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San Marino
Most Serene Republic of San Marino
San Marino is a country in Southern Europe. About 34 000 people live there, in an area of 61 square kilometres. Its capital city is City of San Marino.
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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.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in San Marino?
About 34 000 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 the country is landlocked, everything arriving by ship has to cross its one neighbour, Italy, 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
Fewer than one person in every thousand on Earth lives in San Marino.
It takes up less than a hundredth of one per cent of all the land in the world.
Within Europe the country ranks 43rd of 45 by size, and 44th by population.
San Marino and its neighbours
Italy is thousands of times that size.
Italy has more people: 60.4 million against 34 000.
Nature and animals
The highest mountain in the country is Monte Titano, at 739 metres. The longest river in the country is the San Marino River.
Where this country lands in the record lists
How big is San Marino compared with the United States?
- The United States is about 153 649 times as big as San Marino: 9 372 610 km² against 61 km².
- The United Kingdom is about 3 982 times as big as San Marino: 242 900 km² against 61 km².
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 34 000 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.
What is the highest mountain in San Marino?
The highest mountain in San Marino is Monte Titano, 739 metres above sea level. It is the country's highest point.
What is the longest river in San Marino?
The longest river in San Marino is the San Marino River, about 9 kilometres long.
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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