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title: "Monaco — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Monaco: capital Monaco, area 2 km², population 38,341 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/monaco/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Monaco

**Monaco: Capital Monaco**

2 km² · 38,341 people (2025) · Euro

The second-smallest country in the world at about 2.0 km², and the most densely populated. Roughly a fifth of its present area has been reclaimed from the Mediterranean since the 1960s. You can walk from one end to the other in under an hour.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Monaco
- **Area:** 2 km² — 1 sq mi
- **Population:** 38,341 (2025)
- **Density:** 19170.5 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** French
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +377
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** MC · MCO
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 199 of 200
- **By population:** 194 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tuvalu | 26 | 9,492 |
| Nauru | 21 | 12,025 |
| Monaco ← | 2 | 38,341 |
| Vatican City | 0.44 | 1,000 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Monaco?

Monaco

### What currency does Monaco use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Monaco?

2 km², or 1 square miles — 199 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Monaco drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Tuvalu](https://atoneplace.net/country/tuvalu/)
- [Nauru](https://atoneplace.net/country/nauru/)
- [Vatican City](https://atoneplace.net/country/vatican-city/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]