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- Date of Establishment: 1419 (beginning of the rule of the House of Grimaldi)
- Date of Current Constitution: December 17, 1962
- Population: 32,148 (1999 est.)
- Area: 0.75 sq. mi.
- Capital: Monaco
- Form of Government: constitutional monarchy
- Natural Resources: none of significance
- Main Industries: tourism, gambling, chemicals, precision instruments, plastics
- Agriculture: none
- Currency: French franc
- GDP: $800 million (1998 est.)
- GDP per Capita: $25,000 (1998 est.)
- Languages: French (official), English, Italian, Monégasque
- Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
- Literacy Rate: not available
- Life Expectancy: 75 years (male)
- 82 years (female)
- Birthrate: 11 births per 1,000 population
- Death Rate: 12 deaths per 1,000 population