Country guides / Monaco
Monaco
A one-page guide to Monaco for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Monaco (city-state)
- Official languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 (UTC+2 summer)
- Area
- 2 km²
People
- Population
- 38,341 (2025)
- Population growth
- -0.8% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 100%
- Aged under 15
- 13.8%
- Aged 65 and over
- 36.0%
- Life expectancy
- 86.5 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$11.1 billion (2024)
- GDP per person
- US$288,002 (2024)
- Economic growth
- 8.5% (2024)
Climate
Hot-summer Mediterranean with maritime influence: warm dry summers, mild rainy winters, snow and frost extremely rare.
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Monaco (Wikipedia); World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table); UN Comtrade public API, HS 2208; Côte d'Azur France tourism - Distillerie de Monaco; Bottle of Italy - Distillerie de Monaco producer page. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.