Demography

Population change and structure

As of the 31st of December 2018, the Monegasque population stands at 9,326 persons. The annual increase, which was stable between 2014 and 2017 (+1.1 % on average), slowed down slightly in 2018 (+0.7 %).

Monegasque's national mean age is 44.3 years. This mean is 6 years greater for women than for men. The national median age is 46.7 years. Half of the female citizens are older than 50 years old, whereas the median age is only 41 years for men.

Births and fertility

The birth rate was low in 2018 with 90 births (birth rate of 9.7 ‰) and a Total Fertility Rate of 1.9 child per woman, which is the lowest level observed since 2003. The average age of first-time mothers is 33.1 years, a historically high number.

Deaths and life expectancy

94 deaths were recorded, giving a mortality rate of 10.1 ‰, the second highest since 2010. Life expectancy at birth has had its progress slowing down for a few years already. In 2016-2018, it was estimated at 85,7 years (83.6 years for men and 87.9 years for women). 

Marriages and divorces

76 marriages involving at least one person of Monegasque nationality were celebrated. The marriage rate is 8.1 ‰ and is lower than the average observed since 2000 (9.5 ‰). In 2018, the average age of grooms at marriage was 33.4 years, and the average bride was 31.2 years old at marriage.

The number of divorces which took place in 2018 is not yet definitively known, as a result of delays in this information reaching the Civil and Nationality Registry. These delays are inherent to the legal proceedings. There were 33 divorces in 2017 for a crude divorce rate of 3.6 ‰, the lowest rate observed for more than 30 years.