San Marino | Facts & Information

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff
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  • Republic of San Marino

    Captains Regent: Lorella Stefanelli and Nicola Renzi (2015)

    Total area: 23 sq mi (60 sq km)

    Population (2014 est.): 32,742 (growth rate: 0.87%); birth rate: 8.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.52/1000; life expectancy: 83.18; density per sq mi: 1,346.8

    Capital (2013 est.): San Marino, 4,128

    Largest city: Dogana, 7,000 (2014 est.)

    Monetary unit: Euro

    National name: Repubblica di San Marino

    Current government officials

    Language: Italian

    Ethnicity/race: Sammarinese, Italian

    Religion: Roman Catholic

    Literacy rate: 96%

    Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $1.306 billion; per capita $55,000 (2012). Real growth rate: -3.5%. Inflation: 2.8% (2012). Unemployment: 7% (2012). Arable land: 16.67%. Agriculture: wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides. Labor force: 21,960 (2013); services 66.3%, industry 33.5%, agriculture 0.2% (2013 est.). Industries: tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine. Natural resource: building stone. Exports: $3.827 billion (2011): building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics. Imports: $2.551 billion (2011): wide variety of consumer manufactures, food, energy.

    Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 18,700 (2012); mobile cellular: 36,000 (2011). Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 0 (2012). Radios: 16,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 1 (San Marino residents also receive broadcasts from Italy) (2008). Televisions: 9,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 11,015 (2012). Internet users: 17,000 (2009)

    Transportation: Railways: 0 km; note: there is a 1.5 km cable railway connecting the city of San Marino to Borgo Maggiore. Highways: total: 292 km; paved: 292 km; unpaved: 0 km (2006). Ports and harbors: none. Airports: none.

    International disputes: none.

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