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Andorra
Principality of Andorra
Andorra is a country in Southern Europe. Its capital city is Andorra la Vella. About 77 thousand people live there, in an area of 468 square kilometres.
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Where is Andorra?
Andorra lies in Southern Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 4 731 km from the equator.
Andorra is landlocked: it has no coast at all, so you cannot reach the sea without crossing another country.
It shares a border with 2 countries: France and Spain.
How big is Andorra?
Andorra covers 468 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 5.5 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 178th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 164.5 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Andorra?
About 77 thousand people live in Andorra.
That is the 184th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Catalan.
They pay with the Euro (€).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 84 years.
The land of Andorra
The land in Andorra sits on average 1 996 metres above sea level — high enough that much of it counts as mountain country.
Because it is landlocked, everything that arrives by ship has to cross one of its 2 neighbours first.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Andorra different?
Websites from here often end in .ad.
Andorra and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Andorra.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 40th largest of 45 countries, and the 41st most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Andorra and its neighbours
France, its largest neighbour, is about 1 178.8 times bigger.
France has more people: 67 million against 77 thousand.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Andorra?
The capital of Andorra is Andorra la Vella. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Andorra?
About 77 thousand people live in Andorra, which makes it the 184th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Andorra?
Andorra borders France and Spain — 2 neighbours in total.
How big is Andorra?
Andorra covers 468 square kilometres, making it the 178th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 5.5 times bigger.
Which continent is Andorra in?
Andorra is in Europe, in the part called Southern Europe.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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