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San Marino
Most Serene Republic of San Marino
San Marino is a country in Southern Europe. Its capital city is City of San Marino. About 34 thousand people live there, in an area of 61 square kilometres.
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Where is San Marino?
San Marino lies in Southern Europe, on the continent of Europe.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 4 872 km from the equator.
San Marino is landlocked: it has no coast at all, so you cannot reach the sea without crossing another country.
It shares a border with 1 country: Italy.
How big is San Marino?
San Marino covers 61 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 42 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 190th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 553.9 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in San Marino?
About 34 thousand people live in San Marino.
That is the 190th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Italian.
They pay with the Euro (€).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 81 years.
The land of San Marino
Because it is landlocked, everything that arrives by ship has to cross one of its 1 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 San Marino different?
A dish the country is known for: Torta Tre Monti.
Websites from here often end in .sm.
San Marino and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in San Marino.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Europe it is the 43rd largest of 45 countries, and the 44th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
San Marino and its neighbours
Italy, its largest neighbour, is about 4 939.9 times bigger.
Italy has more people: 60.4 million against 34 thousand.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of San Marino?
The capital of San Marino is City of San Marino. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in San Marino?
About 34 thousand people live in San Marino, which makes it the 190th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border San Marino?
San Marino borders Italy — 1 neighbour in total.
How big is San Marino?
San Marino covers 61 square kilometres, making it the 190th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 42 times bigger.
Which continent is San Marino in?
San Marino 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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