Population (national level) (demo_pop)

1.1. Contact organisation

IMSEE – Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies

1.2. Contact organisation unit

IMSEE – Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies

1.3. Contact name

Confidential because of GDPR

1.4. Contact person function

Confidential because of GDPR

1.5. Contact mail address

9 rue du Gabian,

98000 MONACO

1.6. Contact email address

Confidential because of GDPR

1.7. Contact phone number

Confidential because of GDPR

1.8. Contact fax number

Confidential because of GDPR

2.1. Metadata last certified

30 April 2025

2.2. Metadata last posted

30 April 2025

2.3. Metadata last update

30 April 2025

3.1. Data description

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

3.2. Classification system

Not applicable. 

3.3. Coverage - sector

Not applicable. 

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

3.4.1 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics transmitted to Eurostat
	1.Usually Resident Population	2. Legal Residence Population	3. Registered Residence Population	4. Other
Population			X
Live births			X
Deaths			X
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages			X
Divorces			X

 

3.4.2 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics disseminated in the National Statistical Institute's website
Population	Registered Residence Population.
Live births	-
Deaths	-
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	-
Divorces	-

 

3.4.3 Differences in statistical concepts and definitions between the statistics transmitted to Eurostat and those disseminated in the National Statistics Institute's website
Population	None.
Live births	None.
Deaths	None.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	None.
Divorces	None.

3.5. Statistical unit

Number of persons.

3.6. Statistical population

	Statistical population
Population	Registered resident population.
Live births	Only births to children with at least one parent residing in Monaco are included.
Deaths	Only deaths of residents of the Principality of Monaco are counted.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	At least one the spouses is of Monegasque nationality or resides in the Principality of Monaco.
Divorces	At least one the spouses is of Monegasque nationality or resides in the Principality of Monaco.

3.7. Reference area

Population, live births, deaths, divorces and mariages data are available at national of geographical detail.

3.8. Coverage - Time

From 2023 onwards.

3.9. Base period

Annual.

Data is collected at unit (person) level.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December). The reference period for vital and dual events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.

6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Sovereign Ordinance No 3.095 of 24 January 2011 setting up the Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies and the Scientific Council for Statistics and Economic Studies (see annex in French: Ordonnance Souveraine n° 3.095 du 24 janvier 2011 portant création de l'Institut Monégasque de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et du Conseil Scientifique de la Statistique et des Études Économiques);
 
Sovereign Ordinance of 16 December 1862 on the census (see annex in French: Ordonnance Souveraine du 16 décembre 1862 sur le recensement).

Annexes:
Ordonnance Souveraine n° 3.095 du 24 janvier 2011 portant création de l'Institut Monégasque de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et du Conseil Scientifique de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
Ordonnance Souveraine du 16 décembre 1862 sur le recensement

6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

See 6.1.

7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Sovereign Ordinance No 3.095 of 24 January 2011 setting up the Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies and the Scientific Council for Statistics and Economic Studies (see annex in French: Ordonnance Souveraine n° 3.095 du 24 janvier 2011 portant création de l'Institut Monégasque de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et du Conseil Scientifique de la Statistique et des Études Économiques);
 
Sovereign Ordinance of 16 December 1862 on the census (see annex in French: Ordonnance Souveraine du 16 décembre 1862 sur le recensement).

Ministerial Decree No 2019-224 of 13 March 2019 establishing the list of statistical surveys carried out by the Monegasque Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies and repealing Ministerial Decree No 2018-218 of 21 March 2018 (see annex in French: Arrêté ministériel n° 2019-224 du 13 mars 2019 fixant la liste des enquêtes statistiques réalisées par l'Institut Monégasque de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et abrogeant l'arrêté ministériel n° 2018-218 du 21 mars 2018).

 

Annexes:
Ordonnance Souveraine n° 3.095 du 24 janvier 2011 portant création de l'Institut Monégasque de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et du Conseil Scientifique de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
Ordonnance Souveraine du 16 décembre 1862 sur le recensement
Arrêté ministériel n° 2019-224 du 13 mars 2019 fixant la liste des enquêtes statistiques réalisées par l'Institut Monégasque de la Statistique et des Études Économiques et abrogeant l'arrêté ministériel n° 2018-218 du 21 mars 2018

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

See 7.1.

