Andorra
Europe ยท Capital: Andorra la Vella
How it is run: Andorra is a member of the United Nations, so it gets one vote in the General Assembly. Use the research links below to find out exactly who makes the laws there.
Andorra is home to 82,904 people in Southern Europe, where people speak Catalan.
Numbers that tell a story ๐ข
๐ฅ People
82,904 people
That is about 10 people out of every million on Earth (counted in 2025).
๐บ๏ธ Land
468 kmยฒ
Smaller than most big cities โ you could cross it in an afternoon.
๐๏ธ How crowded
About 177 people per square kilometre โ busy towns with countryside in between.
๐ Size in its region
43rd most people in Europe
44th largest by land in Europe.
๐ฃ๏ธ Official languages
Catalan
๐ฐ Money
Euro (โฌ)
Life here today ๐ฉบ
These come from World Bank open data โ the same numbers governments use when they argue about budgets.
โค๏ธ How long people live
84.2 years on average
One of the healthier countries โ good hospitals and clean water make a big difference.
๐ผ Money made per person each year
about US$54,292
A high-income country: most families can afford cars, travel and new technology.
๐ข Living in cities
88.9% of people
Mostly a city country โ think buses, trains and apartment blocks.
๐ Kids under 15
11.6% of the population
An older country โ there are more grandparents than schoolchildren.
Everyday details ๐งญ
๐ Phone code
+376
Dial this before the number to call from another country.
๐ Websites end in
.ad
๐ง People here are called
Andorran
๐ท๏ธ Name at home
Andorra
Also written: Principality of Andorra, Principat d'Andorra.
๐ Coast or inland
Landlocked โ no coastline
๐๏ธ UN voting group
Western European and Others Group
Countries in the same group often plan votes together.
Neighbours & borders ๐ค
Andorra is landlocked โ it has no coastline, so anything arriving by sea must cross a neighbour's border first.
Say its name around the world ๐ฃ๏ธ
Countries have different names in different languages. Try these with a penpal.
Spanish
Andorra
French
Andorre
Arabic
ุฃูุฏูุฑุง
Chinese
ๅฎ้ๅฐ
Japanese
ใขใณใใฉ
Russian
ะะฝะดะพััะฐ
Portuguese
Andorra
German
Andorra
Put it in perspective ๐
- Russia โ the most populated country in Europe โ has about 1731.1ร as many people as Andorra.
- All of Andorra would fit inside one large national park in many other countries.
- If everyone in Andorra lined up shoulder to shoulder, the line would stretch about 41 km.
Fast facts ๐ง
Fact of the day: Andorra is an independent country, meaning it makes its own laws.
๐ท๏ธ Official name
Principality of Andorra
๐๏ธ Capital
Andorra la Vella
๐ Region
Europe ยท Southern Europe
๐ค Country code
AD
๐๏ธ UN status
UN member state
๐ฉ Independence
Independent country
More about Andorra ๐
๐งญ Where on the map
42.5ยฐ N, 1.5ยฐ E
๐ Half of the world
Northern & Eastern hemisphere
๐ฐ๏ธ Clock check
Roughly UTC+0 โ when it is noon in London it is about 12:00 in Andorra la Vella.
- Andorra sits in the temperate zone, the belt where most of the world's farms and big cities are.
- Andorra shares its part of the world with Cyprus. Countries close together often trade the most with each other.
- Andorra is an independent country, meaning it makes its own laws.
- ๐ฆ๐ฉ is the flag of Andorra. Its country code โ the short name used on the internet and at the Olympics โ is AD.
- The capital of Andorra is Andorra la Vella โ that's where the country's big decisions get made.
Countries nearby ๐ค
Talk about it ๐ฌ
- Andorra has 1 official language. How would your school day change if lessons were taught in more than one language?
- Being landlocked means paying neighbours to move goods to the sea. What deal would you offer a neighbour if you led Andorra?
- If Andorra spoke at the General Assembly tomorrow, what one problem should its delegate ask the world to help fix?
Quick quiz ๐งช
Guess first, then tap to check your answer.
What is the capital of Andorra?
Andorra la Vella
Which money do people spend in Andorra?
Euro (โฌ)
How many countries share a land border with Andorra?
2 โ France, Spain.
Roughly how many people live in Andorra?
82,904 people
Keep researching ๐
Everything here is a starting point. These trusted sites, databases and libraries will take you further โ and they are the kind of sources a teacher will accept in a report.
Start here โ kid-friendly encyclopedias ๐
Short articles written for students, with maps and photos you can use in a report.
Official data & government sources ๐๏ธ
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News & current policy ๐ฐ
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