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Monaco
Principality of Monaco
Monaco is a country in Western Europe. Its capital city is Monaco. About 39 thousand people live there, in an area of 2 square kilometres.
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Where is Monaco?
Monaco lies in Western Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 4 868 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 4 km long.
It shares a border with 1 country: France.
How big is Monaco?
Monaco covers 2 square kilometres.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 193rd largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 19 149.5 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Monaco?
About 39 thousand people live in Monaco.
That is the 188th biggest population in the world.
People here speak French.
They pay with the Euro (€).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 79 years.
The land of Monaco
Its coast runs for about 4 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 0 days.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Monaco different?
Websites from here often end in .mc.
Monaco and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Monaco.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 44th largest of 45 countries, and the 42nd most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Monaco and its neighbours
France, its largest neighbour, is about 273 116.3 times bigger.
France has more people: 67 million against 39 thousand.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Monaco?
The capital of Monaco is Monaco. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Monaco?
About 39 thousand people live in Monaco, which makes it the 188th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Monaco?
Monaco borders France — 1 neighbour in total.
How big is Monaco?
Monaco covers 2 square kilometres, making it the 193rd largest country in the world.
Which continent is Monaco in?
Monaco is in Europe, in the part called Western 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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