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Monaco 🇲🇨

Monaco is a country in Europe with a population of 36,469. Its capital is Monaco. The official currency is EUR, and the main languages are French.

Quick facts

  • Capital: Monaco
  • Continent: Europe
  • Population: 36,469
  • Area: 2 km²
  • Density: 18,235 people per km²
  • Currency: EUR
  • Languages: French
  • ISO code: MC

Where Monaco sits

Monaco 🇲🇨 is one of 46 countries in Europe, with its capital at Monaco. It covers 2 square kilometres — 196th in the world — and is home to about 36,469 people, 192nd globally.

The countries it shares a continent with include Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, France and Italy. If you are learning geography region by region — which works far better than alphabetically, because memory for places is spatial — those are the ones to learn alongside it.

How Monaco compares

Raw figures are hard to hold on their own, so it helps to anchor them. In population, Monaco sits closest to San Marino and Liechtenstein. In land area, its nearest counterparts are Vatican City and Nauru.

At 18,235 people per square kilometre it is about 307 times the world average of 59.4. It ranks higher by population than by area, so it is more crowded than its size alone suggests.

French is an official language in 30 countries here, among them Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso and Burundi, and 25 others. The EUR is shared with 25 other countries, including Andorra, Austria and Belgium, and 22 others.

To see Monaco next to every other country, sort the country rankings by population, area or density; its currency and languages are listed alongside every other country's in world currencies and world languages.

How to remember Monaco

Monaco is a city-state, so the capital has the same name as the country: Monaco. The flag looks like Indonesia's, but Monaco's is squarer, with a 4:5 shape instead of 2:3.

The flag of Monaco: red and white

🇲🇨 The flag is two equal horizontal stripes, red on top and white below. Red and white are the colours of the House of Grimaldi, which rules Monaco. They have been in use since 1339, making it one of the world's oldest national flags.

Region and neighbours

Monaco is a tiny city-state on the Mediterranean coast of Western Europe, on the French Riviera, with France around it on the land side. It shares land borders with one country: France.

Three facts about Monaco

  1. Monaco is the second-smallest country in the world, after Vatican City, and the most densely populated.
  2. Monaco has the world's shortest coastline of any country with a coast, at 3.83 km.
  3. The Monaco Grand Prix, raced through the streets every year, was one of the original Grands Prix of Formula One.

Sources: Wikipedia: Monaco, Wikipedia: Flag of Monaco, CIA World Factbook.

Quiz yourself on Monaco

Quizzes that include Monaco

Three angles are worth covering for any country — where it is, what its flag looks like, and what its capital is. For Monaco those are:

Doing all three for one continent before moving on is far more efficient than learning flags globally, then capitals globally, then the map.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the colours of the Monaco flag?

The flag of Monaco is two equal horizontal stripes, red on top and white below. Red and white are the colours of the House of Grimaldi, which rules Monaco. They have been in use since 1339, making it one of the world's oldest national flags.

Which countries border Monaco?

Monaco shares land borders with France.

How can I remember the capital of Monaco?

Monaco is a city-state, so the capital has the same name as the country: Monaco. The flag looks like Indonesia's, but Monaco's is squarer, with a 4:5 shape instead of 2:3.