How many people live in Monaco right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
38,018
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 219 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0005%
- Median age
- 53.1 years
- Children per woman
- 2.08
- Life expectancy
- 86.7 years
- People per km²
- 25,562
According to UN estimates, about 38,018 people live in Monaco right now. It ranks 219th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands, and it is home to one in every 219,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 370 people are born there and about 710 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 110 people a year. More people die than are born, and immigration is not enough to make up for it. Overall, it loses about 240 people a year.
In 1950, about 19,666 people lived there. Since then, the population has grown by 93%. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 36,757 people (3% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 47,489.
Half of its people are younger than 53 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 2.08 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 87 years (worldwide, 74). There are 25,562 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Monaco in 2026?
- Monaco has about 38,018 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 38,087.
- How many people are born each day in Monaco?
- Very few: about 370 a year. About 710 people die each year.
- Is the population of Monaco growing?
- No: it shrinks by 0.58% a year, or about 240 people.
- What will the population of Monaco be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 36,757.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Gibraltar 41,085
- Liechtenstein 40,439
- British Virgin Islands 39,991
- Marshall Islands 34,723
- San Marino 33,616
- Caribbean Netherlands 32,072
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,434
- Germany 83,580,385
- United Kingdom 70,045,967
- France 66,775,474
- Italy 58,850,895
- Spain 47,835,423
- Ukraine 39,443,587
- Poland 37,796,209
- Romania 18,766,007
- Netherlands 18,476,986
- Belgium 11,779,073
- Sweden 10,713,760
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.