Editing Monaco (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of Monaco}}
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| thumb = right
| caption = Population of Monaco by nationality (2024)
| label1 = [[Monégasque nationality law|Monégasque]]
| value1 = 24.1
| color1 = #141464
| label2 = [[French people|French]]
| value2 = 21.8
| color2 = #649678
| label3 = [[Italians|Italian]]
| value3 = 19.5
| color3 = #5AD282
| label4 = [[British People|British]]
| value4 = 7.6
| color4 = #DC64DC
| label5 = [[Swiss people|Swiss]]
| value5 = 3.1
| color5 = #BE5A14
| label6 = [[Russians|Russian]]
| value6 = 3.1
| color6 = #5A3C3C
| label7 = [[Belgians|Belgian]]
| value7 = 2.7
| color7 = #325050
| label8 = [[Germans|German]]
| color8 = #414181
| value8 = 2.5
| label9 = Other
| color9 = LightYellow
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Monaco's total population was 38,400 in 2015, and estimated by the [[United Nations]] to be 36,297 as of 1 July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monacostatistics.mc/IMSEE/Publications/monaco-statistics-pocket |title=Monaco Statistics office |website=Monacostatistics.mc |access-date=3 August 2017 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130422/http://www.monacostatistics.mc/IMSEE/Publications/monaco-statistics-pocket |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/monaco-population |title=Monaco Population 2023 (Live) |access-date=22 April 2023 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019192707/https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/monaco-population |url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2024, Monégasques make up 24.1% of residents, followed by French (21.8%), Italian (19.5%), British (7.6%), Swiss (3.1%), Russian (3.1%), Belgian (2.7%), and German nationals (2.5%).<ref name="2008census">{{cite web |year=2025 |title=Residents in 2024 |url=https://www.monacostatistics.mc/content/download/527360/6053460/file/Infographie%20R2024_EN.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614212422/http://www.gouv.mc/devwww/wwwnew.nsf/e89a6190e96cbd1fc1256f7f005dbe6e/64a1643c86f9f661c12575ae004cc473/$FILE/Recensement2008_Ch1.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2011 |access-date=17 April 2025 |publisher=Government of the Principality of Monaco |language=en}}</ref> According to 2019 studies, 31% of Monaco's population is reported to be [[millionaire]]s equalling up to 12,248 individuals

Citizens of Monaco, whether born in the country or naturalised, are called ''Monégasque''. Monaco has the world's highest [[List of countries by life expectancy|life expectancy]] at nearly 90 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/monaco/ |title=CIA World Factbook, Monaco |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230233800/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/monaco/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/monaco/monaco_international_rankings_2018.html |title=International Rankings of Monaco - 2018 |publisher=Theodora.com |access-date=4 July 2018 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704122955/https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/monaco/monaco_international_rankings_2018.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Language===
{{Main |Languages of Monaco}}
The main and official language of Monaco is [[French language|French]], while [[Italian language|Italian]] is spoken by the principality's sizeable community from Italy. French and Italian are in fact more spoken in the principality today than [[Monégasque dialect|Monégasque]], its historic vernacular language. A variety of [[Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]], Monégasque is not recognised as an official language; nevertheless, some signage appears in both French and Monégasque, and the language is taught in schools. English is also used.

Italian was the official language in Monaco until 1860, when it was replaced by French.<ref name="miglioverde">{{cite web|url=https://www.miglioverde.eu/monegasco-lingua-si-studia-scuola-ed-obbligatoria/|title=Il monegasco, una lingua che si studia a scuola ed è obbligatoria|date=15 September 2014 |access-date=6 June 2022|language=it|archive-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817073845/https://www.miglioverde.eu/monegasco-lingua-si-studia-scuola-ed-obbligatoria/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was due to the annexation of the surrounding [[County of Nice]] to France following the [[Treaty of Turin (1860)]].<ref name="miglioverde"/>

The [[Grimaldi Family|Grimaldi]], [[princes of Monaco]], are of Ligurian origin; thus, the traditional national language is [[Monégasque language|Monégasque]], a variety of [[Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]], now spoken by only a minority of residents and as a common second language by many native residents. In [[Monaco-Ville]], street signs are printed in both French and Monégasque.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monaco-iq.com/society |title=Society |publisher=Monaco-IQ |access-date=6 September 2012 |archive-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915143940/http://www.monaco-iq.com/society |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monte-carlo.mc/en/general/principality-of-monaco/ |title=Principality of Monaco – Monaco Monte-Carlo |publisher=Monte-carlo.mc |access-date=6 September 2012 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913232837/http://www.monte-carlo.mc/en/general/principality-of-monaco |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Religion===
{{Main|Catholic Church in Monaco}}
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| thumb = right
| caption = Religion in Monaco according to the ''Global Religious Landscape'' survey by the [[Pew Research Center|Pew Forum]], 2012<ref name="Survey"/>
| label1 = [[Christianity]]
| value1 = 86
| color1 = Blue
| label2 = Unaffiliated
| value2 = 11.7
| color2 = Grey
| label3 = [[Judaism]]
| value3 = 1.7
| color3 = SkyBlue
| label4 = [[Islam]]
| value4 = 0.4
| color4 = Green
| label5 = Other religions
| value5 = 0.2
| color5 = Black
}}

