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Monaco

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Capital:	Monaco
Area size (Land only):	1.95 sq. km Slightly larger than the Vatican City
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT +2
Currency:	Euro
Area code:	(+) 377
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
French is the official language. Monegasque, English and Italian are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Only 15 percent of Monacans are locals. French 47 percent, Italian 15 percent and others 12 percent.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
The state is Catholic, but there are also Anglican, Baha'i, Jewish and Protestant communities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	100 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	100.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	100 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	100 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	100 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	100 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	100 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	100 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1962
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
… (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	3 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	3 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	4 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	4 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water

2006	No data available percent
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	No data available percent
2004	100 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	1064 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	1064 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	1056 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	1047 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	1045 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	1036 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	1045 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	922 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	937 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	625 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	625 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	563 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	530 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	486 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	467 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	461 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	445 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	435 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	No data available per 1,000 people
2007	No data available per 1,000 people
2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	No data available current US$
2006	No data available current US$
2005	No data available current US$
2004	No data available current US$
2003	No data available current US$
2002	No data available current US$
2001	No data available current US$
2000	No data available current US$

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth

2006	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
No data available percent

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians

2000-2004	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2004	581 per 100,000 people	UNDP 2006
1990-2003	No data available per 100,000 people
1990-2002	No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	2 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	2 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	2 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	2 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	2 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	3 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	3 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	3 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
No data available

Number of refugees residing here
No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	No data available percent
2003-2004	7.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	8.8 percent	UNDP 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

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