Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Monaco
- Region
- Europe, Western Europe
- Population
- 38,341 (2025)
- Area
- 1.95 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- French, English, Italian
- Calling code
- +377
- Internet domain
- .mc
- ISO codes
- MC, MCO, 492
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Monaco covers about 1.95 square kilometres. By area it ranks 249th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Gibraltar and a little larger than Vatican City. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: France. Its centre lies at about 44° north, 7° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 38,341 people live in Monaco (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 219th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 19,662 people to each square kilometre. About 100 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 86 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: French, English, Italian. A person from Monaco is called Monegasque.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 11.1 billion (2024), which is about US$ 288,002 for each person (2024).
Time
Monaco uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Monaco). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Monaco | 32,965 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Europe
Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.