8.1. Release calendar

Population: The definitive total population is given by the register-based census. Population on 31st December N is published in April N + 1 and data are considered as definitive.

Live births: First estimates of births registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are revised 1 month later and data are considered as definitive.

Deaths: First estimates of deaths registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are revised 1 month later and data are considered as definitive.

Marriages: First estimates of births registered in year N are disseminated in january N+1. They are revised 1 month later and data are considered as definitive.

Divorces: First estimates of deaths registered in year N are disseminated in january N+2 due to the legal time limits inherent to divorce procedures.

8.2. Release calendar access

All data for year N are published on April N+1, except for divorces which are published in April N+2

8.3. Release policy - user access

Data is publicly accessible on the Monaco Statistics website, from where the census result reports can be downloaded. We are currently upgrading our website, and the data will soon be available for direct download.

Annual.

10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Annual regular publications in April N+1.

10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Data is publicly accessible on the Monaco Statistics website, from where the census result reports can be downloaded. The methodology is detailed throughout the reports and summarised at the end.

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not applicable.

10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable. 

10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Data is publicly accessible on the Monaco Statistics website, from where the census result reports can be downloaded. The methodology is detailed throughout the reports and summarised at the end.

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

10.7. Quality management - documentation

Data is publicly accessible on the Monaco Statistics website, from where the census result reports can be downloaded. The methodology is detailed throughout the reports and summarised at the end.

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

11.1. Quality assurance

	Quality assurance
Citizenship	Not applicable.
Country of birth	Not applicable.
Country of birth of the mother	Not applicable.
Country of previous usual residence	Not applicable.
Country of next usual residence	Not applicable.
Deaths	Not applicable.
Divorce
Emigrants	Not applicable.
First-time marrying person
First-time registering partner
Foetal death
Foreign-born	Not applicable.
Immigrants	Not applicable.
Infant death
Late foetal death
Legally induced abortions
Level of development
Live birth	Not applicable.
Live birth order
Marriage
Native born	Not applicable.
Person contracting legal union for first-time
Regional	Not applicable.
Registered partnership
Registered partnership legally dissolved
Separation

11.2. Quality management - assessment

11.2.1. Quality assessment: Type of duration of stay used when counting a person as a migrant according to Art. 2(b) of Regulation (EC) 862/2007
		1. Actual duration of stay of at least 12 months	2. Intended duration of stay of at least 12 months	3. Actual and intended duration of stay of at least 12 months	4. Other. Please specify
Nationals	Immigrants	Not applicable.
	Emigrants
EEA citizens	Immigrants	Not applicable.
	Emigrants
Non EEA citizens	Immigrants	Not applicable.
	Emigrants

 

11.2.2. Quality assessment of the definition of acquisitions of citizenship according to Art. 3(d) of Regulation (EC) 862/2007
	1. Acquisitions of citizenship granted to persons having their usual residence in the territory of the Member State	2.Other. Please specify
Acquisitions of citizenship	Not applicable.

12.1. Relevance - User Needs

Optional.

12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Optional.

12.3. Completeness

Optional.

13.1. Accuracy - overall

	Overall accuracy and special cases (Inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees, persons living on unauthorised or irregular basis, international students, persons who do not register/deregister,...)
Population	People from Ukraine living in Monaco are included in the data; refugees and asylum seekers are also included. As for the category “Unknown”, all values are set to 0 in our data.
Live births	Only births to children with at least one parent residing in Monaco are included. Births occurring in a the Princess Grace Hospital Center (Monaco) to non-resident parents are excluded. People from Ukraine living in Monaco are included in the data; refugees and asylum seekers are also included. As for the category “Unknown”, all values are set to 0 in our data.
Deaths	Only the deaths of Monaco residents are included. Deaths occurring in the Princess Grace Hospital Center (Monaco) involving non-residents are not counted. People from Ukraine living in Monaco are included in the data; refugees and asylum seekers are also included. As for the category “Unknown”, all values are set to 0 in our data.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	Not applicable.
Divorces	Not applicable.

13.2. Sampling error

	Sampling error
Population	Not applicable.
Live births	Not applicable.
Deaths	Not applicable.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	Not applicable.
Divorces	Not applicable.

