st of 44
Population density18,981 per km²population 2025, World Bank; area, world-countries1st of 1941st of 44
Life expectancy86.5 years2024, World Bank1st of 1941st of 44
Urban population100.0%2025, World Bank1st of 1941st of 44
Forest area0.0% of land2023, World Bank193rd of 19444th of 44
Population growth-0.75% a year2025, World Bank188th of 19440th of 44
Internet users99.0%2024, World Bank7th of 1883rd of 44
Fertility rate2.10 births per woman2024, World Bank94th of 1941st of 44
Land neighbours1world-countries; among the 195141st of 19537th of 45
 Ranks run from the largest value (1st) among the countries with data; equal values share a rank.

Closest in areaVatican City, Nauru and Tuvalu

Closest in populationMarshall Islands, Liechtenstein and San Marino

Neighbours 1 country by land, nearest capital first

  • France690 km
    Monaco to Paris, capital to capital

Where on Earth main landmass

Hemispheres
Northern and Eastern
Capital
Monaco
43.74°N 7.41°E
Northernmost latitude
43.77°N
Southernmost latitude
43.73°N
Westernmost longitude
7.38°E
Easternmost longitude
7.44°E
North to south
about 4 km
Antipode of Monaco
43.74°S 172.59°W
in the South Pacific Ocean, about 290 km from the nearest land (New Zealand)