Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- City of San Marino
- Region
- Europe, Southern Europe
- Population
- 34,109 (2025)
- Area
- 61 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Italian
- Calling code
- +378
- Internet domain
- .sm
- ISO codes
- SM, SMR, 674
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- 4789# (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
San Marino covers about 61 square kilometres. By area it ranks 233rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Guernsey and a little larger than British Indian Ocean Territory. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: Italy. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 44° north, 12° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 34,109 people live in San Marino (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 221st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 557 people to each square kilometre. About 97 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: Italian. A person from San Marino is called Sammarinese.
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$ 2.03 billion (2023), which is about US$ 59,871 for each person (2023).
Time
San Marino uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/San Marino). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| San Marino | 4,500 |
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 Southern Europe
Andorra, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Vatican City. 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.