Countries · size

Smallest Countries in the World

Q: What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City, with an area of 0.44 km² — an enclave inside the city of Rome.

Vatican City is the smallest country in the world — just 0.44 km² (0.17 mi²), smaller than many city parks. 26 sovereign countries cover less than 1,000 km². Here is every country ranked from smallest to largest.

0.44 km²

Smallest: Vatican City

Countries under 1,000 km²

882

Fewest people: Vatican City

197

Countries ranked

Top 10 smallest countries

0.44 km²

2.00 km²

21 km²

26 km²

61 km²

160 km²

181 km²

Saint Kitts and Nevis

261 km²

Maldives

298 km²

Malta

316 km²

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All countries, smallest first

Rank	Country	Area (km²)	Area (mi²)	Population	Continent
1	Vatican City	0.44 km²	0.17 mi²	882	Europe
2	Monaco	2.00 km²	0.77 mi²	38,341	Europe
3	Nauru	21 km²	8.11 mi²	12,025	Oceania
4	Tuvalu	26 km²	10.04 mi²	9,492	Oceania
5	San Marino	61 km²	24 mi²	34,109	Europe
6	Liechtenstein	160 km²	62 mi²	41,024	Europe
7	Marshall Islands	181 km²	70 mi²	36,282	Oceania
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 km²	101 mi²	46,922	Americas
9	Maldives	298 km²	115 mi²	529,676	Asia
10	Malta	316 km²	122 mi²	579,704	Europe
11	Grenada	344 km²	133 mi²	117,303	Americas
12	Palestine	360 km²	139 mi²	5,413,596	Asia
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²	150 mi²	99,924	Americas
14	Barbados	430 km²	166 mi²	282,623	Americas
15	Antigua and Barbuda	443 km²	171 mi²	94,209	Americas
16	Seychelles	455 km²	176 mi²	122,730	Africa
17	Palau	459 km²	177 mi²	17,663	Oceania
18	Andorra	468 km²	181 mi²	82,904	Europe
19	Saint Lucia	616 km²	238 mi²	180,149	Americas
20	Micronesia	702 km²	271 mi²	113,683	Oceania
21	Singapore	719 km²	278 mi²	6,111,175	Asia
22	Tonga	747 km²	288 mi²	103,742	Oceania
23	Dominica	751 km²	290 mi²	65,871	Americas
24	Bahrain	760 km²	293 mi²	1,600,366	Asia
25	Kiribati	811 km²	313 mi²	136,488	Oceania
26	Sao Tome and Principe	964 km²	372 mi²	240,254	Africa
27	Mauritius	2,040 km²	788 mi²	1,243,741	Africa
28	Comoros	2,235 km²	863 mi²	882,847	Africa
29	Luxembourg	2,586 km²	998 mi²	686,970	Europe
30	Samoa	2,831 km²	1,093 mi²	219,306	Oceania
31	Cape Verde	4,033 km²	1,557 mi²	527,326	Africa
32	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128 km²	1,980 mi²	1,367,764	Americas
33	Brunei	5,765 km²	2,226 mi²	466,330	Asia
34	Cyprus	9,251 km²	3,572 mi²	1,370,754	Europe
35	Lebanon	10,400 km²	4,015 mi²	5,849,421	Asia
36	Kosovo	10,887 km²	4,203 mi²	1,576,876	Europe
37	Jamaica	10,991 km²	4,244 mi²	2,837,077	Americas
38	Gambia	11,300 km²	4,363 mi²	2,822,093	Africa
39	Qatar	11,586 km²	4,473 mi²	2,972,215	Asia
40	Vanuatu	12,189 km²	4,706 mi²	335,169	Oceania
41	Montenegro	13,812 km²	5,333 mi²	623,129	Europe
42	Bahamas	13,880 km²	5,359 mi²	403,033	Americas
43	Timor-Leste	14,874 km²	5,743 mi²	1,418,517	Asia
44	Eswatini	17,364 km²	6,704 mi²	1,256,174	Africa
45	Kuwait	17,818 km²	6,880 mi²	4,865,298	Asia
46	Fiji	18,274 km²	7,056 mi²	933,154	Oceania
47	Slovenia	20,273 km²	7,827 mi²	2,130,986	Europe
48	El Salvador	21,041 km²	8,124 mi²	6,365,503	Americas
49	Israel	21,937 km²	8,470 mi²	10,122,800	Asia
50	Belize	22,966 km²	8,867 mi²	422,924	Americas
51	Djibouti	23,200 km²	8,958 mi²	1,184,076	Africa
52	North Macedonia	25,713 km²	9,928 mi²	1,820,909	Europe
53	Rwanda	26,338 km²	10,169 mi²	14,569,341	Africa
54	Haiti	27,750 km²	10,714 mi²	11,906,095	Americas
55	Burundi	27,830 km²	10,745 mi²	14,390,003	Africa
56	Equatorial Guinea	28,051 km²	10,831 mi²	1,938,431	Africa
57	Albania	28,748 km²	11,100 mi²	2,349,580	Europe
58	Solomon Islands	28,896 km²	11,157 mi²	838,645	Oceania
59	Armenia	29,743 km²	11,484 mi²	3,086,700	Europe
60	Lesotho	30,355 km²	11,720 mi²	2,363,325	Africa