Christians comprise a total of 86% of Monaco's population.<ref name="Survey"/>

According to Monaco 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, Roman Catholics are Monaco's largest religious group, followed by Protestant Christians. The Report states that there is a Greek Orthodox church and two Protestant churches, an Anglican church and a Reformed church. There are also various other [[Evangelical Protestant]] communities that gather periodically..{{fact|date=January 2025}}

[[File:Monaco BW 2011-06-07 16-07-20.jpg|thumb|[[Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate]]]]

The official religion is [[Catholicism]], with freedom of other religions guaranteed by the constitution.<ref name="MonacoReligion"/> There are five Roman Catholic parish churches in Monaco and one [[Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate|cathedral]], which is the seat of the [[archbishop of Monaco]]..{{fact|date=January 2025}}
 
The diocese, which has existed since the mid-19th century, was raised to a non-metropolitan archbishopric in 1981 as the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco|Archdiocese of Monaco]] and remains exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See). The [[patron saint]] is [[Saint Devota]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Traditions |url=https://www.visitmonaco.com/en/event/traditions-church-services/17982/traditions |website=www.visitmonaco.com}}</ref>

Monaco's 2012 International Religious Freedom Report states that there is one [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] church in Monaco. The Russian Orthodox Parish of the [[Canonization of the Romanovs|Holy Royal Martyrs]] meets in the Reformed Church's Rue Louis Notari building..{{fact|date=January 2025}}

There is one [[Anglican Communion|Anglican]] church (St Paul's Church), located in the Avenue de Grande Bretagne in Monte Carlo. The church was dedicated in 1925. In 2007 this had a formal membership of 135 Anglican residents in the principality but was also serving a considerably larger number of Anglicans temporarily in the country, mostly as tourists. The church site also accommodates an English-language library of over 3,000 books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stpaulsmonaco.com/ |title=Saint Paul's Church, Monte-Carlo |work=stpaulsmonaco.com |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120210451/http://stpaulsmonaco.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The church is part of the Anglican [[Diocese in Europe]].

There is one Reformed church, which meets in a building located in Rue Louis Notari. The building dates from 1958 to 1959. The church is affiliated with the [[United Protestant Church of France]] (Église Protestante Unie de France, EPUF), a group that incorporates the former Reformed Church of France (Église Réformée de France). Through this affiliation with EPUF, the church is part of the [[World Communion of Reformed Churches]]. The church acts as a host church to some other Christian communities, allowing them to use its building..{{fact|date=January 2025}}

The Monaco Parish of the [[Charismatic Episcopal Church]] (Parish of St Joseph) dates from 2017 and meets in the Reformed Church's Rue Louis Notari building.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

The [[Muslim]] population of Monaco consists of about 280 people, most of whom are residents, not citizens.<ref>{{cite web |author=Simon Rogers |date=28 January 2011 |title=Muslim populations by country: how big will each Muslim population be by 2030? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/28/muslim-population-country-projection-2030 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801104159/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/jan/28/muslim-population-country-projection-2030 |archive-date=1 August 2013 |access-date=12 December 2016 |work=the Guardian}}</ref> The majority of the Muslim population of Monaco are [[Arabs]], though there is a [[Turkish people|Turkish]] minority as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=Islam in Monaco |url=http://www.muslimpopulation.com/Europe/MONACO/Islam%20in%20Monaco.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629233503/http://www.muslimpopulation.com/Europe/MONACO/Islam%20in%20Monaco.php |archive-date=29 June 2017 |access-date=11 March 2015 |work=muslimpopulation.com}}</ref> Monaco does not have any official [[mosque]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Islam in Monaco |url=http://www.islamicpopulation.com/Europe/MONACO/Islam%20in%20Monaco.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305060556/http://www.islamicpopulation.com/Europe/MONACO/Islam%20in%20Monaco.htm |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=11 March 2015 |work=islamicpopulation.com}}</ref>
According to the Monaco Statistics database (IMSEE), there are around 100 Hindus living in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistical tables / Population census / Population and employment / IMSEE - Monaco IMSEE |url=https://www.monacostatistics.mc/Population-and-employment/Population-census/Statistical-tables |access-date=12 December 2023 |website=www.monacostatistics.mc |archive-date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212234127/https://www.monacostatistics.mc/Population-and-employment/Population-census/Statistical-tables |url-status=live }}</ref>

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The Association Culturelle Israélite de Monaco (founded in 1948) is a converted house containing a synagogue, a community Hebrew school, and a [[Kashrut|kosher]] food shop, located in Monte Carlo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mavensearch.com/synagogues/C3414Y41808RX |title=Synagogues in Monte Carlo – Shuls in Monte Carlo – Jewish Temples in Monte Carlo |publisher=Mavensearch.com |date=6 July 2007 |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024102946/http://www.mavensearch.com/synagogues/C3414Y41808RX |url-status=live }}</ref> The community mainly consists of retirees from Britain (40%) and [[North Africa]]. Half of the Jewish population is [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardic]], mainly from North Africa, while the other half is [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]].<ref>Details at [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/monaco.html Jewish Virtual Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715071206/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/monaco.html |date=15 July 2014 }}</ref>