Despite the saying that “bigger is better,” the smallest nations worldwide hold pride in their compactness and uniqueness. Each country, regardless of size, contributes significant notes to the world's harmony. Comprising tiny islands, glamorous city-states, and scenic landlocked nations, these smallest countries challenge the notion of scale and sizable significance. Here are some fascinating findings regarding the world’s smallest nations:
Starting with the smallest, Vatican City takes the top spot with an area of 0.44 Km². This tiny city-state within Rome serves both as the spiritual center for billions of Catholics around the globe and as a testament to the influential legacy of the Catholic Church. Ranked second is the country Monaco, which has an area of 2.02 Km². Despite the compact space, it is one of the world's most densely populated countries. Its reputation as a playground for the rich and famous, alongside its annual hosting of the Grand Prix motor race, lends Monaco its glamour and appeal. The British Overseas Territory, Gibraltar, comes in third, encompassing 6.8 Km². It sits strategically at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. The island nations of Nauru (4th) and Tuvalu (5th) commandeer the fourth and fifth spots, with areas of 21 Km² and 26 Km², respectively. Their pristine natural beauty helps them punch above their weight in terms of tourism. The sixth smallest country is Macau, another city-state which, though spanning an area of merely 32.9 Km², is a significant hub for gambling and glitzy entertainment. Next in line, we have Saint Martin with an area of 53 Km² and Bermuda covering 54 Km², ranking seventh and eighth respectively. San Marino is ninth smallest by area, yet it lays claim to one of the world's oldest constitutions in its 61 Km² territory. Last but not least in this list of top-ten smallest countries sits Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean with an area of 91 Km².
10 Smallest Countries in the World:
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
652.2K Km²
#184
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
28.7K Km²
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.4M Km²
#215
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
199 Km²
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
468 Km²
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.2M Km²
#202
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
91 Km²
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
442 Km²
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.8M Km²
#217
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
29.7K Km²
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
180 Km²
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
7.7M Km²
#219
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
83.9K Km²
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
86.6K Km²
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
13.9K Km²
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
765 Km²
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
147.6K Km²
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
430 Km²
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
207.6K Km²
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
30.5K Km²
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
23.0K Km²
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
112.6K Km²
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
54 Km²
#8
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
38.4K Km²
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.1M Km²
#197
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
51.2K Km²
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
582.0K Km²
#178
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
8.5M Km²
#220
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
5.8K Km²
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
110.9K Km²
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
273.0K Km²
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
27.8K Km²
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
181.0K Km²
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
475.4K Km²
#171
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
10.0M Km²
#223
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
4.0K Km²
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
264 Km²
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
623.0K Km²
#182
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.3M Km²
#204
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
756.1K Km²
#187
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
9.7M Km²
#222
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.1M Km²
#199
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.9K Km²
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
240 Km²
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
51.1K Km²
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
56.6K Km²
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
109.9K Km²
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
444 Km²
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
9.3K Km²
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
78.9K Km²
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.3M Km²
#214
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
43.1K Km²
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
23.2K Km²
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
751 Km²
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
48.7K Km²
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
276.8K Km²
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.0M Km²
#195
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
21.0K Km²
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
28.1K Km²
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
117.6K Km²
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
45.2K Km²
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
17.4K Km²
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.1M Km²
#198
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
18.3K Km²
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
338.4K Km²
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
551.7K Km²
#176
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
83.5K Km²
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
4.2K Km²
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
267.7K Km²
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
10.7K Km²
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
69.7K Km²
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
357.1K Km²
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
238.5K Km²
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
6.8 Km²
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
132.0K Km²
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.2M Km²
#213
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
344 Km²
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.6K Km²
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
549 Km²
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
108.9K Km²
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
245.9K Km²
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
36.1K Km²
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
215.0K Km²
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
27.8K Km²
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
112.5K Km²
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.1K Km²
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
93.0K Km²
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
103.0K Km²
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
3.3M Km²
#218
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.9M Km²
#210
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.6M Km²
#207
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
438.3K Km²
#166
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
70.3K Km²
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
572 Km²
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
20.8K Km²
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
301.3K Km²
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
322.5K Km²
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
11.0K Km²
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
377.9K Km²
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
89.3K Km²
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.7M Km²
#216
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
580.4K Km²
#177
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
811 Km²
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
17.8K Km²
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
200.0K Km²
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
236.8K Km²
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
64.6K Km²
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
10.5K Km²
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
30.4K Km²
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
111.4K Km²
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.8M Km²
#208
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
160 Km²
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
65.3K Km²
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.6K Km²
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
32.9 Km²
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
587.0K Km²
#179
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
118.5K Km²
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
330.8K Km²
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
300 Km²
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.2M Km²
#201
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
316 Km²
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
181 Km²
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.1K Km²
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.0M Km²
#196
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.0K Km²
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
374 Km²
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.0M Km²
#211
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
702 Km²
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
33.8K Km²
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.02 Km²
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.6M Km²
#206
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
13.8K Km²
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
102 Km²
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
446.6K Km²
#167
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
801.6K Km²
#189
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
676.6K Km²
#185
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
825.6K Km²
#190
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
21 Km²
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
147.2K Km²
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
41.9K Km²
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
18.6K Km²
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
270.5K Km²
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
130.4K Km²
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.3M Km²
#203
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
923.8K Km²
#193
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
261 Km²
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
120.5K Km²
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
25.7K Km²
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
464 Km²
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
323.8K Km²
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
309.5K Km²
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
881.9K Km²
#191
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
459 Km²
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
6.2K Km²
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
75.4K Km²
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
462.8K Km²
#170
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
406.8K Km²
#165
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.3M Km²
#205
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
342.4K Km²
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
312.7K Km²
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
92.1K Km²
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
8.9K Km²
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
11.6K Km²
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
342.0K Km²
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.5K Km²
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
238.4K Km²
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
17.1M Km²
#224
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
26.3K Km²
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
261 Km²
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
616 Km²
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
53 Km²
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
242 Km²
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
389 Km²
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.8K Km²
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
61 Km²
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
964 Km²
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
2.1M Km²
#212
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
196.7K Km²
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
88.4K Km²
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
452 Km²
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
71.7K Km²
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
710 Km²
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
49.0K Km²
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
20.3K Km²
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
28.9K Km²
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
637.7K Km²
#183
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.2M Km²
#200
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
100.2K Km²
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
619.7K Km²
#181
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
506.0K Km²
#173
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
65.6K Km²
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
1.9M Km²
#209
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
163.8K Km²
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
450.3K Km²
#169
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
41.3K Km²
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
185.2K Km²
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
36.2K Km²
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
143.1K Km²
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
945.1K Km²
#194
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
513.1K Km²
#174
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
14.9K Km²
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
56.8K Km²
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
747 Km²
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
5.1K Km²
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
163.6K Km²
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
783.6K Km²
#188
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
488.1K Km²
#172
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
948 Km²
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
26 Km²
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
241.6K Km²
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
603.5K Km²
#180
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
83.6K Km²
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
242.9K Km²
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
9.4M Km²
#221
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
181.0K Km²
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
447.4K Km²
#168
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
12.2K Km²
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
0.44 Km²
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
916.4K Km²
#192
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
331.2K Km²
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
266.0K Km²
#147
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
528.0K Km²
#175
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
752.6K Km²
#186
Metric
Value
Rank
Area (Km²)
390.8K Km²
#164