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Monaco
Principality of Monaco
Monaco is a country in Western Europe. About 39 000 people live there, in an area of 2 square kilometres. Its capital city is Monaco.
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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 everybody out evenly and you get about 19 149.5 people on every square kilometre.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Monaco?
About 39 000 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
Fewer than one person in every thousand on Earth lives in Monaco.
It takes up less than a hundredth of one per cent of all the land in the world.
Within Europe the country ranks 44th of 45 by size, and 42nd by population.
Monaco and its neighbours
France is thousands of times that size.
France has more people: 67 million against 39 000.
Nature and animals
The highest mountain in the country is the Highest point on Chemin des Révoires, at 164 metres.
Where this country lands in the record lists
How big is Monaco compared with the United States?
- The United States is about 4 639 906 times as big as Monaco: 9 372 610 km² against 2 km².
- The United Kingdom is about 120 248 times as big as Monaco: 242 900 km² against 2 km².
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 39 000 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.
What is the highest mountain in Monaco?
The highest mountain in Monaco is the Highest point on Chemin des Révoires, 164 metres above sea level. It is the country's highest point.
Are there rivers in Monaco?
Monaco has no river long enough for a map of the world's rivers. Short streams run down the hills to the sea, and that is all the running water there is.
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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