13.3. Non-sampling error

	Non-sampling error (coverage error, measurement error, non-response error, processing error, model assumption error)
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages
Divorces

14.1. Timeliness

According to Art 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata ( In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Art 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

14.2. Punctuality

Optional.

15.1. Comparability - geographical

Not applicable.

15.2. Comparability - over time

	Comparability - over time
Population	A new register-based method was introduced in 2023 to replace the old census.
Live births	There have been no changes.
Deaths	There have been no changes.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	There have been no changes.
Divorces	There have been no changes.
Surface in km2

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not applicable.

15.4. Coherence - internal

Not applicable. 

Not applicable. 

17.1. Data revision - policy

Data are definitive.

17.2. Data revision - practice

Data are definitive.

18.1. Source data

	List of data sources
Population	Register-based census with data collected from the Police Department for resident permits, Monaco City Hall for Monegasque nationals, and the Department of Education, Youth and Sport.
Live births	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Deaths	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Divorces	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Surface in km2

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual.

18.3. Data collection

Data sent yearly by the Police Department, Monaco City Hall and the Department of Education, Youth and Sport. See dedicated webpage.

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

18.4. Data validation

Annual validation made by statisticians at Monaco Statistics. See dedicated webpage.

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

18.5. Data compilation

Data collection, coding, validation and imputation if needed. See dedicated webpage. 

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

18.6. Adjustment

See dedicated webpage. 

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

No comment.

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

30 April 2025

3.4.1 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics transmitted to Eurostat
	1.Usually Resident Population	2. Legal Residence Population	3. Registered Residence Population	4. Other
Population			X
Live births			X
Deaths			X
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages			X
Divorces			X

 

3.4.2 Statistical concepts and definitions used in the statistics disseminated in the National Statistical Institute's website
Population	Registered Residence Population.
Live births	-
Deaths	-
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	-
Divorces	-

 

3.4.3 Differences in statistical concepts and definitions between the statistics transmitted to Eurostat and those disseminated in the National Statistics Institute's website
Population	None.
Live births	None.
Deaths	None.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	None.
Divorces	None.

Number of persons.

	Statistical population
Population	Registered resident population.
Live births	Only births to children with at least one parent residing in Monaco are included.
Deaths	Only deaths of residents of the Principality of Monaco are counted.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	At least one the spouses is of Monegasque nationality or resides in the Principality of Monaco.
Divorces	At least one the spouses is of Monegasque nationality or resides in the Principality of Monaco.

Population, live births, deaths, divorces and mariages data are available at national of geographical detail.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December). The reference period for vital and dual events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.

	Overall accuracy and special cases (Inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees, persons living on unauthorised or irregular basis, international students, persons who do not register/deregister,...)
Population	People from Ukraine living in Monaco are included in the data; refugees and asylum seekers are also included. As for the category “Unknown”, all values are set to 0 in our data.
Live births	Only births to children with at least one parent residing in Monaco are included. Births occurring in a the Princess Grace Hospital Center (Monaco) to non-resident parents are excluded. People from Ukraine living in Monaco are included in the data; refugees and asylum seekers are also included. As for the category “Unknown”, all values are set to 0 in our data.
Deaths	Only the deaths of Monaco residents are included. Deaths occurring in the Princess Grace Hospital Center (Monaco) involving non-residents are not counted. People from Ukraine living in Monaco are included in the data; refugees and asylum seekers are also included. As for the category “Unknown”, all values are set to 0 in our data.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	Not applicable.
Divorces	Not applicable.

Data is collected at unit (person) level.

Data collection, coding, validation and imputation if needed. See dedicated webpage. 

Annexes:
Monaco Statistics - Population census

	List of data sources
Population	Register-based census with data collected from the Police Department for resident permits, Monaco City Hall for Monegasque nationals, and the Department of Education, Youth and Sport.
Live births	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Deaths	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Divorces	Data collected from Monaco City Hall.
Surface in km2

Annual.

According to Art 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata ( In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Art 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

Not applicable.

	Comparability - over time
Population	A new register-based method was introduced in 2023 to replace the old census.
Live births	There have been no changes.
Deaths	There have been no changes.
Immigrants
Emigrants
Acquisitions of citizenship
Loss of citizenship
Legally induced abortions
Late foetal deaths
Infant deaths
Marriages	There have been no changes.
Divorces	There have been no changes.
Surface in km2