Country statistics

Smallest countries (microstates)

Sovereign countries with under 1,000 km² of land — city-states, atoll nations, and miniature European principalities.

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Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Tuvalu, and Nauru anchor the list of the world's smallest sovereign states. Many of them are island nations or city-states; several are landlocked principalities embedded inside a larger neighbour. Despite their size, these countries hold full UN seats, mint their own coins, and run their own foreign policies. Sort by population or capital to compare how these miniature states organise their political life.

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1	Vatican City	0	882	Vatican City	Europe
2	Monaco	2	38,423	Monaco	Europe
3	Gibraltar	6	38,000	Gibraltar	Europe
4	Tokelau	12	2,608	Fakaofo	Oceania
5	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14	593	West Island	Oceania
6	Nauru	21	11,680	Yaren	Oceania
7	Saint Barthélemy	21	10,562	Gustavia	Americas
8	Tuvalu	26	10,643	Funafuti	Oceania
9	Macau	30	685,900	—	Asia
10	Sint Maarten	34	41,349	Philipsburg	Americas
11	United States Minor Outlying Islands	34	—	Washington DC	Americas
12	Norfolk Island	36	2,188	Kingston	Oceania
13	Pitcairn Islands	47	35	Adamstown	Oceania
14	Bouvet Island	49	—	—	Antarctic
15	Saint Martin	53	31,496	Marigot	Americas
16	Bermuda	54	64,055	Hamilton	Americas
17	British Indian Ocean Territory	60	—	Diego Garcia	Africa
18	San Marino	61	34,132	City of San Marino	Europe
19	Guernsey	78	64,781	St. Peter Port	Europe
20	Anguilla	91	16,010	The Valley	Americas
21	Montserrat	102	4,386	Plymouth	Americas
22	Jersey	116	103,267	Saint Helier	Europe
23	Christmas Island	135	1,692	Flying Fish Cove	Oceania
24	Wallis and Futuna	142	11,620	Mata-Utu	Oceania
25	British Virgin Islands	151	39,471	Road Town	Americas
26	Liechtenstein	160	40,900	Vaduz	Europe
27	Aruba	180	107,566	Oranjestad	Americas
28	Marshall Islands	181	42,418	Majuro	Oceania
29	American Samoa	199	49,710	Pago Pago	Oceania
30	Cook Islands	236	15,040	Avarua	Oceania
31	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242	5,819	Saint-Pierre	Americas
32	Niue	260	1,681	Alofi	Oceania
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261	51,320	Basseterre	Americas
34	Cayman Islands	264	84,738	George Town	Americas
35	Maldives	300	515,132	Malé	Asia
36	Malta	316	574,250	Valletta	Europe
37	Caribbean Netherlands	328	31,980	Kralendijk	Americas
38	Grenada	344	109,021	St. George's	Americas
39	United States Virgin Islands	347	87,146	Charlotte Amalie	Americas
40	Mayotte	374	320,901	Mamoudzou	Africa
41	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389	110,872	Kingstown	Americas
42	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	394	5,651	Jamestown	Africa
43	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	412	—	—	Antarctic
44	Barbados	430	267,800	Bridgetown	Americas
45	Antigua and Barbuda	442	103,603	Saint John's	Americas
46	Curaçao	444	156,115	Willemstad	Americas
47	Seychelles	452	122,729	Victoria	Africa
48	Palau	459	16,733	Ngerulmud	Oceania
49	Northern Mariana Islands	464	47,329	Saipan	Oceania
50	Andorra	468	88,406	Andorra la Vella	Europe
51	Guam	549	153,836	Hagåtña	Oceania
52	Isle of Man	572	84,530	Douglas	Europe
53	Saint Lucia	616	184,100	Castries	Americas
54	Micronesia	702	105,564	Palikir	Oceania
55	Singapore	710	6,110,200	Singapore	Asia
56	Tonga	747	100,179	Nuku'alofa	Oceania
57	Dominica	751	67,408	Roseau	Americas
58	Bahrain	765	1,594,654	Manama	Asia
59	Kiribati	811	120,740	South Tarawa	Oceania
60	Turks and Caicos Islands	948	50,828	Cockburn Town	Americas