Monaco
| Capital: | Monaco |
| Area size: | 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
Future population estimates
0.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)
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
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
No data available
Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent
French is the official language. Monegasque, English and Italian are also spoken.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide
Population
| 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 (2006)
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
No data available
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
Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
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
Population with access to improved sanitation
Literacy - average
No data available percent
Literacy - male
No data available percent
Literacy - female
No data available percent
Landlines telephones
Cellular telephone subscribers
Internet users
Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)
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
No data available years
Life expectancy - male
No data available years
Life expectancy - female
No data available years
Infant mortality
| 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
| 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
| 2006 | 964 per 1,000 people | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2007 |
| 2005 | 964 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2004 | 971 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2003 | 972 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2002 | 988 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2001 | 879 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2000 | 898 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
Cellular telephone subscribers
| 2006 | 488 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2005 | 488 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2004 | 452 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2003 | 437 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2002 | 436 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2001 | 424 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2000 | 417 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
Internet users
| 2006 | 563 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2005 | 511 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2004 | 488 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2003 | 464 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2002 | 454 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2001 | 445 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
| 2000 | 404 per 1,000 people | ITU 2007 |
Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=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
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Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb
Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country’s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.
GDP
No data available current US$ billions
Annual GDP growth
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
No data available percent
GNI per capita, Atlas method
| 2006 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2005 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2004 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2003 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2002 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
| 2001 | No data available current US$ | |
| 2000 | current US$ | World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008 |
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
Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent
Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO
TB cases
| 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
| 2006 | 2 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
| 2005 | 2 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
| 2004 | 2 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
| 2003 | 2 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
| 2002 | 3 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
| 2001 | 3 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
| 2000 | 3 per 100,000 people | WHO 2008 |
Chronology of natural disasters
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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
Landmine casualties per year
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
No data available
Number of refugees residing here
No data available
Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
| 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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