Monaco

The Principality of Monaco or Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco or Monaco; Monegasque: Munegu or Principatu de Munegu) is a city state and the second-smallest country in the world (after the Vatican City), wedged in between the Mediterranean Sea and France along the French Riviera or Côte d'Azur (The Blue Coast). Consisting mostly of just the old town of Monaco and later built-up areas, it is also the most densely populated independent country in the world1. It is one of the European microstates.

Notes

• Although Macau is more densely populated, by virtue of the fact that Macau is not a sovereign state, Monaco is the most densely populated sovereign state in the world.