How many people live in San Marino right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
33,616
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 221 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0004%
- Median age
- 49.1 years
- Children per woman
- 1.17
- Life expectancy
- 86.0 years
- People per km²
- 551
According to UN estimates, about 33,616 people live in San Marino right now. It ranks 221st out of 237 countries and territories by population, between the Marshall Islands and Caribbean Netherlands, and it is home to one in every 248,000 people on the planet.
Every year, about 200 people are born there and about 290 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 130 people a year. More people die than are born, and it is immigration that keeps the population growing. Overall, it gains about 30 people a year.
In 1950, about 12,948 people lived there. Today there are 2.6 times as many. It peaked in 2020, at about 34,769, and is still below that figure today. By 2050 it is projected to have about 33,696 people (about the same as today), and by 2100 about 31,165.
Half of its people are younger than 49 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.17 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 86 years (worldwide, 74). There are 551 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of San Marino in 2026?
- San Marino has about 33,616 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 33,605.
- How many people are born each day in San Marino?
- Very few: about 200 a year. About 290 people die each year.
- Is the population of San Marino growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.09% a year, or about 30 people.
- What will the population of San Marino be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 33,696.
- 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
- British Virgin Islands 39,991
- Monaco 38,018
- Marshall Islands 34,723
- Caribbean Netherlands 32,072
- Saint Martin 23,607
- Palau 17,598
More countries in Europe
- Russia 143,283,455
- Germany 83,580,397
- United Kingdom 70,045,945
- France 66,775,469
- Italy 58,850,910
- Spain 47,835,426
- Ukraine 39,443,604
- Poland 37,796,218
- Romania 18,766,014
- Netherlands 18,476,981
- Belgium 11,779,072
- Sweden 10,713,758
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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.