With over 196 Countries in the world, it’s easy to think the word country equates to a massive land area with large numbers of people. Some nations are so small that cities within other nations are giants compared to them.
Mostly found in Europe, the Carribean, and the Pacific, there are many countries in the world with an area of less than 400 square kilometers. The top 10 Smallest Countries in the world cover a total area of 1491.4 km² which is smaller than the area of the city of Houston, Texas.
The Smallest Countries In The World 2018
| Rank | Country | Total Area sq. km |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican City | 0.44 |
| 2 | Monaco | 2.02 |
| 3 | Nauru | 21 |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 26 |
| 5 | San Marino | 61 |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 160 |
| 7 | Marshall Islands | 181 |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 269 |
| 9 | Maldives | 300 |
| 10 | Malta | 316 |
Along with the big countries, there are many small independent states, and some are so tiny that they are called microstates.
The Smallest one of them is the Vatican City (Holy See), it actually occupies only an old quarter with a few buildings and parks in the center of Rome (Italy). Perhaps it is the most unusual country with own government, army, diplomatic missions, but without permanent native population (the citizenship is granted only to persons who work in the Vatican and its missions abroad).
Many other countries ranked in the top 10 of our list have some common features. Most of them are European microstates or the tiny islands in the Caribbean, the South Pacific and Indian Ocean (mostly the former overseas colonies gained their independence in the second half of the 20th century). Further, in the table below you can find more known nations ranked by total area, and also see neighbors with whom they share land borders.
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