61	Belgium	30,528 km²	11,787 mi²	11,941,781	Europe
62	Moldova	33,851 km²	13,070 mi²	2,360,527	Europe
63	Taiwan	35,980 km²	13,892 mi²	—	Asia
64	Guinea-Bissau	36,125 km²	13,948 mi²	2,249,515	Africa
65	Bhutan	38,394 km²	14,824 mi²	796,682	Asia
66	Switzerland	41,277 km²	15,937 mi²	9,092,436	Europe
67	Netherlands	41,543 km²	16,040 mi²	18,087,633	Europe
68	Denmark	43,094 km²	16,639 mi²	6,009,169	Europe
69	Estonia	45,228 km²	17,463 mi²	1,366,475	Europe
70	Dominican Republic	48,670 km²	18,792 mi²	11,520,487	Americas
71	Slovakia	49,035 km²	18,933 mi²	5,413,813	Europe
72	Costa Rica	51,100 km²	19,730 mi²	5,152,950	Americas
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51,197 km²	19,767 mi²	3,140,095	Europe
74	Croatia	56,594 km²	21,851 mi²	3,876,200	Europe
75	Togo	56,785 km²	21,925 mi²	8,591,626	Africa
76	Latvia	64,589 km²	24,938 mi²	1,847,785	Europe
77	Lithuania	65,300 km²	25,212 mi²	2,888,774	Europe
78	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²	25,332 mi²	21,756,000	Asia
79	Georgia	69,700 km²	26,911 mi²	3,935,766	Europe
80	Ireland	70,273 km²	27,133 mi²	5,484,367	Europe
81	Sierra Leone	71,740 km²	27,699 mi²	8,819,794	Africa
82	Panama	75,420 km²	29,120 mi²	4,571,189	Americas
83	Serbia	77,474 km²	29,913 mi²	6,549,143	Europe
84	Czechia	78,867 km²	30,451 mi²	10,886,878	Europe
85	United Arab Emirates	83,600 km²	32,278 mi²	11,513,149	Asia
86	Austria	83,871 km²	32,383 mi²	9,208,163	Europe
87	Azerbaijan	86,600 km²	33,436 mi²	10,246,996	Europe
88	Jordan	89,342 km²	34,495 mi²	11,520,684	Asia
89	Portugal	92,090 km²	35,556 mi²	10,804,871	Europe
90	Hungary	93,028 km²	35,918 mi²	9,514,251	Europe
91	South Korea	99,720 km²	38,502 mi²	51,684,564	Asia
92	Iceland	103,000 km²	39,769 mi²	392,404	Europe
93	Guatemala	108,889 km²	42,042 mi²	18,687,881	Americas
94	Cuba	110,860 km²	42,803 mi²	10,937,203	Americas
95	Bulgaria	110,879 km²	42,811 mi²	6,433,302	Europe
96	Liberia	111,369 km²	43,000 mi²	5,731,206	Africa
97	Honduras	112,090 km²	43,278 mi²	11,005,850	Americas
98	Benin	112,622 km²	43,484 mi²	14,814,460	Africa
99	Eritrea	117,600 km²	45,406 mi²	3,607,003	Africa
100	Malawi	118,484 km²	45,747 mi²	22,216,120	Africa
101	North Korea	120,538 km²	46,540 mi²	26,571,036	Asia
102	Nicaragua	130,370 km²	50,336 mi²	7,007,502	Americas
103	Greece	131,957 km²	50,949 mi²	10,413,962	Europe
104	Tajikistan	144,100 km²	55,637 mi²	10,786,734	Asia
105	Nepal	147,181 km²	56,827 mi²	29,618,118	Asia
106	Bangladesh	148,460 km²	57,321 mi²	175,686,899	Asia
107	Tunisia	163,610 km²	63,170 mi²	12,348,573	Africa
108	Suriname	163,820 km²	63,251 mi²	639,850	Americas
109	Uruguay	176,215 km²	68,037 mi²	3,384,688	Americas
110	Cambodia	181,035 km²	69,898 mi²	17,847,982	Asia
111	Syria	187,437 km²	72,370 mi²	25,620,427	Asia
112	Senegal	196,722 km²	75,955 mi²	18,931,966	Africa
113	Kyrgyzstan	199,951 km²	77,201 mi²	7,343,064	Asia
114	Belarus	207,600 km²	80,155 mi²	9,085,991	Europe
115	Guyana	214,969 km²	83,000 mi²	835,986	Americas
116	Laos	236,800 km²	91,429 mi²	7,873,046	Asia
117	Romania	238,391 km²	92,043 mi²	19,020,271	Europe
118	Ghana	238,533 km²	92,098 mi²	35,064,272	Africa
119	Uganda	241,038 km²	93,065 mi²	51,384,894	Africa
120	United Kingdom	243,610 km²	94,058 mi²	69,487,000	Europe
121	Guinea	245,857 km²	94,926 mi²	15,099,727	Africa
122	Gabon	267,667 km²	103,347 mi²	2,593,130	Africa
123	New Zealand	268,838 km²	103,799 mi²	5,324,700	Oceania
124	Burkina Faso	274,200 km²	105,869 mi²	24,074,580	Africa
125	Ecuador	283,561 km²	109,483 mi²	18,289,896	Americas
126	Philippines	300,000 km²	115,831 mi²	116,786,962	Asia
127	Italy	301,340 km²	116,348 mi²	58,915,656	Europe
128	Oman	309,500 km²	119,499 mi²	5,494,691	Asia
129	Poland	312,685 km²	120,728 mi²	36,435,861	Europe
130	Côte d'Ivoire	322,463 km²	124,504 mi²	32,711,547	Africa
131	Norway	323,802 km²	125,021 mi²	5,610,870	Europe
132	Malaysia	329,847 km²	127,355 mi²	35,977,838	Asia
133	Vietnam	331,210 km²	127,881 mi²	101,598,527	Asia
134	Finland	338,145 km²	130,558 mi²	5,646,436	Europe
135	Republic of the Congo	342,000 km²	132,047 mi²	6,484,437	Africa
136	Germany	357,022 km²	137,847 mi²	83,491,249	Europe
137	Japan	377,915 km²	145,914 mi²	123,366,734	Asia
138	Zimbabwe	390,757 km²	150,872 mi²	16,950,795	Africa
139	Paraguay	406,752 km²	157,048 mi²	7,013,078	Americas
140	Iraq	438,317 km²	169,235 mi²	47,020,774	Asia
141	Uzbekistan	447,400 km²	172,742 mi²	37,053,428	Asia
142	Sweden	450,295 km²	173,860 mi²	10,596,620	Europe
143	Papua New Guinea	462,840 km²	178,703 mi²	10,762,817	Oceania
144	Cameroon	475,440 km²	183,568 mi²	29,879,337	Africa
145	Turkmenistan	488,100 km²	188,456 mi²	7,618,847	Asia
146	Spain	505,370 km²	195,124 mi²	49,355,143	Europe
147	Thailand	513,120 km²	198,117 mi²	71,619,863	Asia
148	Yemen	527,968 km²	203,850 mi²	41,773,878	Asia
149	Kenya	580,367 km²	224,081 mi²	57,532,493	Africa
150	Botswana	581,730 km²	224,607 mi²	2,562,122	Africa
151	Madagascar	587,041 km²	226,658 mi²	32,740,678	Africa
152	Ukraine	603,550 km²	233,032 mi²	38,980,376	Europe
153	Central African Republic	622,984 km²	240,535 mi²	5,513,282	Africa
154	Somalia	637,657 km²	246,201 mi²	19,654,739	Africa
155	France	643,801 km²	248,573 mi²	68,720,337	Europe
156	South Sudan	644,329 km²	248,777 mi²	12,188,788	Africa
157	Afghanistan	652,230 km²	251,827 mi²	43,844,111	Asia
158	Myanmar	676,578 km²	261,228 mi²	54,850,648	Asia
159	Morocco	716,550 km²	276,661 mi²	38,430,770	Africa
160	Zambia	752,618 km²	290,587 mi²	21,913,874	Africa
161	Chile	756,102 km²	291,932 mi²	19,859,921	Americas
162	Türkiye	783,562 km²	302,535 mi²	85,878,556	Asia
163	Pakistan	796,095 km²	307,374 mi²	255,219,554	Asia
164	Mozambique	799,380 km²	308,642 mi²	35,631,653	Africa
165	Namibia	824,292 km²	318,261 mi²	3,092,816	Africa
166	Venezuela	912,050 km²	352,144 mi²	28,516,896	Americas
167	Nigeria	923,768 km²	356,669 mi²	237,527,782	Africa
168	Tanzania	947,300 km²	365,754 mi²	70,545,865	Africa
169	Egypt	1,001,450 km²	386,662 mi²	118,365,995	Africa
170	Mauritania	1,030,700 km²	397,955 mi²	5,315,065	Africa
171	Bolivia	1,098,581 km²	424,164 mi²	12,581,843	Americas
172	Ethiopia	1,104,300 km²	426,372 mi²	135,472,051	Africa
173	Colombia	1,138,910 km²	439,735 mi²	53,425,635	Americas
174	South Africa	1,219,090 km²	470,693 mi²	64,747,319	Africa
175	Mali	1,240,192 km²	478,841 mi²	25,198,821	Africa
176	Angola	1,246,700 km²	481,353 mi²	39,040,039	Africa
177	Niger	1,267,000 km²	489,191 mi²	27,917,831	Africa
178	Chad	1,284,000 km²	495,755 mi²	21,003,705	Africa
179	Peru	1,285,216 km²	496,224 mi²	34,576,665	Americas
180	Mongolia	1,564,116 km²	603,908 mi²	3,568,978	Asia
181	Iran	1,648,195 km²	636,371 mi²	92,417,681	Asia
182	Libya	1,759,540 km²	679,362 mi²	7,458,555	Africa
183	Sudan	1,861,484 km²	718,723 mi²	51,662,147	Africa
184	Indonesia	1,904,569 km²	735,358 mi²	285,721,236	Asia
185	Mexico	1,964,375 km²	758,449 mi²	131,946,900	Americas
186	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690 km²	830,000 mi²	36,973,555	Asia
187	DR Congo	2,344,858 km²	905,354 mi²	112,832,473	Africa
188	Algeria	2,381,740 km²	919,595 mi²	47,435,312	Africa
189	Kazakhstan	2,724,900 km²	1,052,089 mi²	20,843,754	Asia
190	Argentina	2,780,400 km²	1,073,518 mi²	45,851,378	Americas
191	India	3,287,263 km²	1,269,219 mi²	1,463,865,525	Asia
192	Australia	7,741,220 km²	2,988,901 mi²	27,614,411	Oceania
193	Brazil	8,515,770 km²	3,287,956 mi²	212,812,405	Americas
194	China	9,596,960 km²	3,705,405 mi²	1,406,585,000	Asia
195	United States	9,833,517 km²	3,796,741 mi²	341,784,857	Americas
196	Canada	9,984,670 km²	3,855,101 mi²	41,651,653	Americas
197	Russia	17,098,242 km²	6,601,665 mi²	143,513,328	Europe

Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain); population: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).

The 10 smallest countries

Vatican City — 0.44 km², 882 people (Europe)
Monaco — 2.00 km², 38,341 people (Europe)
Nauru — 21 km², 12,025 people (Oceania)
Tuvalu — 26 km², 9,492 people (Oceania)
San Marino — 61 km², 34,109 people (Europe)
Liechtenstein — 160 km², 41,024 people (Europe)
Marshall Islands — 181 km², 36,282 people (Oceania)
Saint Kitts and Nevis — 261 km², 46,922 people (Americas)
Maldives — 298 km², 529,676 people (Asia)
Malta — 316 km², 579,704 people (Europe)

Smallest countries by population

By number of people the smallest countries are Vatican City (882), Tuvalu (9,492), Nauru (12,025), Palau (17,663), San Marino (34,109) and Marshall Islands (36,282). Vatican City has only a few hundred residents, most of them clergy and Swiss Guards.

Smallest country on each continent

Europe: Vatican City — 0.44 km²
Oceania: Nauru — 21 km²
Americas: Saint Kitts and Nevis — 261 km²
Asia: Maldives — 298 km²
Africa: Seychelles — 455 km²

Microstates

Most of the smallest countries are microstates: city-states such as Vatican City, Monaco and Singapore, mountain principalities such as Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino, and island nations in the Pacific and the Caribbean such as Nauru, Tuvalu and Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the smallest country in the world?

Vatican City, with an area of 0.44 km² — an enclave inside the city of Rome.

What are the 10 smallest countries in the world?

Vatican City (0.44 km²), Monaco (2.00 km²), Nauru (21 km²), Tuvalu (26 km²), San Marino (61 km²), Liechtenstein (160 km²), Marshall Islands (181 km²), Saint Kitts and Nevis (261 km²), Maldives (298 km²) and Malta (316 km²).

What is the smallest country by population?

Vatican City, with about 882 people, followed by Tuvalu, Nauru and Palau.

What is the smallest country in Europe?

Vatican City (0.44 km²), followed by Monaco, San Marino and Liechtenstein.

What is the largest country in the world?

Russia — see the largest countries in the world.